krs Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Thought I would share with you guys my attempt at growing my own tobacco (cigar strains) and rolling my own cigars just for fun. I don’t expect these to taste like premium cigars, as they haven’t been properly blended for taste… just a bit of each strain that I grew in the yard. The leaves from the top part of the plant were used in the middle of the filler, leaves from the middle of the plant were for the filler and binder, and the big thin leaves at the bottom were for the wrappers. I made up my own cigar press with slight tapered end. Without this the draw would be way too free and construction would look terrible. I was hoping the cap end would be a little more rounded, but doesn't affect the draw. These are the final results not a easy thing to do, I had plenty of tobacco to practice with. The stick in the last few pics had the best wrapper of them all and they are double capped not triple.
david9985 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Nice work. Could turn out to be a "george's marvelous medicine" job. A lucky and amazing custom blend that you will never be able to recreate!
coblos Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 That's impressive. Hope you're part of the underground network, if things get really bad we are going to need skills like this.
riazp Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Wow, thats mighty impressive, Judging by the pictures, you can seriously roll a cigar. Good job mate, let us know how they taste
Rushman Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Impressive --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.631762,-87.070706
OZCUBAN Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Great Job To be commended not an easy task ,didnt know you could grow Tobacco over here Awesome job nonetheless Cheers OZ
krs Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 thank you all for the comments, going to let these guys mature a bit in the humidor before lighting one up. I just hope I cured the tobacco all the way, we will see.
laficion Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 That's very impressive and the result is quite excellent, well done !!! Could you tell us what type of tobacco seed you used and it's origin ? This is truly taking a cigar passion to another level. Bravo !!!
Strada Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 That is very impressive. Let us know how they smoke
hdryder Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Wow those look great and thats the first try. I been thinking about trying to roll my own just for fun. Been watching lots of videos on the internet about it on youtube(even the redneck one Tempbond posted yesterday but I think the only thing he had right was to drink beer while rolling) & have found some sites that sell cigar leafs. Anyway keep it up brother. Looks like you might turn into a master roller before long.
krs Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 Sure mate, the seeds I purchased from coffinails.com the seeds I purchased were Connecticut Broadleaf, Havana and Connecticut Shade. This company thetobaccoseed.com also sell seeds. Passed through customs without any problems, the seeds are so small thay probably didn’t show up on the x-ray That's very impressive and the result is quite excellent, well done !!! Could you tell us what type of tobacco seed you used and it's origin ? This is truly taking a cigar passion to another level. Bravo !!!
fingerburner Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Nice work! They look great - keep us posted when you get around to firing one up.
Rushman Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 What's the box code? --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.631816,-87.070681
krs Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 That’s exactly how I learnt mate, youtube. watched every cigar rolling vid I could find before trying, stuffed a few up before I got the hang of things. Wow those look great and thats the first try. I been thinking about trying to roll my own just for fun. Been watching lots of videos on the internet about it on youtube(even the redneck one Tempbond posted yesterday but I think the only thing he had right was to drink beer while rolling) & have found some sites that sell cigar leafs. Anyway keep it up brother. Looks like you might turn into a master roller before long.
krs Posted February 12, 2012 Author Posted February 12, 2012 lol, havent rolled a full box yet What's the box code? --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=20.631816,-87.070681
Blackham Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 next step: print your own bands I don't think I can make the cigar press myself, let alone the cigars. Very impressive
Hemsworth Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Very well done! I am impressed with the quality of your rolling. I cant wait to hear how it smokes! Maybe the soil over there contains all of the magical properties of Cuba!
Dbone Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 That is very cool. +1 Thanks for sharing the story and pictures.
dB69 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Very nice! I have the same kind of plans as I'm going to grow my first crop of tobacco next summer. There's a lot to learn.
sighuber Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Well done!. I'm interested to hear more about the tobacco you used and how you cured it.
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