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Malawi Style Cob Curing.
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Alright! So, I vacuum sealed my banana leaf haze cob after it dried for a day or so. Next, I vacuum sealed it and sous vide-ed it for 36 hrs. There was no visible gas evolution, but the cob became slightly buoyant. Today I cut it open. It has a nice mild fermenting smell, and is quite damp. I’m going to air dry it for a day or two, then jar it up to cure for a bit.
Taima-da
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May as well cure it in a vac bag, a low oxygen environment is safer until it's cured and dried. If you make the bag slightly oversize you can open and reseal anytime to inspect and dry it out a bit.
Is oxygen needed for this “curing”? Otherwise, yeah I’d feel safer vacum bag curing. Or I can always vacuum seal the mason jar.
Taima-da
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Less oxygen is preferable, so a vac bag is better than a jar, as some air will still remain in the jar even if vac sealed.
Once the cob is dry you're good for a jar or zip bag or whatever. Even then, I still just take out what I'm gonna use up soon, and reseal what's left for next time.
Keeps it more terpy
Once the cob is dry you're good for a jar or zip bag or whatever. Even then, I still just take out what I'm gonna use up soon, and reseal what's left for next time.
Keeps it more terpy
Taima-da
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Looking at the cob, it is well on the way.
I'd dry it out quite thoroughly to slow the process, as it has had a quick start. Then seal and age.
You don't want it going too far into the ferment process or you lose some of the good smells.
The process continues as it ages, so a bit light on with the initial sweat and ferment is ok, especially with smaller cobs
I'd dry it out quite thoroughly to slow the process, as it has had a quick start. Then seal and age.
You don't want it going too far into the ferment process or you lose some of the good smells.
The process continues as it ages, so a bit light on with the initial sweat and ferment is ok, especially with smaller cobs
Talking about good smells I was inspecting some aged cobs I made a year or two ago.
They are quite dry now and also stable but being vacuum sealed the aged terps just burst out when you open the bag WOW!
I took out a dried cob of Panama x Honduras there was an enticing vague funky pine wafting out of the bag.
I sniffed the cob as you would a cigar and the pine was deep and dark.
Then I broke open the cob length ways revealing the twisted internal buds.
I dived into the center inhaling the newly released aroma. It felt like I was diving into deep water.
Pine. pine down further then WOW! menthol more menthol and then like ultraviolet menthol.
Thats when I tripped out.
I've been trying some Mulanje x Malawi/Ethiopian its over a year old now and so very perfect in every way ha ha.
I haven't got a good camera and my eyes cant focus to see if the phone camera is focused but this green grey bud of Mulanje x Malanje Gold opened up to reveal the most beautiful purple interior amazing pinosol disinfectant aroma cant wait to try it some day ha ha.
They are quite dry now and also stable but being vacuum sealed the aged terps just burst out when you open the bag WOW!
I took out a dried cob of Panama x Honduras there was an enticing vague funky pine wafting out of the bag.
I sniffed the cob as you would a cigar and the pine was deep and dark.
Then I broke open the cob length ways revealing the twisted internal buds.
I dived into the center inhaling the newly released aroma. It felt like I was diving into deep water.
Pine. pine down further then WOW! menthol more menthol and then like ultraviolet menthol.
Thats when I tripped out.
I've been trying some Mulanje x Malawi/Ethiopian its over a year old now and so very perfect in every way ha ha.
I haven't got a good camera and my eyes cant focus to see if the phone camera is focused but this green grey bud of Mulanje x Malanje Gold opened up to reveal the most beautiful purple interior amazing pinosol disinfectant aroma cant wait to try it some day ha ha.
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Freaking fantastic looking cobs
Wish I could smell 'em!
I haven't tripped this hard since I first tried Golden Tiger ha ha.
I found a heap of cobs from the two grows I did in 2021 and 2019 there's some acid in these ha ha.
Every day in every way we will get better and better.
Hombre del mont
Dr of Stupidity
Wish I could taste them!
For this morning breakfast it's original haze
For this morning breakfast it's original haze
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I had a lot more but they over fermented and were thrown out.
Those ones in the pictures were dried just in time the camphor like penetrating menthol aroma just clears my nasal passages and bodes well for a euphoric high.
I want to try them both on a clean pallet to experience the high nice and clean.
The out of focus bud was from my latest grow and is unreal in its pine aroma again with menthol from the purple buds could also be very good, but I'll give them until August to age a little more in the vac bags.
My August fishing trip is going to have some killer cobs to sample ha ha.
My curing is slowly improving as I start to understand my chosen plants reactions to the different levels of humidity and reduced sweating times I have been trying.
Its certainly bringing the pine type terps to the fore.
Buzzzzd
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What happens if they are over fermented??? And what would be considered "over fermenting"???
Soooo much to learn.....and brain soooo old!!!
You loose the terpy aromas and they are replaced by decomposition like composting aromas.
You will still get high though sometimes mind bendingly so but just not pleasant in the taste or smell department.
The ultimate cures have aroma, taste and effects that you cant get enough of.
Better to go easy on the sweating and use drier buds in the beginning and then experiment from there.
That looks done now onto the aging after a gentle dry of course.
Love the color change thats what your after.
Buzzzzd
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Thanks so much!!! My Cob....what's left of it....was rehydrated so I don't think I got close to what can be achieved so I am really looking forward to a fresh crop and a fresh start.
romanoweed
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Hombre del mont
Dr of Stupidity
I've never hallucinated after eating cob, but then if only ever eaten 1.2g or so.
I've had very large amounts of other preparations over the years and experienced visual distortions but not true hallucinations.
Very large doses of mushrooms, lsd or DMT are the way to go for hallucinations. I've heard Salvia also gives hallucinations but have only smoked a very small amount (once).
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romanoweed
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some definitions on net actually dont call seeing things with bare Eyes hallucinations if one is aware that its not real.
i see this a bit different, yes i was aware what i see isnt what i see normally.. so by definiton of some guys on net it isnt hallucination. However: in my question i dont discount knowing that its a hallucination as no-halucination. imho it should be the same.. i mean. for real, one sees a pink elephant (i dont reveal what i saw then ) and its, ohh, not really a hallucination.. tzz.. weird definitions..
So, did you guys see things solid , not transparent with your bare eyes ? yes or no.
i see this a bit different, yes i was aware what i see isnt what i see normally.. so by definiton of some guys on net it isnt hallucination. However: in my question i dont discount knowing that its a hallucination as no-halucination. imho it should be the same.. i mean. for real, one sees a pink elephant (i dont reveal what i saw then ) and its, ohh, not really a hallucination.. tzz.. weird definitions..
So, did you guys see things solid , not transparent with your bare eyes ? yes or no.
