[Rocketman64]

I've been trying something a little different lately and I think I'm going to like it. Instead of using corn cob or paper, I use the fan leaves from the plant I'm harvesting.
Take the fan leaves and lay them on some craft paper close enough together to cover most of the paper. I use a piece of paper approximately 16" x 10". I continue to layer the fan leaves until I don't see anymore paper. I then place the dried bud(s) on the fan leaves, roll the whole thing up including the paper and tie with string. The ends are left open. I stick the roll in a plastic bag and throw it in a drawer for about a week or so. I don't open the bag unless I'm ready to remove the bud. Once the bud is removed, it only takes a day or two to loose the moisture from the sweat. Buds are placed in jars for storage.
The taste and smell is a little sweet but mostly very mild without much scent. Once a bud is broken, the true smell of the plant is revealed. If you just take a bud and hold it up to your nose for a sniff it really resembles fresh, sweet hay. Break the bud open and the pine, cedar, fruitiness hits you.
I wouldn't have it any other way!
Sweet dreams, people.

[Tangwena]

Hi Rocketman64 I agree with you about turning people on to cured buds I find once they try it its all they want. Your method seems viable I am sure it works very well, the canna leaves are a nice twist.
I am glad I am not alone in thinking the high is more important than the looks and smell.
Thanks for sharing.
Tangwena

[koles[cz]]

Hola, Tangwena and all contributing to or reading this cool thread!

Very good info, it's been deeply inspirational so I'd like to share my first shot.. Lacking natural cob material, I had to resort to somehow crude ways, punk style..

Wrapped 9.5g ~ 0.33oz to some paper, rolled, wired with this green garden wire and placed into zippy plastic bag. I sealed it with some translucent tape! Hope this goes well.



Looks more like cuban cigar to me haha. Material was some sativa lower buds, 3 strain mix. Dried in grow box, cool temps for about a week. Was quite sticky 3/5 dry I guess when rolled in. Just thinking about looking inside and the shore to wrap it again I decided to let it be for two or three weeks before final open+dry.

[Tangwena]

Hi koles should work fine dont open it for at least a couple of weeks, if its wet when you open it then you have done it right. Post some pics when you do open it to see how it has cured. Once you have a bit of experience at it you will be able to cure them the exact way you prefer. Whole new world of getting high coming your way my friend.
Tangwena

[Anonimas1989]

Thats for sure!, I have cured smaller leafs I wanted to make hash from, it hits so hard. I have sold them to my friend, he's my new best friend What is important that if you cure right you loose stoney feeling. All my harvest was indica and a few sativa buds. I have cured ±500g indica, they turned into ±300g. cured cobs. I dont know why but one of indica varieties gives me headache, is it cured too wet?

[Tangwena]

Anonimas all indicas give me a headache ha ha, just joking my friend. i have no idea why that happened.
Let it dry out and age it may help, otherwise it must be the buds I have no idea. This is the first time I have heard of anyone using indica types, what does it do to the stone?
i prefer sativa buds, strong buds make the best cobs IMO.
Tangwena

[Madjag]

I wrapped up my first Malawi-Style cob yesterday. I used some medium-sized buds from the Angola Red that I grew this year that came from an IC member who is both a master grower as well as a top seed connoisseur. He specializes in landrace preservation runs.

It was La Mano Negra's strain that was sold by Luis Fritzman at the now defunct Brasilian Seed Company that he owned and operated.

[Tangwena]

Hi Madjag that is a strain that should benefit from a cob cure, let us know how it turns out pictures ect. After a good age it should improve further once cured. I commend you on giving it a go I hope it works for you and improves the bud in a positive way.
African sativas seem to benefit from this method.
I am looking forward to trying it on my Panama when its ready. I have never tasted any south american genetics before, so its new ground for me.
More power to you my friend.
Tangwena

[Madjag]

Angola Red cob after 8 days in corn husks and seal-a-mealed in plastic wrap:

[Jellyfish]

Man, that looks great!