Awesome posts @DragonflyCoyoteSmoke I don’t think they’re off topic to mention and show your “black magic” style fermentation work here casually but can only speak for myself.
Here is a thread you will probably enjoy, I don’t think I’ve seen you post in it yet so figure you might not have seen it yet:
Howdy @Upstate, in regards to the following:
Any idea what year this was?
I believe that earlier quoted text about harvesting and curing techniques was published in 1980. I think the techniques used and employed go back centuries in India and possibly elsewhere. I think it’s also why when the Colombian types that were made in a similar fashion showed up in the market, it was recognized for the style and technique as being black African magic even if it was possibly made in Colombia in more recent times. I think there are similar written accounts of large stacks of cannabis being prepared in a similar fashion in Colombia during it’s heyday as an epicenter of cannabis cultivation for the mass market. I don’t remember them being as detailed as the quotes above though. I think there may also be some great information about this sort of thing in the Indian Hemp Commission Report from back in the day.
Many blessings and much love