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Originally Posted by rodwha

Well, yes and no. I had never heard of ammonia aeration. I Googled it and didn't find a direct answer I believe I understand. I had wondered about the smell I sometimes noticed with some of the leaves I had. I didn't know I'd want to let them aerate.

Most filler wont need it. however, binder and wrapper are given less fermentation for the manufacture to do because of the degrading nature of fermentation.

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Originally Posted by rodwha

I also didn't know anyone worked with the filler leaves to remove wrinkles.

"( flatten because you'll want to make sure there are no crinkly hard bits so you can fully control your assembly for optimum draw and burn )"

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Originally Posted by rodwha

I am a bit lost as to misting the leaves and storing them in ziplock bags. I had noticed the Boveda pack I had in with my binder leaves wasn't working well so I decided to moisten a paper towel with distilled water while I worked to rehydrate the packs. A few days later and I had a little bit of mold on the ends of the leaves. I suppose it seems harder to keep a proper balance without having issues like that, especially if they sit for a while before use.

Keep in mind I'm opening 1 lb bags at a time. dry leaf can go without maintenance but the higher the case, the more you'll want to watch it. It can mold and degrade to dust.

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Originally Posted by rodwha

Your 9.4L tub gets misted prior to setting what you intend to use into it, and that keeps them good for the present time?

Yes but they are going to get assembled soon. what's good about the tubs is that I can stop, close the tubs and, do something else, come back to it without losing any case.

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Originally Posted by rodwha

I've just kept my leaves in the bags they came in dropping old Boveda packs I rehydrated into them, and those were dropped in a paper sack and left in my fermentation chamber that's set to 65*.

Is that 65˚ degrees or, 65 RH?

65* F

It's a converted 7 cu ft chest freezer for fermenting beer. Figure the temp is about perfect for keeping cigars, whiskey, and my beer grains which don't really need to be kept cool anyway.

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