A Taste of Africa from Malawi

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High KJB. I thought I'd mention that your pic looks just like my first one with a huge center cola. Mine I seeded unlike yours and was still great smoke. Your gonna like that stuff for sure. I'm thinkin' of trying to cob some as they say. I wonder if it just compresses the weed tighter making it seem more potent being its denser or does it really get better than not cobbing it. Need more Malawi to try out. Peace... SR

 

[stevewinthrop]

Compression curing is just a different way of curing. You can degrade chlorophyll by curing in a jar, or you can degrade chlorophyll with anaerobic bacteria like the compression method. It's actually just a low grade fermentation of sorts. Most traditional curing methods involve compression, and for good reason. They didn't have air tight jars or humidors or hygrometers. It's hard to say in what ways the end product of a compression cure can be different than a jar cure, but I am sure they are quite different.

 

[crazyfool*]

well, comparing my Paraguayan seeds cured in a Jar, with the compressed brick they came in, I´d say compressed weed is shit

 

[therevverend]

Waldgeist, you're idea is crazy. I'm amazed by how well it worked. My idea was similar, I replaced the males I removed in July with late flowering narrow leafs. This restricted the size and forced early flowering. I moved them indoors in mid October, I'm enjoying my second harvest now.
In respect to compression, more good ganja is destroyed after harvest than any other way. I thought compressing was for smuggling, not curing. They have it down to an art in Mexico, can compress ten pounds to the size of an ounce and fit it in a coffee can. It gave Mex a bad reputation on the West Coast.
The worst I ever saw, compressed solid by seeds. When you'd break it open you'd find these huge male flowers 5 cm long. Never seen anything like it before or since. I've seen beautiful Mex lightly seeded grown in the desert out of LA, cured light lime green. And the worst ganja imaginable. No high just a headache. When my Hawaiian friend saw it he said there's Maui Wowie and then there's Brownie Frownie.

 

[rolandomota]

Lmmfao compressed weed is crap? What a joke. Compress your malawi see if its crap. My point is it depends on the initial quality before compression that determines final product outcome.


I have rolled a joint as fat as i can with jar cured and it weighs a gram compressed mexican will weigh more always in the same size joint. You can fit 2 grams of compressed in that same size joint so it seems more potent but your just smoking more. I smoke a quarter to half a pound of mex brick a month. Most stuff i have grown (modern hybrids) is not much stronger sometimes its weaker than the comercial bricks. I live next to mexico so i pay good prices. 20 to 25 an ounce in bulk i dont like paying 40 to 50 an ounce retail thats the chump price. Sometimes its complete crap but that doesnt mean its the only type available it does mean you need a better supplier.

 

[2st4this]

you mean the lebanese that was bred in switzerland and later in denmark?

 

[Waldgeist]

dont know if its been bred in denmark after bluehemp had to close down, think theres lebanese('27' -danish) and this certain bluehemp lebanese ...

 

[stevewinthrop]

Waldgeist, you're idea is crazy. I'm amazed by how well it worked. My idea was similar, I replaced the males I removed in July with late flowering narrow leafs. This restricted the size and forced early flowering. I moved them indoors in mid October, I'm enjoying my second harvest now.
In respect to compression, more good ganja is destroyed after harvest than any other way. I thought compressing was for smuggling, not curing. They have it down to an art in Mexico, can compress ten pounds to the size of an ounce and fit it in a coffee can. It gave Mex a bad reputation on the West Coast.
The worst I ever saw, compressed solid by seeds. When you'd break it open you'd find these huge male flowers 5 cm long. Never seen anything like it before or since. I've seen beautiful Mex lightly seeded grown in the desert out of LA, cured light lime green. And the worst ganja imaginable. No high just a headache. When my Hawaiian friend saw it he said there's Maui Wowie and then there's Brownie Frownie.

Compressing bad weed for smuggling is different than a traditional cure. I'm talking more of Malawi cobs, Thai sticks, etc.

Comparing jar cured homegrown dank to Mexican shit brick is a bit unfair. Try cobbing or compressing some of your own home grown and see the difference.

 

[therevverend]

Of course traditional cures are different than bricking stuff. Check out the Sinaloa Mexico thread for some beautiful field curing. Much potency and flavor was lost but if you're packing out on a mule you don't have a choice.
One of my favorite stories from an old time California grower. In the late 70's early 80's he was growing with Mexicans. They couldn't understand why Cali sinsemilla was worth so much and they got so little for their product. So they hired my friend to come to Mexico, help them with strains, and show them how to cull the males.
They pulled off a huge, beautiful crop so he went back to Cali to wait for them bring it. Everything was great until they bricked it to the size of a loaf of bread to smuggle it. They expected to get the big $$ for it and were super pissed. Of course my friend was also super pissed.
I've never understood why they haven't learned to make hashish. Nowadays it seems that's the only way to keep their grows profitable.
Sorry for going off topic I'll make up for it with some pics. I have a weird mutant Malawi looks different than the others. Smells amazingly rank, super frosty but long thin foxtails.

Sorry about all the glare, was hurrying. It is super potent.
Here is one of the keepers a compact high yielding indoor plant.

 

[Waldgeist]

D 94

my notes tell me that the tray used a total of ~106 liters nutrient solution for the complete grow, no waste.

theres a shitload of ripe 'Ghalawi' or 'Ghamalana' in it, call it what you want,
Im the drunken master

 

[therevverend]

I should note that my plants have been afflicted by spider mites, powdery mildew, thrips, aphids, leafhoppers, and boytritis spores. They've shown amazing resistance almost no effects. No webs, no ruined colas, vigorous growth. Haven't used pesticides, only sprayed them down with water a couple times.
Last year my friend moved in some plants late September and they were hammered by mildew, especially Kali Mist. It's been almost two months, I pull a leaf here and there, but no real damage. It's been colder than normal which slows the bugs but not the fungus.
My Black Viet/Thai showed good resistance as well. I agree with Waldgeist this strain shows great potential for humid environments.
There's been one or two leafhoppers this whole time. I killed one, now I'm attached to the one or two that remain. Good thing I'm harvesting soon or else I'd name them.

 

[whiteberrieS]

SOG of the month I await the Malawian smoke report

 

[whiteberrieS]

wake and bake^

Nice SOG Waldgeist...I borrowed your picture for emphasis in another thread and cited you

And I suppose you guys have had the Malawi eh? Does she hold up to the powerfully trippy and psychadelic in the breeder's description?

 

[stevewinthrop]

If she's anything like the Malawi cobs I used to get 15 years ago, I guarantee she's every bit as trippy as described. No ceiling, periods of amphetamine type high mixed with periods of total mind warp and time loss. The come down is a great energetic mellow glow. I associate it with a nice mushroom high without the sick feeling.

Don't mix with booze

 

[therevverend]

Here's a pic of the mutant Malawi trimmed and dried. I had a terrible light leak which I believe caused the hermaphrotism. Although I think it is a rare mutant, I asked Dubi and he said the Malawi is not hermie prone he hadn't seen one.

The potency is off the charts extremely powerful. The smell is malawi but far more pungent and fragrant. Almost rank. Despite all the male flowers only the top hermied. The lower part is almost entirely female. I believe the light leak only contacted the top.
The other Malawis did not herm, maybe one other nanner in the entire garden. So I think this is a weird mutation.
All the plants are 100% Malawi they all have the same smell/terpene profile. Their flower structure is also similar except the mutant. However the difference in size and leaf structure is profound.
Here's a shot of a large fan leaf from each plant.

I find this fascinating. The mutant is the strange extreme type Indica leaf in the middle. This shows how dated and foolish terms like "sativa", "indica", "narrow leaf", and "wide leaf" are.
Dispensaries claim to have "sativa" and indica" and convince their customers these are real terms even though the growers who gave them the flowers have no real idea where they came from.
I was couchlocked by the mutant, not because I was put to sleep but I was too tripped out to move.
This could be dangerous if an ill patient was prescribed this strain because they wanted a "couchlock" "indica" for a life threatening condition. Then had a panic attack or something worse and had to call an ambulance for aid thereby giving the media another reason to criticize an out of control unregulated industry.
I try to support seed banks and providers that have some understanding of what their strains are, where they come from, and if they're marketed as medicine instead of recreation, the consequences if things go wrong.

 

[whiteberrieS]

Too tripped out to move Yeah I gotta try some. Thanks Steve, Rev

 

[Waldgeist]

she also did with me, i smoke it, then sit down making big thoughts/plans while getting exited but keep sitting and not moving, this 'modus' can last several hours when you keep on tokin that stuff

when some beers come to the mix it can get a bit sweaty, you may need some fresh air to recover

 

[whiteberrieS]

Gave up the drinking..it's all about the dank now. No drank, all dank. And now that you guys are telling me it's some scary stuff I gotta try it.....then cross it with Sour Bubble

 

[whiteberrieS]

Brainlocked on the couch

 

[crazyfool*]

yeah man, this shit is scary strong, I´ve found my keeper.....

large yealds of primo quality sativa diva!
everyone who tries my Malawii gets fucked up half way through a joint.... and I mean FUCKED UP! ... it transforms people into chameleons, eyes focus in different directions, bloodshot, and a strong sedative effect.....