Malawi Style Cob Curing.

[Buzzzzd]

ou might want to plan for a bit longer of a road ahead,

Yeah, these guys sprouted the last week of May, started to show hairs middle of July and are starting to look like full flower about now. My big problem now is getting them thru the door into the greenhouse!!
They won't all fit!!!!!!
I'm Central Ontario...anything could happen from here on in!!!

 

[blondie]

@Maria Sanchez This is just over one year old bushweed Mm x hz21 . When I first opened it up a nice strong whiff of mint. But.. it was gone in seconds. Getting ready to hit it. This one got quite dark and I think the sweat took at two days dry in my environment.

 

[Maria Sanchez]

@Maria Sanchez This is just over one year old bushweed Mm x hz21 . When I first opened it up a nice strong whiff of mint. But.. it was gone in seconds. Getting ready to hit it. This one got quite dark and I think the sweat took at two days dry in my environment.

Keep us updated with how she smokes!
That's a nice 1 year cob cure.
My (NvHz 18 x MML) x (NvHz 21 x MM) NLD pheno is hitting flowering now.
She's got some decent size on her, almost six feet tall, with many colas forming.
Should produce well, so plan to make some into cob, too.

 

[CDNINCA]

Nice looking plant @Maria Sanchez !!! She looks great!! Please keep sharing photos of her as she progresses, cheers!

 

[Maria Sanchez]

Nice looking plant @Maria Sanchez !!! She looks great!! Please keep sharing photos of her as she progresses, cheers!

Thanks. I won't derail things here, but full updates and pics on my main journal, in my signature line.

 

[graser]

cant wait the bud to rip so i can cob it ;]

Hi,
can you tell me what those white speckles on the fan leaves are?
Greetings graser

 

[gumzgi]

@graser some sulfur deficiency i think theres to much nutrients on that soil its old manure, every year happens that on some leafs when its to hot on that particular spot, this year was to hot and its still 35c, never watered nothing this year , some plots dried becouse the spot didnt retained water at all
this shoud be apple fritter or cereal milk i forgot wich one

 

[graser]

@ gumzgi

Thank you for your explanations!

 

[Baba Karuna]

Plants are looking fantastic everyone very excited to feel the anticipation of our approaching harvest season. It will be here soon I’m eyeing this Egyptian x Peruvian that is flowering so fast that I’ll get to cob her by October

🪷Om Mani Padme Hum🪷

 

[Aetheric]

Greetings Cobbers! I joined this website just to post here. I want to thank you all so much for this epic thread!! I came across it last November after I jarred my harvest so it was too late to properly try making cobs then, but I've had plenty of time to study all of your combined knowledge/experience and prepare for this year. I've got a Bangi Haze, a Zamaldelica x Kali China, and a Panama Red out in the garden right now flowering beautifully! All organic living soil. These seeds were bought and grown solely for cob making purposes, I may only keep 1 jar of buds from each to compare the cures. I have 5 other hybrids growing that I'll make some cobs from as well (Godberry, Bubba's gift, Blackberry Moonrocks, Tropicana Punch, KushDiesel)

Here's a pic of a couple practice cobs I made with fresh buds (6 days dry) from an indoor grower friend that got me some of the hybrid plants. Blackberry Moonrocks on the left, Tropicana Punch on the right:

(1hr sweat in crockpot on low setting, 7 days at 40°C, aged one month)

 

[CDNINCA]

Welcome to the best "hobby" on earth @Aetheric - at least it is in my opinion!
Nice looking first go at making cobs, and it sounds like you've got some interesting phenos coming soon to play with too! Keep us informed as to your progress please, looking good!

 

[Tangwena]

Greetings Cobbers! I joined this website just to post here. I want to thank you all so much for this epic thread!! I came across it last November after I jarred my harvest so it was too late to properly try making cobs then, but I've had plenty of time to study all of your combined knowledge/experience and prepare for this year. I've got a Bangi Haze, a Zamaldelica x Kali China, and a Panama Red out in the garden right now flowering beautifully! All organic living soil. These seeds were bought and grown solely for cob making purposes, I may only keep 1 jar of buds from each to compare the cures. I have 5 other hybrids growing that I'll make some cobs from as well (Godberry, Bubba's gift, Blackberry Moonrocks, Tropicana Punch, KushDiesel)

Here's a pic of a couple practice cobs I made with fresh buds (6 days dry) from an indoor grower friend that got me some of the hybrid plants. Blackberry Moonrocks on the left, Tropicana Punch on the right:
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(1hr sweat in crockpot on low setting, 7 days at 40°C, aged one month)

Indeed welcome my friend the contributors to this thread have made a wealth of knowledge available to keen people like yourself over the years thats for sure.
Those look well on the way to a good cure nice job man.
The Panama you have growing should make some dreamy highs I am sure.
The Zam and Bangi Haze will also rock I am sure.
Welcome to the new old world my friend.

 

[Tmik]

This is Ace Panama. About 30 days in a vac bag at 18-19% moisture. I opened it to finish drying down to 12% in the Cannatrol. The smell is sweet, floral, a little spice and amazing. Once it is finished drying back, I’ll revac bag it for long term cure.

 

[Tangwena]

This is Ace Panama. About 30 days in a vac bag at 18-19% moisture. I opened it to finish drying down to 12% in the Cannatrol. The smell is sweet, floral, a little spice and amazing. Once it is finished drying back, I’ll revac bag it for long term cure.
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Truly beautiful brother thats a pearler of a cure Panama is kick ass cured like that and I know what you mean about the smell too.
Panama has one the best aromas around cured like that nice job man.

 

[CDNINCA]

@Tangwena, LOVE the expression "that's a pearler"!!! That's a new one to me! And, I agree, she's a beautiful looking cob and I can only imagine the aroma
Well done @Tmik!

 

[mike-or-ozzy]

@Tangwena , how do you process/break up the herb just before rolling it up to compress? Like one would to roll a joint ? I am ready to start in a day or 2 . TIA

edit: I've made cobs the past 2 years and don't care for the sticks that I left in them. I know you leave seeds which imo are not as bad as stems when chewing.

 

[CDNINCA]

@mike-or-ozzy, here's how I prep mine for cobbing... I just remove all the large stems that I don't want in the final cob but I leave the buds pretty much intact - unless they have a large-ish internal stem. In that case, I might break it open a bit to remove the stem, leaving the remaining bits sort of chunky. When rolled/ compressed, they all meld together nicely.
A couple of pics, or it didn't happen as they say . Also, in the first shot you can see that I use a sushi roller and parchment paper to roll it all up nice and tight. If I have corn husks I use them too but they are not usually available when the time for cobbing arrives!
Cheers!

 

[mike-or-ozzy]

Thank you @CDNINCA , just what I wanted to know. The past 2 years I left the big stems in, and also threw large chunks of buds. Right now, I have fresh corn on hand, whereas last years it was ready way before harvest. I don't have the sushi mat but can work around that. Thanks again Amigo!

 

[CDNINCA]

My pleasure @mike-or-ozzy , just trying to help a brother out! I'm sure that there are many other ways of doing this but this approach sure seems to work fine for me! I didn't use the sushi mat for my earlier cobs and they turned out just fine so it's not really needed. After all, I kind of like the look of them when they look like a "cob-turd" anyway Cheers!

 

[mike-or-ozzy]

Same here @CDNINCA, the cob turd look, xactly what I want. Cheers