I had given the thought of misting, a few seconds of time.
First-time through, I stuck to the basics…
Nice to hear that it won’t take much to satisfy the needs
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Anyone still cob curing? I’m about to jump in with an oz of freshly chopped Highland Guerrero.
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Awesome @FieldEffect . Did you stick to 104f for 24hrs for the initial sweat? Or higher /longer?
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I did 104F for 30 hours, not for any particular reason other than it was the most convenient interval for my schedule.
Loose trim and tight parchment turd…
~24 hours then into a heated towel like this for a week or so
Unpacked and individually sealed up for the long haul
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Can’t wait to see how it goes!
I’m unwrapping my first one 4/20 at the 6-month mark 
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This is an amazing thread! Some beautiful brick weed being made. Totally gonna do this next run.
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What does It improve?Is It Better than storing in groove bags?
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There are some supposed changes to effects and flavors.
I’ve only just started my experimentation with this for two reasons:
- Long term storage (years)
- Flavor profile
There’s some nostalgic appeal to “brick weed” done right to me. I’m very curious how it turns out when I am inputting great quality material, and being meticulous with the process. I really didn’t mind brick weed back in high school, $40 ounces and I liked the effects. Just curious if this takes me back. Lots of what I do now is driven by my nostalgia of 20 years ago 
I do most of my storage in Grove bags, in a Coleman camp cooler with oxygen absorbers and humidity packs outside the Grove bags. Which also seems to work really nicely.
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Minus the heat…this reminds me of a cannagar type process. Bud still moist, press into mold, seal, cure for a while…
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That’s something I’m curious about. Lacking the high-temp stages but physically sounds similar. No reason you couldn’t do this in a cannagar mold and store your cobbed cannagars curing for years. Hmm 
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That is a great idea @FieldEffect . Sweating the first cob until the morning. When I open that bag to dry from the initial sweat, do I also unwrap the cob from the paper or just allow the exterior of the paper to dry to the touch? Is this a quick dry with paper towel then vacuum seal again. I would imagine the lesser time not sealed is what we’re going for.
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Depends if they are wet - mine weren’t. They went straight into ferment for a week. If they are wet, paper towel the parchment log dry and reseal, then ferment.
After a week of 80F unseal and dry again. I resealed mine for long-term dark storage at that point.
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Could someone clarify during the ‘let dry out phase’ if the cobs are left on and those dry out or if the wet cobbs are removed and the wet fermenting weed log is what dries out before resealing/vacuuming.
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I think it stays in the Cobb the whole time, wet or dry.
@MissinBissin had some dank cobbs that had moisture seeing what he says
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For sure I can add a bit @FieldEffect
Any moisture that showed-up Inside, of-significance, showed as a moist or damp colour on the parchmant. When these select ones were unwrapped and exposed to the atmosphere, I allowed them ~ 4 hours of air-time to dry out. All with zero issues.
When dried, simply re-wrap and Vac for the future.
There is such Little moisture contained in these Cobbs, removing these topical spots is almost a finale for ensuring the moisture is gone.
This removes the chance of Decay or Rot. Moisture and O2 do funny things to buds long-term
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Thanks @FieldEffect and @MissinBissin for weighing in on this. It helps to get feedback for sure with this first attempt. Interestingly when I opened and patted dry with paper towel and re vacuum sealed, I could see the “juices” again accumulating under vacuum. These were fresh cut bracts so makes sense that there is quite a bit of moisture to still draw out. I will definitely allow a good dry at the end of the week before the cool cure stage. Really excited to see what changes happen over the week!
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careful not to go too dry after the 2nd sweat as it may inhibit the cure during the final stage
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Will take heed of that warning, thank you.