Wrapper/binder question

jlmarta

Occasionally I'll have a wrapper split while I'm smoking and I've noticed that, in virtually every case, the wrapper is extremely thin and delicate while the binder looks to be coarser, thicker, etc. My question is: do wrapper leaves come from a particular place (priming?) on the plant or are only certain types of plant used for wrapper leaves?

docbp87

Varies, widely.


Seriously, actually. Wrappers can be thin, shade grown, low primings, or thick, toothy, sungrown, ligero. There are no definites, other than the fact that wrappers get pampered.

kuzi16

to add to that a touch...
the binder is usually kinda thick. i mean, it actually has to bind the cigar together. thin leaves wont hold em. wrappers dont bind anything. they can be thin.

jlmarta

Understood. But I've never seen a thick wrapper split. I guess that's self-explanatory, though, isn't it? I just assumed that wrapper leaves, by their very nature, were thin and fragile. Thanks for the input, guys.

sightunseen

Aesthetics have a lot to do with the wrapper. I could see that a vein-free leaf is going to be more fragile than a veiny one.