well jakers, you know there is forums where you got select and Interested crowd rather than mainstream everybody crowd. so use search engine to find them if u want to save yourself all that crying for mercy that you are doing. i mean like dude, i understand but why conduct a preemptive attack on Us All?anyway.when i dry my tobacco i am going to try fermenting it a bit. it seems most drying texts seem to stress the fact that a color change needs to take place for classic tobacco taste. color change can be affected several ways, even including the growing of plants that naturally are prone to yellowing even before harvest; such plants, Gold Leaf, are often harvested throughout the season as the leaves yellow.the texts that describe drying procedures are rather detailed when it comes to temperatures and lengths of time the plants are exposed to it. drying sheds like the other guy was mentioning, those sheds are often kept at two different temperatures; sometimes using a dry heat for a few days then switching to one augmented by flues to affect a fermentation or color change and then switch back to regular drying. i even read that the moisture level can be brought way down, like 20% or so(?) and then the material rehydrated a bit for long term storage; typical humidor is kept at 70% humidity. surprisingly, typical american cigarettes are actually a combo of all three types of nicotiana tabacum. the main one (like gold leaf) is used for bulk but then the other (oriental) is for taste and then the strongest third type (burley) has a water extraction performed on it and then that concentrate is sprayed onto the dried tobacco until it raises the nicotine % to a uniform level.here is page of hits for “tobacco cure”:http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGk0NcwspKL1…“nicotiana tobacum drying”:http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkipKz8pKoq… main thing to avoiding mold is avoiding temperatures and humidity levels that favor the growth of bacteria More than it favors the plant. i.e. 72-90F is where bacteria wants to grow; and their spores need humidity to germinate, so, if humidity in the plant or the air is high, then temp needs to go up or come down.i am also thinking of experimenting with bleach or maybe h2o2 added to ambient room atmosphere; to control mold spore proliferation....
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