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Malawi Style Cob Curing.
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Firstly my friend please post all your thoughts and findings.
It is a world wide experiment we have going on here as Sue from 420 forum said.
There is not only one way to cure using fermentation the different outcomes are what we are trying to catalogue here so all observations are welcome.
If you are going to cure those cobs for as long as you have stated I would dry them further before aging them or they will go past the sweet point in the cure.
If your goal is to retain the terpenes less is more in the curing.
Once you get into this art you will find that smell and taste of the cobs can be altered by the curing times and drying 90% of the moisture before aging will lock in the terps ect at the stage you desire.
As far as effects go, any strain or cure that brings negative type feelings I ditch.
There are plenty of strains out there that give soaring euphoric positive feelings which is what I go for.
But different strokes for different folks finding the medicine thats right for you is what its about.
It is good to dry and sample a piece of your cobs at regular intervals during the aging/cure just in case you miss a spectacular result.
As they age/cure they constantly evolve and fully drying at that stage will lock in the effects.
Leaving it longer does not always improve the effects if the cob is still moist it will keep evolving.
There is a sweet point in every cure where they have everything you like and after that it changes not always for the better, so regular sampling of each cob is important.
I can see you have the passion my friend welcome to the cob club you will find you have opened a pandora's box of tripping highs that will see you right for a life time.
I agree music is one of my must haves when on the right cobs get the dose right and your inside the music.I love to get high and listen to every Dire Straits song,especially Brothers in arms and Telegraph Road,the cobs take you there with Mark
The soaring ecstatic euphoric type highs are what I like the most.
I just want to be tripped out all the time and thats what I get from the right dose of the right cob.
The Golden type cures are the most euphoric and ecstatic cures something I try for with at least half of my cobs.
The other half I go for the darker sweeter deeply lysergic type of cure for when I want to leave my body and mind behind for a vacation on the other side of reality as we think of it.
Words of wisdom. Thank you. I'll take your advise and do just that. Try them out regularly, and try to get to the sweet spot, what or where ever that is. And not be worried about drying them out too quickly to interfere the fermenting process. If i dare to try them that often.
Do you think it would be wise to dry that Ultimate dry to the touch, and put it back in vacuum, or just start regular curing in a class jar?
All the others i can experiment with how ever, but that one sweetheart i would like to have as "sweet" as possible. No need to see Alice everytime-kind of smoke, but still not rushing it with drying and curing.
Do you think it would be wise to dry that Ultimate dry to the touch, and put it back in vacuum, or just start regular curing in a class jar?
All the others i can experiment with how ever, but that one sweetheart i would like to have as "sweet" as possible. No need to see Alice everytime-kind of smoke, but still not rushing it with drying and curing.
Ouch that last one looks mean and dangerous!
How's the smell now?
I am a bit spooked about that one lol. Seriously don't know if i dare to smoke it before getting used to whole cob thing. I am almost proud of how intoxicating it looks like. That was from the one wrapped in tobacco leaf. Don't know if it had any effect?
The smell is getting better by the hour. At first it was kind of sharp, ammonia smell, but only after few hours it started getting smoother.
I took out three samples of the best cobs, and dry them in a glass jar and smoke some, and then just cure regularly to see what i got here.
I only wish i could give you guys some to try out.
haha,and what about the heart rate?mine can't stop rising wave after wave for 20-30 minutes,i feel like i can see through objects but when i close my eyes i move my hands like a conductor,then comes the happiness...and it only takes a small amount,much smaller than the jar cured weed.
I just love reading your descriptions of the highs. I have to write the effects down in a diary if I want to remember them afterwards ha ha.
I sleep with a sports gum shield in my mouth my dentist said I was grinding my teeth at night from the speedy trips I have been taking during the day ha ha.
If I am clenching mt teeth I know I am on the right track.
Sometimes I cant control the emotional ecstacy and just have scream out loud.
I think I should cut back sometimes but you only live once isn't it.
Go hard or go home I say.
If your not tripping your not high.
As soon as you take them out of the vacuum sealed environment you need to dry them fully or you will get mold for sure.
Once they are dried properly they will keep forever in a bag or jar.
You only need moisture for the cure for aging they need to be dried to a smokable state so as not to mold.
The ammonia smell means they were over fermented slightly.
It will not effect the high only the smell and taste next time try less fermenting you will get the sweet hashish smell then.
Hey, all my cobs came out dark, some nearly black. Any tips on how to get the golden types? They look awesome.
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I tried some yesterday. Slept like a baby. Woke up a bit "frozen" but really really mellow. The high is.. something else. It was probably the smoothest high i ever experienced via smoke. First i took very little just to establish some sort of baseline. Then some more and boom. I don't think there really is a way back. I had a couple of small joints before that of the same strain. It's amazing how much the high kind of evolves with this processing.
I like to smoke with a little tobacco, and that kind of makes this smoke a little harsher with so little weed in it. Think i'll try to mix in some regular cured bud just to smooth out the smoke.
But after only a single test, this is wonderful. Nothing like i expected, even if i had no actual expectations. The smoothness after only 3 weeks of vacuum was really unexpected and pleasant. I just lied on the bed, listening to some really mellow 432hz music, and just kind of faded away with the music and comfort of the bed, only to wake up really well slept and relaxed. About 6h of sleep did the trick even after a long day outside. At this time of year, there is really no true night time around here, so deep sleep is sometimes a bit trickier. At summer, our dark time of the night lasts only around a couple of hours.
I am so greatful for finding out about this. Thank you everyone.
I like to smoke with a little tobacco, and that kind of makes this smoke a little harsher with so little weed in it. Think i'll try to mix in some regular cured bud just to smooth out the smoke.
But after only a single test, this is wonderful. Nothing like i expected, even if i had no actual expectations. The smoothness after only 3 weeks of vacuum was really unexpected and pleasant. I just lied on the bed, listening to some really mellow 432hz music, and just kind of faded away with the music and comfort of the bed, only to wake up really well slept and relaxed. About 6h of sleep did the trick even after a long day outside. At this time of year, there is really no true night time around here, so deep sleep is sometimes a bit trickier. At summer, our dark time of the night lasts only around a couple of hours.
I am so greatful for finding out about this. Thank you everyone.
Maybe we can get big nasty to answer that one he used a radically different technique.
Well different to how I do it. It worked amazingly well we can all learn from him and use the info to kick start our own versions.
This is the fun of this curing method getting those elusive dynamite cures is what keeps me coming back time after time.
Is there a chance that the golden cure is strain related?cause i didn't do something much more different than anybody else except the vacuum stage.Anyway this thread never cease to inspire me so let's see if we can work it out together.I rehydrated the corn husks,i dried the excess water,then i wrapped it tight(this time i added some lemon verbena leaves to one cob,this plant has a strong lime smell and taste,it's rich in terpenes and essential oils so i thought it might be a good idea,we 'll see).The ziplock bag is currently under a 250 hps 30-40 cm away,last time i let it sweat for 30 hours,this time i'll turn it upside down after 15 hours because one side of the previous batch was a little darker.This is exactly what i did last time,in a week or so i'll know if i was just lucky.
Thanks for the details my friend it is strain related up to a point.
Donald Mallard had some Loas plants that cured a spectacular golden color as well.
However you can get golden color from most plants if the cure is done right.
I find very short sweats with drier than usual buds and long curing produce nice golden cobs.
I am trying to get some at the moment with some GT and Malawi x Ethiopian so I will see how they turn out in a months time.
The last ones I did this way were GT and I still have them 3 years later still gold and still special.
Beautitiful buds Big Nasty. What strain are they from? Thanks for the info.
Excited to try this method next season.
Just watched a short vid on Malawi and it shows a farmer making some sick looking cobs. There's a couple of minutes of "Reefer Madness" but the rest is good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owiaxm8bEJA&t=9s
The strain is dedoverde haze,a very haze leaning pheno.Unfortunately in Italy it's hard to find great genetics and i'm a bit paranoid to buy seeds online,next run i want to try ace's gear,zamaldelica or panama,if i can find seeds at the growshop of course.
Can tight bud structure and calyx-to-leaf ratio make for a darker cure also?Long term storage is also a great advantage vs jar cured buds,i can only imagine the heavenly smell of your cobs after three years,the smell got me addicted pretty quickly.
