Tangwena's Malawi-Style Cob Cure: Fermented Cannabis

[SweetSue]

Thanks, JustMeds, take your time; cobbing is certainly an exercise in learning patience, of which I have none.

I am hopeful that I can get the landrace strains on a perpetual harvest like the rest of my grow and I'll be golden.

I am so looking forward to 2020 and to experience a 'cobbing state of mind'.....

I can’t express enough joy that we caught your eye Shawnee. You’re in for a treat girl. My cobs are so necessary to my daily sanity that I find ways to take some bits with me when I travel. This time the pieces were buried in with bits of dates.

Yeah no rush on those. The pollination took the steam out of them. I had to make some seeds to keep the genetics around. Only one branch per plant but that was enough

I love the way we play with creation.

 

[Gazoo]

Just opened a year old GUWAI Cob straight up sweet cookie dough smell

 

[SweetSue]

Just opened a year old GUWAI Cob straight up sweet cookie dough smell

Mmmmm.......

 

[Zembretti]

Hi everyone, i guess i'm one of the lucky ones whose had Malawi cob from Malawi, over there we called it Malawie Wowie in the early 80s, some of the best cannabis in the world. Tangwena is a saint for bringing in the process to the world. Sue love this thread, thank you too! I am currently making cob my own way using Carbon dioxide (CO2) to ensure it doesn't mold. I'm a home brewer and so I have the equipment, but essentially if you have access to CO2 it's easy to do. Instead of wrapping my cannabis in cob wrap for the first stage I use a mason jar which I purge with CO2 first to ferment my loose buds and put in a crock pot on low for 24 hours. After that stage I then wrap my bud n parchment paper (a sushi roller is great for that) and then put 3 or 4 cobs in a quart mason jar which I purged with CO 2 and go on to stage two, also in the crock pot, but on a rack to ensure it doesn't get too warm. I then store all the buds in mason jars filled with CO2 so it never molds. I did this last year and had great results. The buds retained more of their natural colour and were reminiscent of old school thai stick (I used my homegrown Golden Tiger, a cross of Malawi and Thai from Ace seed).

Im doing the same thing this year using Zamaldelica and Kali China and half way through the process.

 

[tangwena]

Hi everyone, i guess i'm one of the lucky ones whose had Malawi cob from Malawi, over there we called it Malawie Wowie in the early 80s, some of the best cannabis in the world. Tangwena is a saint for bringing in the process to the world. Sue love this thread, thank you too! I am currently making cob my own way using Carbon dioxide (CO2) to ensure it doesn't mold. I'm a home brewer and so I have the equipment, but essentially if you have access to CO2 it's easy to do. Instead of wrapping my cannabis in cob wrap for the first stage I use a mason jar which I purge with CO2 first to ferment my loose buds and put in a crock pot on low for 24 hours. After that stage I then wrap my bud n parchment paper (a sushi roller is great for that) and then put 3 or 4 cobs in a quart mason jar which I purged with CO 2 and go on to stage two, also in the crock pot, but on a rack to ensure it doesn't get too warm. I then store all the buds in mason jars filled with CO2 so it never molds. I did this last year and had great results. The buds retained more of their natural colour and were reminiscent of old school thai stick (I used my homegrown Golden Tiger, a cross of Malawi and Thai from Ace seed).

Im doing the same thing this year using Zamaldelica and Kali China and half way through the process.

Sounds awesome please post pics of before and after if you can cant wait to see what you have done.
Nice one and thanks for sharing with the community.

 

[Zembretti]

Thanks, Tangwena, always a pleasure chatting with you, I feel honoured. We met on your sister site (page 91). It's interesting how your method has caught on globally, well done Sir!. This morning I finished cobbing my first stage Kali China, and one of two different lines of Zamaldelica, (the one from ACE was done two days ago) and one from Growmore Club done this morning. When i opened the jar lid of Kali China the aroma was like a lager yeast, with a slight creamed corn flavour, sweet and noticeably yeasty. The Zamaldelica from Growmore Club was very fruity, like an ale yeast, really tasty smelling, Hey, I'm a beer judge so I think along those lines. I never really thought of them having natural yeasts but of course they must. (I grow all my cannabis outdoors and bring them in in late fall to finish off in a sunny south facing window, that way I can grow tropical sativas at 52 degrees north in Canada.) I prefer sun grown, organic cannabis to indoor hydro bud, so there's always the chance of a wild yeast coming in on the plant, Its the same principle as Belgian Lambic beer.

Anyway Last year I tried cobbing for the first time and I thought I did well, but in retrospect I may not have fermented the cobs as long as they should have gone. The results were greener than most I see on the sites, nevertheless they were very potent and smooth smoke. Hopefully this year I will get everything done to a science, and if anyone else can use the CO2 method successfully I'll feel somewhat redeemed. I'll do my best to post pics after this entry, but I'm an old dog that doesn't always get the technical part right when it comes to pictures, I had lots of trouble on your sister site.

 

[Zembretti]

Hope my pics show up.

 

[Zembretti]

Sorry the pics are not in order.

 

[tangwena]

Thank you for posting pics my friend.
looking at the pics the reason the cobs stayed green is that the buds being light airy sativa type tend to dry out too quickly.
Try using the same technique with moister less dried buds.
There is nothing wrong with doing it the way you did and as you noticed its a nice smoke. It just takes longer to cure with drier buds.
Also if I may suggest trying the jar cure with the inert gas in with greener almost fresh buds you will be able to see them changing color and shriveling up as the moisture sweats out of them.
Once the buds get to a certain low moisture level they are incapable of sweating properly and simply fade with age.
Which is a great cure on more aromatic buds and can even be superior in some types of buds, they are all different in how they cure.
Thank you for taking the time to show your work its great to see how others cure their buds.
I met a guy the other day who cures his buds like you do in a jar with nitrogen and they look spectacular and well cured.

 

[Zembretti]

Thank you Tengwena for reaching out, you give so much to others. Everything you said makes perfect sense now, such good advice. The next time I grow, maybe not until 2021, as I have so much stash now, I will do exactly what you suggested. I live in a dry semi-arid climate so things dry out almost overnight, especially airy sativa buds, and that indeed is part of the problem. Nevertheless I will post sometime in June how things turned out this year. My Kali China buds were moister than the Zamaldelica so they might turn out reasonably well. I'm making lots of crosses to improve the flowering time of tropical sativas in northern climates, most people probably think I'm crazy for not growing hybrids, but I miss my african sativas and being able to cob them would be the icing on the cake. Thanks so much my friend

 

[Zembretti]

Here is the look of freedom- all are 100% legal in Canada. People in other countries have faith your day will come too.

 

[kelticBlue]

Im doing the same thing this year using Zamaldelica

Farout Zem. great cobs you got going.
I did Zamaldelica for my first cob turned out very floral smelling but not sweet more smooth fresh flowers just beginning to bloom... Enjoy.

 

[JustMeds]

Interesting. Do you think it may be in part because the cobs appear to be getting more and more potent the longer they cure? I’ve been thinking about reducing my own 0.2 gr dose. You have me considering it a bit more seriously.

I think it may be a bit of both. Think about a small amount ground up into capsule. Then you could spread it out over day. I wonder what a drop of coconut oil in capsule might entice.

Hi Everyone!

I have been lurking for months reading and enjoying everyone's cobbing success. I have the materials to build 2 cobatrons. I see the back of JustMed's cobatron wiring on the power supply and his 2 white extension cords connecting to the wall.

In the back of the power supply, a white ext cord #1 is connected to the power supply. The black seedmat cord and thermostat is connected to the sensor cord, and white ext cord #2 is connected to the heat connection. What is happening with the connections inside the cobatron and what goes to what?

Not the greatest with electricity and don't want to burn the house down. Tips anyone?

Lets do one cord at a time for explanation.

1. Cord one powers the controller only. With just it plugged in the unit would power up. You could set temps and such but it has nothing hooked to it to control. That is the next cord.
2. The 2nd cord goes to the controller but you only have to cut into one wire. Inside the cord you will likely find 3 color coded wires. You always switch the "Hot". The Red wire is the hot it gets wired into controller. The controller acts just like a light switch. It will complete the circuit which will then allow power to end of extension cord.
3. Plug seedmat into end of second cord.

I may have wired mine different I would have to dig and find the post on my thread. I should clean it up if so.

 

[JustMeds]

Hi SweetSue, I really like the smooth smoke. It is so discreet. Originally I only had indica leaning strains to work with, the GG, and chewing the GG just puts me to sleep whereas smoking it leaves me relaxed and happy but not sedated. I've not chewed the Super Jack trim cob but want to, maybe I can this weekend. The kids will be gone and the house will be empty so I can experiment a bit. I am so glad I found you all last year. The cobbing was a timely distraction and has become a fun hobby.

I just harvested my GG pics in my thread. After I read this I knew some was going to cob. Night meds would be awesome.

 

[SweetSue]

@Zembretti, to the party.

That was some incredible reading. One of these years I’m gonna take that trip cross Canada and I hope we can meet then. I’d love to see this process up close and personal. You may inspire a member with the same brew passions you demonstrate.

I’m loving the different perspectives and approaches we take with this basic method of preservation and curing. Just when I think I’ve seen it all.

 

[JustMeds]

If you look at this pic the cord on left was cord 1

The cord on right is 2 and you can see I only cut into one wire.( This cord only has 2 wires) so I just cut one. You can see the other wire is not cut of the pair.

 

[Zembretti]

Farout Zem. great cobs you got going.
I did Zamaldelica for my first cob turned out very floral smelling but not sweet more smooth fresh flowers just beginning to bloom... Enjoy.

Thank You KelticBlue, yes I agree it is incredible pot, some of the clearest, cerebral highs you can experience. It would be interesting to see how the effects differ in various locals and latitudes, each having their own, soil, climate and terroir.

 

[Zembretti]

@Zembretti, to the party.

That was some incredible reading. One of these years I’m gonna take that trip cross Canada and I hope we can meet then. I’d love to see this process up close and personal. You may inspire a member with the same brew passions you demonstrate.

I’m loving the different perspectives and approaches we take with this basic method of preservation and curing. Just when I think I’ve seen it all.

Such kind words, Sweet Sue, what a supportive community that flourishes here thanks to you. Yes a beer and weed festival would be fun to go to with you and all the friends on this thread. I've heard some enthusiasts in Denver used bud in their barley wine to great effect.. I wonder if anyone reading this knows of that type of experimentation.

 

[Schnookie]

Ok, these three colas got cut and trimmed today and will become my very first COB. 64g (wet) of Skunk#1. They are hanging in a closet at 51% RH and 72 degrees F. How long y'all reckon letting them dry before COBbing? Was thinking at least 2 full days... Picked at early ripeness with 50% cloudy trichs and hardly any amber. Going for the cerebral trippy COB hopefully. Will COB another batch when I see the trichs almost all cloudy.

 

[Wandada]

Hey Everyone,
I live in a small west African country where it’s very humid and we have 2 seasons and only about 6 months when it’s possible to grow. There’ll be good stuff around soon that I can buy bulk but storing long term is a bitch because of the climate and lack of constant electricity. I came across this method about 2 weeks ago and I think it could solve my problem of having good buds during the rain season.
My problem is it’s not corn season so I can’t get any husk so I think parchment paper is my best option. I have read the thread ( I’m new to this) a bit but have not come across anyone using parchment paper instead of corn husk. Can anyone please advise on using parchment .
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