2010 tobacco revisited

[ashauler]

I took some time Sunday and looked through the tobacco that I still have from last years crop. I pulled the "bricks" that I made in November out and gave them both a test smoke. Both of the tobaccos smelled very fruity, almost raisin or fig like. They were just about right as far as moisture content was concerned and only required a little bit of drying before smoking.

The Black Mammoth was much stronger, and more biting than the Long Red Leaf. The rubbed out "strands" of the LrL were much nicer than the SsBm and burned better. I should not have cut the strands in half before rubbing out the SsBm, lesson learned. Both tobaccos were smokeable, even enjoyable alone, but, togther they were actually pretty nice. I applied absolutely no casing to this tobacco before pressing, or before smoking. I would think that a light topping of honey-water then steaming the tobacco after shreading would mellow it out and blend them both together nicely. Next weekend.

Here's the Small Stalk Black Mammoth:
November 2010


May 2011


Some cut May:


Long Red Leaf:
November 2010

May 2011


Long Red rubbed out May


Side by Side rubbed out May


Some of the SSBM I have left, aginig.

[b.read]

Cool stuff...my brother tried his hand at growing tobacco last year, but a deer ate his plants.

How long have you been growing?

[ashauler]

Cool stuff...my brother tried his hand at growing tobacco last year, but a deer ate his plants.

How long have you been growing?

This is my second year. I grew 12 plants last year. This year I'll have about 170 or so, hopefully.

[cigarsarge]

The Black Mammoth looks like GL Please's Jacknife Plug...

[WinstonSpencer]

Very cool Jamie.

[JarvisAmadio]

wow...cool stuff
keep it up!