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Tangwena's Malawi-Style Cob Cure: Fermented Cannabis
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Here's an update on my curing cobs. They are now 35 days old. This morning I took them out of their vac sealed bags and have left them on a rack to dry before I re-vac seal for ageing/curing.
They are dry to touch but still 'bendy'. Some bloom salts can be seen on the surface, more on the Mango Sherbert and Godfather OG, but a few tiny spots are on the Strawberry Cough too. While all plants were harvested at the same time, the Strawberry Cough was perhaps fractionally drier than the other two, they all were hang dried for 5 days before being made into cobs.
They have a sweet ferment smell with a somewhat piercing underlying terpene smell. I will cut a piece off them to test in a day or two. If the weather is good on Thursday I'll be off fishing with my brother and may utilise some to have a test of it.
Cobs after sweating and ferment stage, 35 days old.
From top to bottom, Mango Sherbert(x2), Godfather OG(x2), Strawberry Cough(x2)
Mango Sherbert close up
Godfather OG close up
Strawberry Cough close up
Hey Tang, I wish you could see these in person to give your view but that's the best I can do with pictures! Hopefully they are on track. Roughly how long should I be aiming to dry them before re-vac sealing for ageing? I was thinking 3 - 4 days maybe?
They are dry to touch but still 'bendy'. Some bloom salts can be seen on the surface, more on the Mango Sherbert and Godfather OG, but a few tiny spots are on the Strawberry Cough too. While all plants were harvested at the same time, the Strawberry Cough was perhaps fractionally drier than the other two, they all were hang dried for 5 days before being made into cobs.
They have a sweet ferment smell with a somewhat piercing underlying terpene smell. I will cut a piece off them to test in a day or two. If the weather is good on Thursday I'll be off fishing with my brother and may utilise some to have a test of it.
Cobs after sweating and ferment stage, 35 days old.
From top to bottom, Mango Sherbert(x2), Godfather OG(x2), Strawberry Cough(x2)
Mango Sherbert close up
Godfather OG close up
Strawberry Cough close up
Hey Tang, I wish you could see these in person to give your view but that's the best I can do with pictures! Hopefully they are on track. Roughly how long should I be aiming to dry them before re-vac sealing for ageing? I was thinking 3 - 4 days maybe?
So uh, what should I bring on my way over?Here's an update on my curing cobs. They are now 35 days old. This morning I took them out of their vac sealed bags and have left them on a rack to dry before I re-vac seal for ageing/curing.
They are dry to touch but still 'bendy'. Some bloom salts can be seen on the surface, more on the Mango Sherbert and Godfather OG, but a few tiny spots are on the Strawberry Cough too. While all plants were harvested at the same time, the Strawberry Cough was perhaps fractionally drier than the other two, they all were hang dried for 5 days before being made into cobs.
They have a sweet ferment smell with a somewhat piercing underlying terpene smell. I will cut a piece off them to test in a day or two. If the weather is good on Thursday I'll be off fishing with my brother and may utilise some to have a test of it.
Cobs after sweating and ferment stage, 35 days old.
From top to bottom, Mango Sherbert(x2), Godfather OG(x2), Strawberry Cough(x2)
Mango Sherbert close up
Godfather OG close up
Strawberry Cough close up
Hey Tang, I wish you could see these in person to give your view but that's the best I can do with pictures! Hopefully they are on track. Roughly how long should I be aiming to dry them before re-vac sealing for ageing? I was thinking 3 - 4 days maybe?
Haha, some of your lovely organic chicken eggs would be delicious!
I will update my own journal shortly, but I wanted to run the progress of my cobs by Tangwena for a looksee on how he sees them. To be honest, I really want to get something of the following to try cobbing with, Hon x Pan, Golden Tiger, Ethiopian x Malawi, Super Malawi Haze, Killer A5 Haze, Panama X Bangi Haze, then I'd know what the metric is.
So you're looking to do cob with a strain that was originally cobbed in Africa in order to learn with something 'standard'? Also please take all the eggs you want. Not sure how organic they are, tho. My chickens drink shitty soap water before fresh clean water and they like eating pool noodles :|Haha, some of your lovely organic chicken eggs would be delicious!
I will update my own journal shortly, but I wanted to run the progress of my cobs by Tangwena for a looksee on how he sees them. To be honest, I really want to get something of the following to try cobbing with, Hon x Pan, Golden Tiger, Ethiopian x Malawi, Super Malawi Haze, Killer A5 Haze, Panama X Bangi Haze, then I'd know what the metric is.
tangwena
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Very nice work man I would kill to have a taste of any one of them but they are all so good in different ways.Here's an update on my curing cobs. They are now 35 days old. This morning I took them out of their vac sealed bags and have left them on a rack to dry before I re-vac seal for ageing/curing.
They are dry to touch but still 'bendy'. Some bloom salts can be seen on the surface, more on the Mango Sherbert and Godfather OG, but a few tiny spots are on the Strawberry Cough too. While all plants were harvested at the same time, the Strawberry Cough was perhaps fractionally drier than the other two, they all were hang dried for 5 days before being made into cobs.
They have a sweet ferment smell with a somewhat piercing underlying terpene smell. I will cut a piece off them to test in a day or two. If the weather is good on Thursday I'll be off fishing with my brother and may utilise some to have a test of it.
Cobs after sweating and ferment stage, 35 days old.
From top to bottom, Mango Sherbert(x2), Godfather OG(x2), Strawberry Cough(x2)
Mango Sherbert close up
Godfather OG close up
Strawberry Cough close up
Hey Tang, I wish you could see these in person to give your view but that's the best I can do with pictures! Hopefully they are on track. Roughly how long should I be aiming to dry them before re-vac sealing for ageing? I was thinking 3 - 4 days maybe?
For aging they should stop fermentation so dry them well then vac seal them to age and you will have produced some true Malawi style cobs my friend.
The strains you mentioned growing will give you a superlative idea of what true Malawi chapter 5 cobs (the best) as we used to call them are like.
Make sure you take a big chunk off of each cob to use now they will be unreal smoked nice and terpy right now.
Chewing gets better as they age but that wouldn't stop me chewing some now nice job brother you have the gift.
Mostly I would like to try those strains because they are some of the ones that @tangwena and others have found to be especially good for cobs, some of them are African strains but others are crosses with Panama, Honduras or Thai or whatever. Tangwena's descriptions of those strains when cobbed resonates with me and I'd like some of that too! But other folk found cobbing Indica or hybrids were great for them too, so I'm interested in how my indica heavy cobs will go. I feel if I were able to make some cobs using those sativa strains that I'd then have a yardstick to measure what I'm using now. I'm always very interested to hear of people's favourite strains and why. There's so many strains out there and not enough years to go through them, so I am grateful for any pointers to anything that anyone has found to be outstanding.
Thanks @tangwena, we're lucky to have you dropping in here to help those of us trying to have a go at your speciality! I have been admiring your craftsmanship for a few years now, last year I grew enough but I wasn't bold enough, but this year I had another decent crop and I also did heaps of reading thru the cobbing threads which helped a lot.
I'll re vac seal them once dry but not before cutting off some suitable research samples. Each cob is close to 2 ounces so there some leeway there for plenty of testing!
In preparation for ageing, my cobs have been drying for 5 days after fermenting for 35 days.
Today, I cut some samples off to try as well as to give away. I have to go out this afternoon so I won't get to try any until later or tomorrow. The Cobs after drying felt very dry on the outside, but when I cut them with a very sharp knife they at first compressed like hash before the knife cut through them.
Test pieces of cut cob; Mango Sherbert, Godfather OG, Strawberry Cough
Close up of cut Mango Sherbert
Close up of cut Godfather OG
Close up of cut Strawberry Cough
Today, I cut some samples off to try as well as to give away. I have to go out this afternoon so I won't get to try any until later or tomorrow. The Cobs after drying felt very dry on the outside, but when I cut them with a very sharp knife they at first compressed like hash before the knife cut through them.
Test pieces of cut cob; Mango Sherbert, Godfather OG, Strawberry Cough
Close up of cut Mango Sherbert
Close up of cut Godfather OG
Close up of cut Strawberry Cough
tangwena
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Beautiful my friend they should be fine to seal and age vacuum sealed of course nice job man.
Those look delicious, @Stunger 
My cobs are currently ageing, but not before I cut some sample off for early testing purposes. I feel the Strawberry Cough was chopped too early as her cured buds and cob samples seem to give barely anything. I had let her flower to the full breeder recommended period but there was still no amber and with Autumn weather deteriorating I chopped her with the other 2 which had been flowering for probably 3 weeks past their breeder flowering periods. Maybe it would have benefitted with flowering longer or maybe it was a weak strain, I don't know.
But anyway, the Mango Sherbert and Godfather OG seem to have turned out well. I ate a chunk of the Godfather OG which brought on a good effect even if the taste was not the most fantastic.
I have tried vaping both of them in my Dynavap and I can tell there is a slightly different effect from the normal cured buds, the high is more focused, refined, clearer, the cured buds perhaps give a more 'scattered' high. The first thing a buddy said on toking it was, wow it is so smooth, and he thought it was stronger than the cured buds too. So anyway, early testing is going well.
These look like they're be great for storing too, my jars take up a lot of space!
In the spirit of cobbed bud porn, here's some cut samples!
Mango Sherbert(L), Godfather OG (R)
Godfather OG
Mango Sherbert
Thanks again to Tangwena for bringing the method of this to our attention.
But anyway, the Mango Sherbert and Godfather OG seem to have turned out well. I ate a chunk of the Godfather OG which brought on a good effect even if the taste was not the most fantastic.
I have tried vaping both of them in my Dynavap and I can tell there is a slightly different effect from the normal cured buds, the high is more focused, refined, clearer, the cured buds perhaps give a more 'scattered' high. The first thing a buddy said on toking it was, wow it is so smooth, and he thought it was stronger than the cured buds too. So anyway, early testing is going well.
These look like they're be great for storing too, my jars take up a lot of space!
In the spirit of cobbed bud porn, here's some cut samples!
Mango Sherbert(L), Godfather OG (R)
Godfather OG
Mango Sherbert
Thanks again to Tangwena for bringing the method of this to our attention.
tangwena
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They look awesome brother lovely job the fact that they smoke smoother is testament to the cure.
As for power everything you mentioned is probably true I have cured early picked strains and usually they were weak with a few exceptions which turned out good.
It doesn't make it stronger just more refined and smoother to smoke. It has to be potent if you want potent cobs.
I am currently growing some Mulanje plants from Malawi the last lot I grew a year ago are hell strong now after aging and I'm hoping to grow them better and harvest them at their peak this time.
As now I know how they need to be cured the last lot are terpy and tasty as all hell.
But smoke tests from friends say it very very potent so thats why the chew is so good.
As for power everything you mentioned is probably true I have cured early picked strains and usually they were weak with a few exceptions which turned out good.
It doesn't make it stronger just more refined and smoother to smoke. It has to be potent if you want potent cobs.
I am currently growing some Mulanje plants from Malawi the last lot I grew a year ago are hell strong now after aging and I'm hoping to grow them better and harvest them at their peak this time.
As now I know how they need to be cured the last lot are terpy and tasty as all hell.
But smoke tests from friends say it very very potent so thats why the chew is so good.
This is my second attempt at cobing. I am at 5 day ferment and plan on letting them go to 14 days.
2 questions.
The color is darker than all the pics I have seen just like my last cobs. They smell fine and very little moisture. Any concerns?
When I store these to cure for 3 months can I put a humidity pack in with them?...thanks
2 questions.
The color is darker than all the pics I have seen just like my last cobs. They smell fine and very little moisture. Any concerns?
When I store these to cure for 3 months can I put a humidity pack in with them?...thanks
Woah! This is super gnarly. Awesome stuff. Would love to give it a go with some nigerian haze.
tangwena
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No problem the darker colors come from wetter buds at the start.
When they are wetter its best to sweat them for a shorter time and once you see moisture open the bag and touch dry them, that is so that they are dry to the touch but still a little moist in the center.
After your ferment dry them again more thoroughly before sealing them up to age.
The darker cobs just loose a bit more terps and taste but still get you high sometimes much more so than the lighter tastier terpier cobs.
If you want the lighter more colorful tastier cobs you need dryer material at the start.
Its just a matter of your your personal taste, some times I like the terpier cobs for certain strains other times the darker hashy type work better on other strains.
The only way to find out is experimentation after a while you will work out what works best for you and particular strains.
I usually do two or three different cures per plant so that the next time I grow that type of plant I can make them the way I prefer.
for storage its better to vac seal them but if you use a jar make sure they are well dried I have no experience with humidity packs.
Thanks for your input. I have opened and dried them a couple of times so far but to be honest they don't have a lot of moisture to them. Have vac packed them again and a week away from long term storage and maybe a test sample...again thanks
Ok 10 days at 87F out to dry out and will repack tonight for 3 months and then try out....
tangwena
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Been busy myself
This is some Mulanje I cobbed about 2 weeks ago now ready to dry and age.
This is some Mulanje I cobbed about 2 weeks ago now ready to dry and age.
tangwena
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Some loose sweated for 6 hours at 40c now dried ready to age
These were picked 2 days ago.
These were picked 2 days ago.
dynamo1
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looks ready to go
