BroadLeaf harvest Completed

Blogging at Jarmoc Farms - Pro Pictures being taken by Mike Thibodeaux for a Cigar Magazine. Jarmoc Farms is a true Family run business.                                                                                        2013 Broadleaf Harvest is over !!! Once again these old red tractors have brought the crop in again                                                .Mikes eye's lit up when he saw Mr. Jarmoc's tractor's. The Broadleaf is 80 percent cured .

Drive by this shed at 40 mph your nose is over come with an aroma of heaven. The sweet, earthy , cigar humidor smell .

With a few weeks more to dry. The leaves feel like leather.  Stress testing of the leafs. Pull out with both hand watch if the leaf separates from the center stem.  

Another way to test tobacco is to take a hand of 25 leaves neatly tie the ends. Fill a 5 gallon water cooler Then submerge the tobacco in water cooler for 24 hours. Then Take the tobacco out of the cooler.  Pull on the leaves  make sure leaves doesn't separate from center stem. If the leaves pulls off the center stem this would mean leaves are tender (junk) unmarketable. 

Ok the left door is adjusted one last picture. 

Another great blog day. This Farm  this owner Steve Jarmoc is what makes up the CT Valley Broadleaf. These leaves will be rolled on the tastiest cigars we all enjoy after our golf game, at our favorite Casino and while so many of us cut our grass.  Most of our blog pictures including the green houses, tobacco field, and tractors, are taken at Jarmoc Farms. So I say this again, Thank you Steve for your help, experience and knowledge of this crop.