1. Less Yellowing Time: Cuts up to 15 hours off normal yellowing time and get higher quality, more valuable leaves.
2. Less Wilting and Drying Time: Cut up to 15 hours off normal wilting and drying time.
3. Evens Out Colour: Fewer green butts, green fibres and other "off" colours.
4. All Seasons: Dramatically improves curing for dry, wet or normal seasons.
5. Portable: One generator can serve as many as six curing systems.
6. Lower Curing Cost: Curing expenses are cut by £15 to £30 per cure.
7. Costs Less: Ethylene is the same regardless of whether you make it yourself or buy it ready made. Two quarts of Ethy-Gen^® II Ripening Concentrate make at least 0.5 kg of ethylene and you can save up to 45% over cylinder gas cost.
8. Proven Results: University field tests prove that Tobacco Curing Generators speed leaf curing and improve tobacco grade while more leaf weight is retained.
9. Higher Market Price: University studies also show that prices of treated tobacco can be up to 12p more per kilo. Growers report a more uniform colour with less green - just what buyers want.
10. Natural Process: Ethy-Gen^® II , used in the generator, changes into ethylene, a natural plant hormone that triggers curing changes in mature tobacco leaves.
11. Safe from Leaf-Drop: Leaf-drop caused by wind and storms is eliminated by using in the curing system instead of the field as sprayed chemical systems require.
12. No Leaf Residue: the generators leave absolutely no residue on tobacco leaves.
13. Works on Mature Tobacco: Will not work on immature tobacco; harvest only mature, ripe leaf.
14. Readily Available: From Banana-Rite Ltd.

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