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Malawi Style Cob Curing.
- Thread starter Tangwena
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If i recall correctly drier = less dark = more up/ less heavy effects.
So far i have liked the drier cure myself.
Here's some Panama. It had a 3 hour sweat in a 110f water bath, then remained sealed overnight at room temperature. I opened it this morning and was greeted with a wonderful very light fermentation smell with a mix of terpenes that reminded me of artist oil paints and spicy incense. The buds were very sticky when I started, only dried for a little over 2 days, and they had turned a drier sort of sticky after the fermentation. Almost felt like clay when I pulled them from the bags. I made one loose cob and then threw a couple of the biggest buds in by themselves.
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Those look just right now all they need is a cure sealed up in a warm location.
Check weekly open bag surface dry and re seal they will cure beautifully.
Thats the sort of look texture and smell your after at the start of the cure.
Those loose buds look unreal i can see they will shine after 3 or 4 weeks curing.
Things will start getting interesting for you know you have the feel for it.
Not bad a little over sweated maybe but will still work.
Starting with a slightly dryer product and a shorter sweat helps keep the terps.
But every batch of buds is different so you just have to get a feel for it through experimentation your on the right path though.
Thanks Tang. I sure do appreciate all the helpful advice throughout this thread. It was a great read and I bookmarked several spots for later referral.
I'm definitely getting a feel for it now and hopefully I will see some great results. I've got a bunch of these cobs and budlets to age, and now I'm out of ammo for more cob action for at least another month or more. So it turns into a waiting game to see how these age, with some weekly test samplings of course.
I cannot wait to test some chew though, and I picked up a little scale just so I can be accurate on dosage and not over due it. All this really brings me back to my youth. In the early 80's most of the weed you would get was hard pressed and full of seeds, or at least compressed to some extent for smuggling. So, as has been mentioned in this thread, whether intentionally or inadvertently, we were often getting a fermented product to some degree. And it makes sense on so many levels. But then green buds came in along with the Skunk Revolution. And then it was all knock out indica after that when most production moved indoors and everyone wanted shorter grow cycles and smaller plants. Well, I've sure been missing some nice brown Columbian or Mexican brick weed and this is a nice chance to try to replicate those. Actually, I hope to go way beyond that and I think your vacuum cob method is the hot ticket. Plus, I really like the long term storage aspect which is something I've been struggling with trying to improve. So these are just valuable skills all around and so thanks again man.
48 hour sweat
48 hour sweat
Looking good guys. This was sweated for 48 hours on top of LED light. Opened it and dried the wrapper/bag. Tied it back up and put it back. This was COBBED straight off the plant with no drying time. When opened the smell was the same as when it went in but was stronger and could be smelled though the bag. I'm very pleased with how it's going on my first run.
48 hour sweat
Looking good guys. This was sweated for 48 hours on top of LED light. Opened it and dried the wrapper/bag. Tied it back up and put it back. This was COBBED straight off the plant with no drying time. When opened the smell was the same as when it went in but was stronger and could be smelled though the bag. I'm very pleased with how it's going on my first run.
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You should slowly dry that now or it may overferment being so wet.
Its done a nice job so far you wouldn't want it to go much further or you could loose some terps smells.
It will do very dark quickly from here.
Looking yummy brother.
You might have said in the other thread, but are those E x M seeds or did you dust her with another strain?
I was watching that Malawi cob video on Youtube yesterday and someone mentioned Mulanje. That was the other one you had going right?
You might have said in the other thread, but are those E x M seeds or did you dust her with another strain?
I was watching that Malawi cob video on Youtube yesterday and someone mentioned Mulanje. That was the other one you had going right?
is it the husks that make or break it?
i just put a couple fresh not dried ounces into a paper towel roll and compacted it and set it on top of a floro lamp.
how did i miss drying it after 24/48 hrs?
i assumed the paper roll would wick most of the moisture and reduce fermentation.
it's sealed inside a baggie, so i can't imagine too much moisture being lost.
i've used this method before and it came out hard like hash and it impressed, but i don't think it fermented (?) at all, was just hard dry compressed...
i did this just days ago so i best go look after it.
i just put a couple fresh not dried ounces into a paper towel roll and compacted it and set it on top of a floro lamp.
how did i miss drying it after 24/48 hrs?
i assumed the paper roll would wick most of the moisture and reduce fermentation.
it's sealed inside a baggie, so i can't imagine too much moisture being lost.
i've used this method before and it came out hard like hash and it impressed, but i don't think it fermented (?) at all, was just hard dry compressed...
i did this just days ago so i best go look after it.
Yes they are they were dusted with Mulanje pollen. It is as well stunning plant I have High hopes on that one as well ha ha.
Man the Honduras x Panama is a stand out stinky bitch brother so good.
I defy any smoker to not go crazy just from the jar being opened in a room.
I have def got to grow them again luckily I have a few cobs aging.
But EVERY time I get high on one I find myself promising myself to grow more.
The terps from cobbing that stuff could be sold on their own I swear.
Keep the sweat real short the plant will do the rest.
To many different things possibly going on there man.
Its hard to know where if at all things are going wrong.
Best to get a vacuum sealer then its easy to know how and what goes on.
I never had any success no matter how I tried until I got one then it became easy.
KingCobra66
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I cannot press like need more posting but I like Tangwena this is good info you share
yesterday i removed the cob from the baggie.
it was wet, there was condensation in the baggie, and looked like mold on the paper wrap.
left it out overnight next to a fan to dry.
replaced roll into baggie...a new one...
today or tomorrow i'll check it again. maybe take some pics...i don't often post pics, but in this case i desire a connoisseurs opinion.
it was wet, there was condensation in the baggie, and looked like mold on the paper wrap.
left it out overnight next to a fan to dry.
replaced roll into baggie...a new one...
today or tomorrow i'll check it again. maybe take some pics...i don't often post pics, but in this case i desire a connoisseurs opinion.
