Virginia fermentation exceleration

[scruffymcgruff]

Has anyone tried slightly boiling a Ball jar of Virginia’s and then cooling it to create a negative pressure ? Much like a positive pressure in a tin helping it expand and causing fermentation ??? Maybe I’m wrong and boiling / cooling creates a positive pressure ? Still the theory remains the same I presume ?

 

[szconrad]

If I'm cellaring some tobacco for the long term, I wrap a wet paper towel around an empty glass jar, microwave for 30-45 seconds, then quickly fill the jar with tobacco, and putting on the lid. This should create a slight vacuum in the jar. Make sure to dry the jar before adding the tobacco (the inside should already be completely dry).

 

[rigmedic1]

Not sure how it works, but baking tobacco at 300 degrees for 3 hours used to be a technique for artificially aging a tobacco. I have never tried it, but there are many posts here on the forum discussing it.