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Step 2Supplies
What you will need:
-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here :
Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. A good recommended fill blend for a home grown cigar is 30% Havana leaf and 70% Virginia leaf with a Havana wrapper.
-Cheap, light weight foam cooler: if you ever wondered what to do with that leaky foam cooler...here it is!
-Corded clamp light reflector light fixture, (avail. at home depot, clamp assembly is not needed)
-30W light bulb (heat source)
-Aluminum foil
-Clean paper towels
-Plastic bag
-Sterilized spray bottle (use bleach solution to clean, rinse and dry thoroughly)
-Distilled water
-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here :
Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. A good recommended fill blend for a home grown cigar is 30% Havana leaf and 70% Virginia leaf with a Havana wrapper.
-Cheap, light weight foam cooler: if you ever wondered what to do with that leaky foam cooler...here it is!
-Corded clamp light reflector light fixture, (avail. at home depot, clamp assembly is not needed)
-30W light bulb (heat source)
-Aluminum foil
-Clean paper towels
-Plastic bag
-Sterilized spray bottle (use bleach solution to clean, rinse and dry thoroughly)
-Distilled water
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If you meant can you skip fermenting, the answer is no, because even after the leaf is dry, it will still contain (urea?) ammonia which will give you a headache when smoking it. All commercial tobacco products are fermented to some level to get this undesirable chemical out. They typically do this on the large scale in compost heaps.
Honestly, tobacco is a lot of work, which is why you don't see a lot of people doing it. However if prices continue onward and upward, there will be a point where the effort will pay for itself! Some who need a hobby or have some free time have probably already found this to be worth the effort!
also, i was wondering is it IS possible to somke a just picked leaf (would it hold an ember?)
Yes, it is possible to pick a brown leaf off the tobacco plant roll it into a tube, light the end and smoke it, as it will hold the ember. But this is NOT recommended as you will get that ammonia headache I was talking about. Pretty much any dry leaf will hold an ember, but watch out some plants are poisonous and will kill you if you indiscriminately smoke the leaf!