Tangwena's Malawi-Style Cob Cure: Fermented Cannabis
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Just in case you don't get a timely reply from an expert, here's my understanding. I've only cobbed once, so I'm far from experienced, but it turned out pretty good.
They should be tight, but not "blister-your-fingers" tight. I think "snug" would be an acceptable description.
You might have waited too long. I believe you need a good deal of moisture in your buds when you start the process. I only hung mine for 24 hrs.
For my 2 cents, I think traditional cobs would be wrapped and tied as tightly as possible to get the maximum air out so they can do their fermenting magic. But if you are vacuum sealing the cobs after wrapping I wouldn't think you'd have wrap or tie them so hard as to get blisters, the vacuum sealer will do the job for you, and will take more air out than is possible from your wrapping/tying.
Tennessee Tim
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I use a sushi mat to roll and compress the buds and use buds, usually, between 11/2 and 3 days from harvest.
Good point Tim. I used a sushi mat too, which really helps you lean your weight into it to roll them tight.
Some folk cob some 'canary buds' which come out fine without wrapping, tying or blisters, vacuum sealing removes the air regardless.
tangwena
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Looking good my friend you can tie as tightly or loosely as you like they both cure well but differently.Well all of the plant went into 6 Cobs with a humidity of 61. This batch wasn't tied as tight and now piped in to the Dehydrator @ 104...thanks for all the input.
I like loose tied just as much as tightly tied.
The looser tied usually come out more golden and preserve the look of the individual buds more.
Better for smoking, the high is usually more up less stoney depending on the plant of course.
Just give them a good long cure as it cures more slowly loose tied.
By the way your buds looked perfect for a looser cure they need to be a little drier than for a tight cob.
Scottay
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Just found this. Thought it was interesting. Hey tang.... I immediately thought of you when I seen this brother!!! Keep it green Growmies!!!
tangwena
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Ha ha nothing like a few white guys thinking they know it all is there?
Exactly what I was thinking. Not sure about other strains but every single Durban I have sampled from purchased seeds has been nothing like the Durban I grow. I know they mixed genetics somewhere, but I don't find any similar traits. Ask a herder in KZN St Lucia area to choose you some killer buds and chances are it's not going to look great but will have you sprinting a 10km hike.
Scottay
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I found this earlier and decided I would post this here!!!
Yeah they pretty much invented everything. Just finished putting together a cooking and baking lesson for my students about the Sumerians and various people that lived in the area throughout time. Hella interesting. Bet there is some cunieform somewhere about rolling a fatty. They invented almost everything from language to pediatrics so I am pretty sure someone was burning a papyrus bat somewhere at some point 
Scottay
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Here's Strain Hunters in South Africa! All 3 parts. Didn't know there was more than one when I posted the earlier one. Hope y'all had a merry Christmas and a killer new year!! Keep it green Growmies!!! Aka Cobsters!
Mdlroad
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I'm inSince my first buzz at the age of 22 I've been searching for an elusive euphoric experience, one that connected me to a deeper awareness, insight, and hallucinatory inspiration one might more often attribute to ceremony than recreation. After years of dreaming, and following three years of learning to grow my own cannabis, I've danced around the edges of my dream, but so far the Dark Devil Auto was the closest thing to otherworldliness I'd come across.
There was a singular moment in my youth where I was transported by the after effects of Columbian Gold, which memory may or may not be influenced by the hunky tennis player that shared that experience with me. Just in case he wasn't the cause of the memories being so......delicious, I'll be growing a Columbian Gold this year. A girl has to know.
I'll be cobbing that eventual harvest.
"Cobbing?" you inquire. "What is cobbing?"
I'm so glad you asked.
Well, it turns out someone has worked to perfect a method of curing that he believes closes replicates the cobbed buds he grew up appreciating in Africa. Tangwena was frustrated for years at the inferior quality of the euphoric experience with western-style drying techniques. For decades he devoted himself to the process of replicating the flavors and euphoric effects he remembered from his earlier years, but using safer methods.
In Africa the buds were cobbed and buried for fermentation, creating magical alchemy that transformed good bud into intense bud. Be forewarned, this is not cannabis you want to smoke as a newbie. At least not alone. Lol! Burying your cannabis can be problamatic from a sanitary perspective, particularly in the control of microorganisms that promote mold. Tangwena overcame that problem with vacuum sealing, and then he worked out a timeframe that gets the buds fermented and ready to cure in less than two weeks from harvest.
Vacuum seal the finished buds and let it cure for three months and you'll have an end product that will change how you think of your cannabis. From reading their accounts you'll change that perspective when they first come out of the cob after a week or so fermenting.
His thread is titled "Malawi style cob curing." When you've achieved success with this technique you're going to want to thank him. It'd be a nice gesture to stop by and pay your respects. If you don't want to bother with a membership to do so you can let me know and I'll pass it on. I think he and I are going to be talking about this technique for many years.
Do yourself a favor, go to his thread and read his accounts of the euphoria. Come back ready to play.
Tangwena's thread's been up for years and runs nearly 250 pages. They welcomed me with open arms, thrilled to share what they learned as a team, and even reworked the flow chart fellow member repuk developed to reflect current knowledge. In a nutshell, this is our process. No need to reinvent the wheel.
I know, impressed the hell out of me too.
I want to do this. I'm going to do this. It's so much more fun to take these adventures with friends. Want to play? Ok, let's learn to ferment our cannabis together.
I'm just starting the process myself. I'm being a bit more casual with this thread than others I've started because I don't want to wait until I'm all ready. I want to start while I'm in process, let you guys jump in and add information as we go. I'll be harvesting my Malawi in the morning, and the plant needs to hang to get to around 80% RH before I cob any. That'll take between 1 to 3 days. As Tangwena describes it "the sugar leaves should be limp, but not brittle." He likes to think the buds are still alive when he cobs them, and talks sweetly to the buds as he compresses their sweetness into a cigar-shaped bundle of future joy.
Supplies:
* You'll need something to wrap the buds in. The best wrapper appears to be corn husks. I got mine from the rain forest, but you can find them in many stores for wrapping tamales. Alternatively, Tangwena suggested construction-weight paper bags. They'll withstand the abuse better than thinner bags. The corn husks create more surface area with their grooves. Tangwena says he swears by the sweeter taste created by the husks.
* The best cobs hold 1.5 - 2 ounces of buds, at somewhere around 80% RH
* A vacuum sealer system eliminates the threat of mold. You're going to squeeze them snugly.
* The process begins with a 24 - hour sweating step, maintaining the cobs at 40 C/104 F. There are many ways to achieve this, some of which repuk suggested on his chart. I'll be using a seed-starting heat pad with an inverted container under the insulating weight of a couple towels. Simplicity and frugality rolled into one.
There were some good pointers I found in just the first 10% of Tangwena's thread.
Aaaaand I just realized they got deleted. Lol! I'll go back over the material tonight and tomorrow and add it into this thread. I'll get the process worked up with details. They're aware that we're building on their experience and heartily encourage us to create a flow between the communities.
Tangwena's intention is to share this wonderful gift of knowledge with the world, to change the hearts and minds of cannabis enthusiasts, one cob at a time. I'm honored, as an unofficial ambassador ofto bring the knowledge back to my friends.
I think we're going to look back on this day warmly as the start of something wonderful. Can't you feel it?
Ok, who's in?
Backwoods70
420 Member
Im in too! Definitely gonna try this with some of my outdoor this yr !
Backwoods70
420 Member
Wish I knew how to interpret that !
I found this earlier and decided I would post this here!!!
Murkywaters
420 Member
Hi
Am a medicinal user, mental and physical, and thought this would be the best place to post.
Have not done cobbing yet. Usually eat the herb after boiling water decarboxylation.
Currently not much in stock due to inability to obtain decent reasonably priced seeds in this country. Seeds that do not germinate are a problem but have recently bought good genetics, including ACE, from overseas, despite Customs having a bad rep.
I now have a squamous skin cancer which I take seriously as melanomas killed my father and grandfather.
Have been researching rso but that is also problematical. The only way I can get decent strength alcohol is DIY, also illegal. I am wary of residues from butane.
I can obtain, on prescription, cannabis oil but apart from the exorbiant cost unsure if it the commercial stuff is as strong as rso.
My question is regarding cobbing, would it be effective for skin cancers taken internally or mixed with a carrier oil externally?
Am a medicinal user, mental and physical, and thought this would be the best place to post.
Have not done cobbing yet. Usually eat the herb after boiling water decarboxylation.
Currently not much in stock due to inability to obtain decent reasonably priced seeds in this country. Seeds that do not germinate are a problem but have recently bought good genetics, including ACE, from overseas, despite Customs having a bad rep.
I now have a squamous skin cancer which I take seriously as melanomas killed my father and grandfather.
Have been researching rso but that is also problematical. The only way I can get decent strength alcohol is DIY, also illegal. I am wary of residues from butane.
I can obtain, on prescription, cannabis oil but apart from the exorbiant cost unsure if it the commercial stuff is as strong as rso.
My question is regarding cobbing, would it be effective for skin cancers taken internally or mixed with a carrier oil externally?
Drifter333
420 Member
I am in...week 7 of flower of my Malawi...cant wait for it to be mature enuf to harvest and cob it up.Since my first buzz at the age of 22 I've been searching for an elusive euphoric experience, one that connected me to a deeper awareness, insight, and hallucinatory inspiration one might more often attribute to ceremony than recreation. After years of dreaming, and following three years of learning to grow my own cannabis, I've danced around the edges of my dream, but so far the Dark Devil Auto was the closest thing to otherworldliness I'd come across.
There was a singular moment in my youth where I was transported by the after effects of Columbian Gold, which memory may or may not be influenced by the hunky tennis player that shared that experience with me. Just in case he wasn't the cause of the memories being so......delicious, I'll be growing a Columbian Gold this year. A girl has to know.
I'll be cobbing that eventual harvest.
"Cobbing?" you inquire. "What is cobbing?"
I'm so glad you asked.
Well, it turns out someone has worked to perfect a method of curing that he believes closes replicates the cobbed buds he grew up appreciating in Africa. Tangwena was frustrated for years at the inferior quality of the euphoric experience with western-style drying techniques. For decades he devoted himself to the process of replicating the flavors and euphoric effects he remembered from his earlier years, but using safer methods.
In Africa the buds were cobbed and buried for fermentation, creating magical alchemy that transformed good bud into intense bud. Be forewarned, this is not cannabis you want to smoke as a newbie. At least not alone. Lol! Burying your cannabis can be problamatic from a sanitary perspective, particularly in the control of microorganisms that promote mold. Tangwena overcame that problem with vacuum sealing, and then he worked out a timeframe that gets the buds fermented and ready to cure in less than two weeks from harvest.
Vacuum seal the finished buds and let it cure for three months and you'll have an end product that will change how you think of your cannabis. From reading their accounts you'll change that perspective when they first come out of the cob after a week or so fermenting.
His thread is titled "Malawi style cob curing." When you've achieved success with this technique you're going to want to thank him. It'd be a nice gesture to stop by and pay your respects. If you don't want to bother with a membership to do so you can let me know and I'll pass it on. I think he and I are going to be talking about this technique for many years.
Do yourself a favor, go to his thread and read his accounts of the euphoria. Come back ready to play.
Tangwena's thread's been up for years and runs nearly 250 pages. They welcomed me with open arms, thrilled to share what they learned as a team, and even reworked the flow chart fellow member repuk developed to reflect current knowledge. In a nutshell, this is our process. No need to reinvent the wheel.
I know, impressed the hell out of me too.
I want to do this. I'm going to do this. It's so much more fun to take these adventures with friends. Want to play? Ok, let's learn to ferment our cannabis together.
I'm just starting the process myself. I'm being a bit more casual with this thread than others I've started because I don't want to wait until I'm all ready. I want to start while I'm in process, let you guys jump in and add information as we go. I'll be harvesting my Malawi in the morning, and the plant needs to hang to get to around 80% RH before I cob any. That'll take between 1 to 3 days. As Tangwena describes it "the sugar leaves should be limp, but not brittle." He likes to think the buds are still alive when he cobs them, and talks sweetly to the buds as he compresses their sweetness into a cigar-shaped bundle of future joy.
Supplies:
* You'll need something to wrap the buds in. The best wrapper appears to be corn husks. I got mine from the rain forest, but you can find them in many stores for wrapping tamales. Alternatively, Tangwena suggested construction-weight paper bags. They'll withstand the abuse better than thinner bags. The corn husks create more surface area with their grooves. Tangwena says he swears by the sweeter taste created by the husks.
* The best cobs hold 1.5 - 2 ounces of buds, at somewhere around 80% RH
* A vacuum sealer system eliminates the threat of mold. You're going to squeeze them snugly.
* The process begins with a 24 - hour sweating step, maintaining the cobs at 40 C/104 F. There are many ways to achieve this, some of which repuk suggested on his chart. I'll be using a seed-starting heat pad with an inverted container under the insulating weight of a couple towels. Simplicity and frugality rolled into one.
There were some good pointers I found in just the first 10% of Tangwena's thread.
Aaaaand I just realized they got deleted. Lol! I'll go back over the material tonight and tomorrow and add it into this thread. I'll get the process worked up with details. They're aware that we're building on their experience and heartily encourage us to create a flow between the communities.
Tangwena's intention is to share this wonderful gift of knowledge with the world, to change the hearts and minds of cannabis enthusiasts, one cob at a time. I'm honored, as an unofficial ambassador of
I think we're going to look back on this day warmly as the start of something wonderful. Can't you feel it?
Ok, who's in?
Hey Murk, I imagine you might be better looking at some of the cancer related threads on here for how other folk have been using bud to treat themselves, and then try to approximate an approach that works for someone else. Good luck.
Looks good Drifter, you'll probably have a way to go yet though eh.I am in...week 7 of flower of my Malawi...cant wait for it to be mature enuf to harvest and cob it up.
I've currently got a Malawi cross in her 19th week, if the weather permits I'll look to keep her going for another couple of weeks or so.
