Malawi Style Cob Curing.

[blondie]

Not sure the process worked for me this round. Been a month or so since I cobbed these up. How they look to everyone? Time to Open up and see how they look?

 

[Tangwena]

Not sure the process worked for me this round. Been a month or so since I cobbed these up. How they look to everyone? Time to Open up and see how they look?

Only one way to find out open them up and the smell will tell you straight away.
They could probably do with an airing to dry them by now.
Its hard to tell through the bags in the photo but from what I could see a couple look real promising.

 

[ost]

Thank you! My banana tree isn’t quite big enough to harvest bark, so I’ll give it a shot with the leaves. Who knows what will happen?

my banana tree is 2ft. tall not near big enough ,yet!

 

[Tangwena]

Heres a couple of shots of 4 week old buds now going for aging.
First up a hermi Mulanje Gold that has a sweet floral hashish smell I can tell its going to be very tasty lots of terps fill the room on opening the bag.

Then a very dry big calyx green pheno of Mulanje Gold very euphoric effects.
I had two that turned purple but this one stayed green I'm hoping it goes yellow as it ages fingers crossed.

 

[Hombre del mont]

anything special you do for "your" cobs -- wanting to go down that trail

Start with good Sativa buds!

 

[Hombre del mont]

@Tangwena , will you be watching the cricket? Who do you support these days?

Mrs DM loves test match. Not much will get done around here for the next few days. ❤

 

[Tangwena]

@Tangwena , will you be watching the cricket? Who do you support these days?

Mrs DM loves test match. Not much will get done around here for the next few days. ❤

I'm true blue Aussie these days after living here for over 40 years I've had the operation and feel so much better for it ha ha.
If I dont see the sun for more than 2 days I start to get depressed ha ha.

I was in the UK for 10 days a few years back now and sunk into a deep melancholy after only seeing the sun for 1 day!
As the plane touched down at Perth airport I felt my spirits lift, every time I come back to Australia from overseas I feel that same lift.
I was watching the cricket last night our time and thinking I need an Indica to watch this ha ha.

Thats the reason I liked Southern Spain so much if I didn't live here I would be next door to you ha ha.

 

[wutwut]

i've tried to make some cobs. this method seems to be most interesting one to me. i follow tangwena's guide but i like to compress these flowers with a mold. i'm still searching for perfect way to make them. i tried to sweat the buds before pressing them and i tried sweating after pressing the brick. both seems to work in their own way. it's important to use about 65-70% hydration level stuff. too dry will not ferment well enough and too wet will get moldy very fast when drying it for curing stage. i also believe that success with this style of pressing depends more on the amount of material. too small cobs break up easily and too big cobs take longer time to finish. 30-40g seems to be a sweet spot. smaller one is about 15gr and bigger one is 55gr (still a bit moisty).

 

[Hombre del mont]

I'm true blue Aussie these days after living here for over 40 years I've had the operation and feel so much better for it ha ha.
If I dont see the sun for more than 2 days I start to get depressed ha ha.

I was in the UK for 10 days a few years back now and sunk into a deep melancholy after only seeing the sun for 1 day!
As the plane touched down at Perth airport I felt my spirits lift, every time I come back to Australia from overseas I feel that same lift.
I was watching the cricket last night our time and thinking I need an Indica to watch this ha ha.

Thats the reason I liked Southern Spain so much if I didn't live here I would be next door to you ha ha.

I know what you mean about missing the sun. If we have an overcast day (rare), we miss it, but if we get 2 consecutive days, we are all desperate for the sun and don't know what to do with ourselves.

Our temperatures were starting to warm up too. The coast is generally a few degrees cooler than here on the mountains. Yesterday was a very pleasant 33c.

I rarely leave Spain. I hate the cold and dark.
What people don't realise is that in the mountains it gets really cold at night. -3c is not uncommon in the middle of a winters night. And the winds are extreme!

Looking forward to this morning session and to see if we can't skittle a few of you Aussie's out before lunch.

 

[Tangwena]

I know what you mean about missing the sun. If we have an overcast day (rare), we miss it, but if we get 2 consecutive days, we are all desperate for the sun and don't know what to do with ourselves.

Our temperatures were starting to warm up too. The coast is generally a few degrees cooler than here on the mountains. Yesterday was a very pleasant 33c.

I rarely leave Spain. I hate the cold and dark.
What people don't realise is that in the mountains it gets really cold at night. -3c is not uncommon in the middle of a winters night. And the winds are extreme!

Looking forward to this morning session and to see if we can't skittle a few of you Aussie's out before lunch.

Once a long time ago I was leaving England for a holiday in Australia over Christmas I had to get from our hotel at Heathrow airport into St Johns wood to pick up some snow I had ordered.
I took a taxi/limo it was 5 pound without the hat and 15 pound with his hat.
On the way we got talking about cricket and the driver said of all the cricket teams in the world that he had driven around. The Aussies were the wildest ha ha. He said he was ferrying cases of champagne and prostitutes all night long and was amazed they would be even able to see the ball in the morning.
Might explain our bowling yesterday ha ha.

 

[Tangwena]

i've tried to make some cobs. this method seems to be most interesting one to me. i follow tangwena's guide but i like to compress these flowers with a mold. i'm still searching for perfect way to make them. i tried to sweat the buds before pressing them and i tried sweating after pressing the brick. both seems to work in their own way. it's important to use about 65-70% hydration level stuff. too dry will not ferment well enough and too wet will get moldy very fast when drying it for curing stage. i also believe that success with this style of pressing depends more on the amount of material. too small cobs break up easily and too big cobs take longer time to finish. 30-40g seems to be a sweet spot. smaller one is about 15gr and bigger one is 55gr (still a bit moisty).

Magnificent work I really dig that candy bar look and the fatter one would be my pic for sure.
Thank you so much for sharing that golden information brother its priceless.
I would buy something like that in the blink of an eye, imagine cracking the seal for the first time something to savor.
Respect brother.

 

[airplane]

i've tried to make some cobs. this method seems to be most interesting one to me. i follow tangwena's guide but i like to compress these flowers with a mold. i'm still searching for perfect way to make them. i tried to sweat the buds before pressing them and i tried sweating after pressing the brick. both seems to work in their own way. it's important to use about 65-70% hydration level stuff. too dry will not ferment well enough and too wet will get moldy very fast when drying it for curing stage. i also believe that success with this style of pressing depends more on the amount of material. too small cobs break up easily and too big cobs take longer time to finish. 30-40g seems to be a sweet spot. smaller one is about 15gr and bigger one is 55gr (still a bit moisty).

Thanks great info - this is my next adventure --- COBS

 

[CDNINCA]

Magnificent work I really dig that candy bar look and the fatter one would be my pic for sure.
Thank you so much for sharing that golden information brother its priceless.
I would buy something like that in the blink of an eye, imagine cracking the seal for the first time something to savor.
Respect brother.

@wutwut , I second the comments by @Tangwena ...and also want to add that I appreciate your "product" photography too! The black background, and nice lighting, show off the details nicely - and the coin for scale, sweet!

 

[0x942]

Dear fellow COBers !
Here are dark cured Jack Flash COBs i made last year!
Dark ones are something special in my head, flight to outter world

 

[Tangwena]

OMG @0x942 what a stash how could you ever get through that many cobs?
Yes I agree they look devilish, the darker cures are always mind melting in my experience.
Nice job brother they look perfectly uniform in every way.

Jesus if I went in to a shop and saw that many tasty cobs I wouldn't know what to do with myself ha ha.
I would have a ball picking that perfect cob sniffing them like a cigar a mouth watering experience.
What do you reckon $500 a piece I'll take 3 thank you ha ha. Just beautiful.
You guys are really raising the bar in the last few days.
IC rocks.

 

[airplane]

After reading - great information - wanting to "cob" 4-5 gram bud - have read were 15-30grs are used - going to use 2 month cured buds. - will then let cob alone for 1 month ? thoughts - Please any information will be greatly appreciated going to use a vacum sealer . hopt I don't press to much

 

[Buzzzzd]

i like to compress these flowers with a mold.

I'm new to cobbing but the one I did make....I used this mold...I have made a few of them in expectation of a decent harvest this fall.

I'm going to try sweating a few in these molds as well. I think wood has antibacterial properties.
I had placed parchment paper in to molds prior to filling - I didn't like how that worked.
I press using a drill press as an arbour.

 

[Tangwena]

After reading - great information - wanting to "cob" 4-5 gram bud - have read were 15-30grs are used - going to use 2 month cured buds. - will then let cob alone for 1 month ? thoughts - Please any information will be greatly appreciated going to use a vacum sealer . hopt I don't press to much

Unfortunately if they are already "cured" and by that you mean dried then jared its not going to do much.
Once you miss the window of opportunity which occurs just prior to drying its past the point of no return.
The best time I have found is when its dried just enough to roll a joint that will go out after every toke because its still too moist.
I am sure we have all done that before in our haste to get high from a new plant.
There is a bit of wiggle room either side of that mark but already cured or curing is def too late.
4 or 5 grams of part dried bud can be cured easily by just putting it in a bag and vacuuming it.
No other preparation being needed.

 

[blondie]

Many years ago I had a buddy who was the local dealer. He would take his bud and steam it in a commercial steamer. Buds fluffed up all pretty and took on water weight. I wonder if steaming older cured bud would be enough to start the cob process.

 

[Buzzzzd]

I wonder if steaming older cured bud would be enough to start the cob process.

I took a jar of buds that had been curing for about 5 - 6 months - placed the jar of bud in a larger jar with a small container of salt n water mix (creates 75% rh) and left it for a few days. They seemed to rehydrate but I don't know how well or deep they take the moisture. I cobbed it anyway as an experiment. It seemed to work (or it's mind over matter) I get a very nice effect after chewing a piece 3/4" dia x 1/8" thick. I also took the last cob and cut it into 1/8" pucks and dipped them in chocolate. I figured that was a good way to seal them and sure improves the taste.
But keep in mind I really don't know what I am doing!!!