>>17304603Cigarettes. It can be as good as commercial tobacco, just keep apart the upper and middle leaves (milder tobacco) from the upper leaves (stronger tobacco). You can always make a blend afterwards.
Unassisted curing, at least 6 months, best is a year. This is just sitting there, first leaves lose chlorofyl, then ammonia, then it becomes fully smokable and smells like tobacco.
But there are a variety of tricks to speed up curing.
Also you can buy a cheap tool like pic related to cut leaves into cigarette cut (0.8 mm) tobacco, pic related.