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Levitationofme

Levitationofme

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After reading on the Cob Cured thread I became interested in trying to grow the Malawi. I am already dreaming of smoking a perfectly cured Cob of my own

I have looked thru a bunch of threads and haven't seen anything like a sticky on growing them in a cabinet on a small personal scale.

I see information on various light cycles, a few older posts with nutrient issues.

I ordered ACE seeds recently. Assuming all goes well I will have
Malawi and Zamaldelica seeds to play with.

With limited space I was going to start with 1 breed.

The malawi first

I germinate seeds in r/o water w dash of Kelp and humic. Immersed over night. Placed in damp paper towel in Plastic bag. Into my clone box where its nice n warm. Into small cup of Coco Coir moistened with Kelp /Humic water.



I run LED
use NFTG nutrients
CO2 system
Hand Watering in Coco coir.

This works for me so far.

Starting with 5 feminized seeds as they had no Regular.
First time with Feminized seeds.

What else should I be prepared for? Other then an extended growth cycle?

All specific hints are appreciated

Thanks in Advance!
:ying:
 
ajc0k

ajc0k

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Check inbox. Malawi has a high female ratio anyways, I forgot what he said about the fems but you'll land a pheno you can't get with the standard..
 
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StrictlyHerb

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How's it going?
Wish you the best of luck!
Saw the cob-thread yesterday, interesting stuff there.

My next grow will also be malawi :) in coco too.
 
Levitationofme

Levitationofme

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I am waiting a little bit longer. I am finishing up a run now. I know it will take a long time to fully flower the Malawai. I am going to start them when I get back from my summer getaway.

Still having good success in Coco, thinking of mixing it up with a Bubble bucket. Ill probably try it with both methods.

My first cobb is a couple months aged and it's very cool. Different Taste, Different High.
Its really very interesting.
 
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StrictlyHerb

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I will have to wait to start my malawis too, until i get back from the holidays this summer.
But this is cool! We can do a coco malawi grow side-by-side, comparing growroom details, feedings etc.

The native and landrace plants of malawi can take like 20 weeks to flower, and i emailed Ace about this and they answered sum' like: The ace malawi will in general finish flowering at the number of weeks they've written (think it is 11?), depending on phenotype 1+ or 1- weeks. Its still a pure malawi, just a shorter flowering genotype.

As for the cobbs i would LOVE to try it, but dont have a vacum sealer and wont be able to afford one in the nearest future.

Anyways, talk to you later when its getting closer to sowing the beans, peace!
 
Levitationofme

Levitationofme

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If you want to replicate the vacuum sealer, you can put cobb in a sealable baggie dip it in a water bath, obviously with zip up top. The water will push out the air. Then seal it up.

A bit of a gorilla tactic, but I think if you sweat it properly all you have to do is cut off air supply. I doubt they had vacuum packers in Africa when they came up with this. I think they buried them.

I have access to an industrial grade vacuum sealer. I was able to continue to pull a full vacuum for nearly a minute. It got the full compression of 1 atmosphere.

It came out more dense. That's the only difference I could see. Compared to the cobb pics posted.

I am thinking of making a silly strong mushroom tea and lacing a cobb with it. Or some variation of that.
 
stoned40yrs

stoned40yrs

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You couldn't have picked a more potent strain to grow:biggrin: I have some Malawi fems on the way. I just popped some crosses, the Malawi x Black Lime Reserve is the most potent herb I've smoked in over 50 years of looking:tiphat::
OJSDKB X Malawi X Black Lime Reserve
Romulan Haze X Malawi X Black Lime Reserve
Malawi X Black Lime Reserve
Lemon Thai X Empress OG X Malawi
 
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StrictlyHerb

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Haha thats some gorilla tactic :D i guess it would work but i would be damn nervous dipping my weedbags in water. Pray that they are air-tight.

Maybe fill a bucket of fine sand and bury the cobbs in there? Or if someone have a huge harvest trying to actually bury it in the garden, maybe cover the cobb in a few newspapers first. Real africano-style.

Well my indoor harvest aint big enough for taking that kind of risk, but maybe some outdoorgrown autos could be subjects of experiment this autumn?

Good day.

Hello stoned40yrs: only heard the best about malawi :) everyone tried it says the same - straight killer weed!
Would love going to africa and smoke some of the real sun-grown spiritual herb everyone is praising so much.
 
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StrictlyHerb

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Hey man! How's it going? :)
I have been vegging mine for about a month now, switched to flower yesterday.
Going very easy on the nutes, got a nice lime-green color.
Did you start?
 
Levitationofme

Levitationofme

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Funny you should ask. I had a strange year, back on track.
I just popped 2 fem Malawi a few days ago. They broke ground and are sitting in my Flower Box with a round of Panama I started about a month ago.

Im trying to keep them smallish to fit in my setup. Im not Vegging at all, 12/12 from start.

I have access to a professional vacuum sealer and 3 mil bags. I cook Lamb Shanks sealed in these bags for 2 days at 130 degrees get medium rare yet falling off the bone tender. They don't rip unless I fuck up the seal

I can go up to 185 degrees and stay within a 1/10 of a degree variation for weeks.
So I thought I might be able to find the perfect temp to sweat the cobs at. But that is just fun thoughts
 
Tangwena

Tangwena

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Levitationofme said:
Funny you should ask. I had a strange year, back on track.
I just popped 2 fem Malawi a few days ago. They broke ground and are sitting in my Flower Box with a round of Panama I started about a month ago.

Im trying to keep them smallish to fit in my setup. Im not Vegging at all, 12/12 from start.

I have access to a professional vacuum sealer and 3 mil bags. I cook Lamb Shanks sealed in these bags for 2 days at 130 degrees get medium rare yet falling off the bone tender. They don't rip unless I fuck up the seal


I can go up to 185 degrees and stay within a 1/10 of a degree variation for weeks.
So I thought I might be able to find the perfect temp to sweat the cobs at. But that is just fun thoughts
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Hi my friend I would be very interested in your results, the Malawi cured this way would be a true African experience. Please post pics of the finished product. Good luck with the grow.
Tangwena
 
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StrictlyHerb

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Ok, cool! I hear lots of people dont veg their malawi. But i decided to veg so i could top and LST a bit, increase yield that way. When i know the gender of my plants i'll put on a screen to reduce height.

Super nice with the cob cure! Have you tried any yet?
My last crop got a great cure, ive always had difficulties with the cure. This time i tried to press as many buds as possible in the jar, this reaaally improved smell! :)
 
Levitationofme

Levitationofme

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I Fim'ed my Pananmas that I went 12/12 and next some training when I cull down to 2 plants.
My box does best with 1 or 2 plants. I have 2 Boxes about the same size.

I am going to tame the wild Malawi somehow. Kind of practicing on the Panama. Im told it's less finicky to grow so I can learn about controlling the stretch on an easier plant. And get Awesome smoke.

If you have room I would veg it out and get the max volume of buds.
Holy Smokes these things can get to be monstrous.

I literally grow for myself. No one else knows. I already have more then enough to smoke for a long time.Im into trying to grow the more unique plants now that I have a couple grows under my belt.

the cure has been a challenge for me, Agreed filling the container is good. I think it slows down the process. Less air to draw out the water. Once I get them into CV vaults with the Bovida packs im good. The hanging and drying thing im getting better at.
 
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StrictlyHerb

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Looking good! :)
My malawis are reacting very slowly to the 12/12 switch. Switched 2 weeks ago and they're barely showing pre-flower!
Anyway, out of my 4 seedlings 2 were female, wich is perfect. Just like you i dont have room for more.
Also feeding lightly, usually at 500 ppm.
Good luck!
 
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