I am kinda interested in this traditional african method of cob curing your buds.
It increases the THC content, that’s why I want to try it out.
On another site (can’t remember which), a guy did it, got the normal dried and the cob cured buds lab analyzed, and the cob cure ones had roughly 30% more THC (he posted pictures of the lab analysis papers).
So, anyone does it, or has done it, and what are your insights? Any do’s or don’ts?
It’s actually a fermentation not a cure… there are several people who swear by it…
I don’t know though, a 30% increase is a lot. You have to remember that different buds on the same plant can differ in THC % as well.
those results you showed only had like a 6% difference in total THC, where do you get 30% from? unless they are taking 5+ samples from all different parts of the plant and averaging it and even then it’s not perfect.
could you explain this cob curing method tho? like curing under a COB light?
I meant that the sample from jar has roughly 30% less THC than the cob cured one.
Not that the other would be 20% THC and other would be 50% THC.
Sorry for confusion, I should have been more clear about my statement.
The first picture link (check OP) shows the whole process. “Cobcure images in imgur” link.
The guy states in the reddit post that these were from the same branch, so its not like the samples were from completely different parts of the plant, in which case I’d get the scepticism.
Ooooh now i understand you bro! it has about 1/3 more THC makes more sense… ok i’ll check out the gallery
edit: it seems like they are just raising the THC percentage by unwanted more plant matter but idk… i.e. each 100mg now has 35mg of THC instead of 26mg of THC cause they removed stems etc
I mean, I have not tried it, but I wonder about these guys who say it can’t work, have they tried it themselves or just straight off the bat slashing the idea.
I’d like to try it myself but unfortunately I can’t get mine lab tested.
It might not work, or it could work, who knows.
All I want to do is to have some discussion about it, and I am grateful for the replies.
To be honest, I am a bit sceptic about the whole thing myself, because as already stated, we don’t know what kind of samples were they, but I’d imagine that for a lab test you don’t cram a whole bud in the testing machine, so maybe the removal of stems has no actual effect.
Would it change your minds if I told you that those are my test results? The microbial test was by MadJag. They were originally posted on Tangwena’s thread on ICMag.
Yes, I’ve tried it and it does change the high, especially if you chew it. The high, for me, was more cerebral and psychedelic. I was seeing some nice tracers and extremely happy on it.
As stated above, it’s a fermentation done in two steps. When the buds are still moist, right before you would traditionally put them in a jar, they are compressed and wrapped in a fresh corn husk. That is then vacuum sealed and sweated at about 90°F for 24-48 hours. This is then opened and allowed to dry befor being sealed again to cure at room temperatures for a few weeks. After that it’s dried and aged for best results. I use a similar method to cure my leaves for a cannagar.
So, first vac seal + sweat for 24-48s at “just able to smoke” dryness level, then opened - dried for how long? Then again vac seal, and leave it to room temperature for a few weeks? Then complete dry-as-a-bone dry - then jarred?
By chewing you mean like literally chewing on the bud?
Read the linked thread for all the details you need and more. Start at the end and work back as he has modified the process somewhat as time has gone along.
Sample #1 was the 1:1 THC:CBD pheno. The other two samples were taken from the same plant. One sample was cobbed, the other was jar cured. A gram of each was sent for testing.
