JSC Matuco - Sun Cured Burley Tobacco

Planting : October 1st week to November 1st week
Marketing : May to June
Harvesting and curing/ Physical Charecteristics : Usually lower leaves harvested as in flue-cured, then stalk cut and cured with remaining leaves intact. Cured under ambient temperatures and humidity, with a limited amount of artificial humidity control in some cases, to enable complete loss of starch and practically all sugar. 21-35 days curing time. Cured leaf is cinnamon-brown in colour.
Fact File : More fertile, stronger soils, to produce good yields of well-expanded, open structured leaf for its high filling power and absorbing properties. Also, to shift leaf chemistry towards the nitrogen compounds and away from carbohydrates (hence the low sugar content of burley). Has similar climatic requirements to flue-cured, but especially requires high natural humidity during curing to avoid premature drying of leaves.