▲ 4 r/cigar
Just a wee babby this mornin'.
Bought a short smokes sampler and am enjoying the Camacho Corojo machito (4x32) with a Ugandan coffee pairing.
Being reasonably new to cigars, the first thing I notice is the flavour. It's my first "full" strength cigar even if it is a smaller one. It is certainly a stronger flavour, but it seems quite smooth too. I was wondering if I was going to suffer with tongue bite (I'm not sure if that's a term used in the cigar world, it is in pipe smoking, so I'm hoping it's understood) but it has been pleasant and smooth so far.
With the coffee, I was getting fruitcake and almonds, spice and a pleasant sweetness. Halfway through, the missus came to talk about our relationship. The latter was not a good pairing. Do not recommend. It also seemed to suffer from going out a few times, but this was probably more operator error. Very even burn and lovely white ash, even with the relights.
I struggled to notice any flavour change as I smoked. I don't know if that's down to me or the cigar though.
u/bumholesgivemelife — 1 day ago
▲ 1 r/Bonsai
Has anyone used the "CD method" on English oak?
Does anybody have experience using the "CD method" on English oak?
I've acquired a very spindly young oak I'm wanting to slip a CD over and plant deeper in order to develop a better nebari for a tree somewhere in between mame and shohin. I've not done the CD method before and given oak's slow growing nature, I'm not sure how it would respond. It's about a metre (3 feet) tall currently and 15-20mm (⅝-¾") thick at the base with a nice loopy bit above just the soil line that I'm wanting to sit above the new nebari.
Is the CD method the best method? The taproot hasn't been removed and it's been in a 4" pot with regular soil since sprouting from an acorn. My plan was to develop a new root system, then do a trunk chop down to about 3-4".
u/bumholesgivemelife — 1 month ago