The 2015 Cosmic Crop

[voorhees]

Very cool. Glad the crop grew well and now you have the spoils.

 

[wyfbane]

Wow! Can't believe I just saw this. What a fabulous thread!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Thanks! Just sharing me endeavor.

 

[allan]

Cosmic
This is incredible!
Thanks so much for posting.

 

[mortonbriar]

I am cure-ious to see the next stage

 

[perlasca]

Very nice! Amazing how pretty the flowers are.

Thanks for sharing your experience. It has inspired me to give it a shot next growing season.

I'm planning on giving Grapes another try also since I failed this year with cutting my clones wrong.

 

[weezell]

Neat stuff Brother! I like IT...

 

[jkrug]

Thanks for the update Cosmic. It looks like your tobacco crop did very well. Looking forward to seeing how the curing process goes. ::

 

[tobyducote]

Very nice...great job

 

[johnnyreb]

They are not cured yet, but I have been enjoying a bowl here and there. Not bad.

Cosmic, your results look really great & I'm sure it was fun making them happen! Now you can play with pressing & curing what you have grown.
Have you tried a chew yet? The pic of the cooler reminds me of my days reaching into a Redman Loose Leaf foil pouch...I don't do that any longer.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

No, my only experience with chewing, was way back in grade school. I seem to remember throwing up, turning green, spinning, and finding my spirit guide, ha ha!

 

[johnnyreb]

Cosmic, sounds about right, especially with Redman Loose Leaf. We didn't have the little Skoal Bandit starter kit in lil' bags like kids do today.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Do you oven dry those samples you've mentioned? At what temp and length?
Great photos, and thanks!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I dry them till they are about 80% dry, everything dry except the rib down the leaf. Time just depends on your environment. We've had some extreme heat, but luckily our humidity has stayed around 90-100%.
The curing process is just to push off the ammonia and harshness from the leaf, making it milder and bringing the sweetness of the leaf up. I will then start the age cure, which will bring out the vinegary aromas. There are many different ways to cure the leaf, and I will probably try several methods since I have a fairly large harvest.

 

[jitterbugdude]

"I will post back when I start the cure process"
Hey Cosmic, If you have them hanging in your shed you've already started!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeh, the line is fuzzy between the dry and the cure.

 

[jitterbugdude]

Actually the line is pretty clear. Once you cut the tobacco and hang it up you are curing it. After about 4 to 8 weeks (when the mid rib is dry) it is cured. After that you can sweat it, ferment it, kiln it or natually age it. The sweating/fermenting/kilning/aging is what releases the ammonia.

 

[derfargin]

Nice job cosmic, great thread.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Today is Virginia rope twisting day..

 

[elbert]

Mmmm...salivating.