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Growing, Nurturing &  Harvesting
DECEMBER & JANUARY

Maturation:  a tobacco plant’s leaves mature from the bottom up.  Mature leaves, depending on their location on the plant, contain different chemical and organic properties (see Criollo Plant section).  A mature leaf will…

·         lay horizontally on the plant

·         have a yellowish center vein

·         cut away from the plant “like butter”

 

 

Harvesting:  The herculean task of harvesting tobacco leaves begins by picking 2 to 3 leaves at a time, once a week [starting from the bottom].  The process of staggering the leaf harvest is called Priming.

 

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