Malawi Style Cob Curing.

[sneezydog]

Funkyhorse that is a great video, i love how all his friends jump right in whenever he needs help. 6 months, he says. Thats about how much pressure i try to get on the wrap, though. as much as can. now to go see that full moon....

 

[RottyRzr]

Hombre, thanks for the steps and pics. This will really help me out when I finally harvest my KA5H. I've been reading the posts and trying to put it all together in my head for when the time comes and this steps with pics is awesome.
Thanks for taking the time to do this!

 

[Hombre del mont]

Hombre, thanks for the steps and pics. This will really help me out when I finally harvest my KA5H. I've been reading the posts and trying to put it all together in my head for when the time comes and this steps with pics is awesome.
Thanks for taking the time to do this!

Your welcome my friend.

Tomorrow, when I open them up after the 12hr sweat I'll document the next step.

I'm thinking I'd quite like to grow the KillerA5 myself. Is it very strong smelling?; I can't be doing with growing overly strong smelling weed.

 

[RottyRzr]

Your welcome my friend.

Tomorrow, when I open them up after the 12hr sweat I'll document the next step.

I'm thinking I'd quite like to grow the KillerA5 myself. Is it very strong smelling?; I can't be doing with growing overly strong smelling weed.

The pheno that I have doesn't have hardly any odor. It's been kinda nice after growing some indicas that had my whole home smelling like skunk. If I rub the stems there is a odor and it's not very pleasant but its limited to just my hands. Some other folks growing it on here have reported that they do have an odor with their pheno.
Give it a go.
I believe @blondie and @spigolaro are growing smelly phenos. Hopefully they will comment.

 

[Hombre del mont]

The pheno that I have doesn't have hardly any odor. It's been kinda nice after growing some indicas that had my whole home smelling like skunk. If I rub the stems there is a odor and it's not very pleasant but its limited to just my hands. Some other folks growing it on here have reported that they do have an odor with their pheno.
Give it a go.
I believe @blondie and @spigolaro are growing smelly phenos. Hopefully they will comment.

Thanks

 

[Tangwena]

I just saw this video, I dont know if it was posted before. If it was, my apologies
The technique is called perique, it was used by sailors to cure tobacco
They clean the tobacco in a similar way the premium paraguayan brick is done
I find this perique method similar to using banana bark, but I think the fresh bark is better because it shrinks and cures together with the weed, pressing it naturally. But if you dont have fresh banana bark and have rope, it is not bad at all


Have a nice week everybody

So similar its uncanny I am sure its related.

 

[Tangwena]

And so the cobbing season starts!

As some of you know, we took down and trimmed up the Zac Tribute on Friday as we were expecting 5 days of storms from Sunday; They arrived today, a day late.

So here we are with a nice bowl of 3 day dried weed (so quite moist but not wet).


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This is just under half of the harvest, so less weed than I first thought; But still plenty to make several cobs!
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Once it's taken off of the sticks there's 89g

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Here's half of it ready to get compressed really tightly into the tube.

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Unwrapped and ready for the bag.
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I made 2 cobs from the 89g.

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So these guys will go into the dehydrator at 45c for 12 hrs.

With these 2 I'm going for a darker cure and hoping for a more spacey edge to the cobs.

In a few more days time I'll do the remaining part of the harvest, which will be by then somewhat drier and will be done using less heat, in an attempt to produce more speedy cobs.


I'll update again tomorrow once I've opened them to dry.

Great tutorial please dont stop.
I cant wait to see the others and the results this is how it should be shown.

 

[Tangwena]

I have finished my spring clean down to just the primo cures now.
This one was from 2020 Panama lemon pheno of the Honduras x Panama.
I chewed about 0.25g a while ago now and its coming on fast love this stuff.

Lost everything a moment ago ha ha I better hurry up and post this before things start getting loopy ha ha
Panama always takes me by surprise ha ha.
Lastly the most aromatic funky hashish and fermented fruit smelling Purple Honduras x Panama from 2019.
I nearly took this one as well it smelt so darn good, but now I'm thinking it was a wise decision to stay with the first one alone.
Tomorrow will be fine for this baby ha ha. Strong fast paced high coming on now yeeha going to get me my hoss ha ha.

 

[Hombre del mont]

So, following on from yesterdays post.

The 2 cobs have been sat at 45c for 12hrs.

This morning I opened them up.

No visible water droplets, but noticeably more moist than they were.

I've dried them off by letting them sit unbagged in the dehydrator at 35c for 1 1/2hrs.

They since been re bagged and vacced and will be left sitting at around 35c for the next week or so until I check them.

 

[Tangwena]

So, following on from yesterdays post.

The 2 cobs have been sat at 45c for 12hrs.

This morning I opened them up.

No visible water droplets, but noticeably more moist than they were.

I've dried them off by letting them sit unbagged in the dehydrator at 35c for 1 1/2hrs.

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They since been re bagged and vacced and will be left sitting at around 35c for the next week or so until I check them.

Cant wait to see how they evolve sounds very sweet at the moment.
The coming months are the most exciting for me.

 

[Hombre del mont]

And me too!

 

[Tangwena]

And me too!

I've got a big hedge to trim tomorrow that PHonduras x Pananama cob will make it a breeze ha ha.
OR maybe the Mulanje x Malawi/Ethiopian although on that one I get distracted easily.
Starting to feel like my old self again getting into the aged cobs is so exciting speed freak on ecstacy ha ha.

 

[Hombre del mont]

My Mulanje x Malawi/Ethiopian is coming on nicely. I'm posting pictures at this very moment.

Today I've taken Zamal 0.3g and am very spaced out! I'd forgotten I'd had it and wondered why I was struggling to type.

It's much improved from just a couple of months ago! Love it,

 

[MrToast]

And so the cobbing season starts!

As some of you know, we took down and trimmed up the Zac Tribute on Friday as we were expecting 5 days of storms from Sunday; They arrived today, a day late.

So here we are with a nice bowl of 3 day dried weed (so quite moist but not wet).


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This is just under half of the harvest, so less weed than I first thought; But still plenty to make several cobs!
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Once it's taken off of the sticks there's 89g

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Here's half of it ready to get compressed really tightly into the tube.

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Unwrapped and ready for the bag.
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I made 2 cobs from the 89g.

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So these guys will go into the dehydrator at 45c for 12 hrs.

With these 2 I'm going for a darker cure and hoping for a more spacey edge to the cobs.

In a few more days time I'll do the remaining part of the harvest, which will be by then somewhat drier and will be done using less heat, in an attempt to produce more speedy cobs.


I'll update again tomorrow once I've opened them to dry.

Hombre..
Nice work using the pipe to make your cobs..I was thinking the very same thing…I have another several plants to cob at some point (just drying now)..Was thinking of using the very same technique!

 

[Calle Minogue]

Friesland M33 x Nepali ( 20h/35c) since 2 weeks Curing at 25-30.

There are still some cobs to do

UEL Sativa x Boa‘s Durban

 

[Hombre del mont]

Made another 3 this morning.

The Zac Tribute is now a little drier and I will be using less heat to start them off; 35c rather than 45c.

Trying to achieve a more colourful terpy cure.

 

[RottyRzr]

@Hombre del mont can you tell me what is the diameter of the tubes you use? These things are looking good. Looking forward to the next update!

 

[Tangwena]

Made another 3 this morning.

The Zac Tribute is now a little drier and I will be using less heat to start them off; 35c rather than 45c.

Trying to achieve a more colourful terpy cure.

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Oh boy I love the uniform look and from how you describe the flowers aroma a colorful terpy result is going to be heaven in that department haha.
Also cant wait to see how they come out, its like waiting for the next episode of a tv series keep them coming brother this is gold to watch.

 

[Hombre del mont]

Hi @Rotty

@Hombre del mont can you tell me what is the diameter of the tubes you use? These things are looking good. Looking forward to the next update!

Good morning to you @RottyRzr , the tube diameter is 38mm, although I don't consider it that important.
I just like the uniform shape it produces.
Usually I like to turn them more into a rounded brick shape by standing on the vac bag and letting my weight squash it.

I'll post some more pictures once I take them out of the bag later this morning.

 

[Hombre del mont]

The 3 that I made yesterday spent 12hrs at 35c and this morning they've been taken out of the bags to dry the surface. They certainly aren't wet, but there is some moisture on the surface.
I've given them 1/2hr un bagged in the dehydrator at 35c and they're dry.

Here they are on the right of the picture,

Top left is a small 10g cob of a friends Zac tribute and has been made about 2 weeks (I forget, but it doesn't really matter)

Bottom left is 40g of a friend's white widow, that's been made almost 2 weeks, I think,

Middle 2 are the Zac tributes I made on Monday.


Everything has been dried up and has been vacced up again.

Now they will all sit on top of my amplifier at around 35c for however long it takes.

I thought I'd have them all out this morning and give them an airing (drying).
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