By Brannan Bell After years of doing other things, the owner of Brixx Cultivation was excited to put his horticulture degree from Tarleton State, in Stephenville, Texas, to good use and dive into the cannabis space with his knowledge and expertise. Many people within this industry can relate to coming from different backgrounds, or pivoting…
Microorganisms play a vital role in cultivation by contributing to soil health, nutrient cycling, and overall plant well-being. Here’s a brief overview of how microorganisms work in cultivation: 1. Mycorrhizal Fungi: – Symbiotic Relationship: Mycorrhizal fungi form symbiotic relationships with plant roots. In exchange for sugars produced by the plant through photosynthesis, these fungi…
Title: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms: Boosting Cannabis Growth Naturally In the world of cannabis cultivation, harnessing the power of microorganisms has emerged as a game-changer. Cultivators are increasingly turning to these tiny, beneficial organisms to enhance the growth and overall health of cannabis plants. This natural approach not only promotes sustainability but also unlocks…
Harnessing the Power of Sunshine: The Benefits of Natural Light in Growing Cannabis For cannabis enthusiasts and cultivators, the role of light in the cultivation process is paramount. While artificial lighting has been a go-to for indoor cultivation, the benefits of sunshine in growing cannabis are undeniable, offering a natural boost that goes beyond what…
Bees play a crucial role in the environment as primary pollinators, supporting the reproduction of flowering plants. Their pollination efforts contribute significantly to biodiversity, ecosystem stability, and the production of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. Without bees, many plant species would struggle to reproduce, impacting the entire food chain. When it comes to cannabis, bee pollination…
Written by Brannan Bell Meet Alexandria Irons, Queen of the Sungrown. She has rich knowledge through diverse experiences and has a vast love for the outdoors and sungrown cannabis. She helps others step into their own unique paths with their skills and resources . She loves her community and sharing what she knows. The outdoors…
By: Dr. Johnny Lightcap, Ph.D. A little over a year ago, I was the recipient of a targeted ad on social media. Normally I would complain, but that ad directed me to a page where I saw the word cannabonsai in print for the first time. Thankfully the page threw some obvious red flags, but…
From the last editorial, we covered setting your product apart, and how it reaches the masses via the retail dispensary outlets. This month we dive into some ways to listen, learn, and navigate product sales from the retail can counter. If your products have made the shelves, how can you ensure dispensaries and patients are…
Have you ever met someone and immediately sensed their genuine goodness? That’s the impression I got speaking with Audrey Pierce, and I feel she leaves this impression on many. From mom to mom, I could tell there was an unshakable fierceness unrelenting love for her children and her family that drives all she does. Many…
“Just a couple of old school stoners using new school tech to create innovative, clean, and highly potent cannabis products.” That’s how Hopper and Ron, the team behind RX3 and R3m3dy Gard3ns describe their companies. A lot has changed in the 30 years since Hopper first started growing cannabis, and RX3 is evidence of that…
So the last several articles have touched on sourcing your genetics from seeds vs. clones and getting through the vegetative stage. It’s about time for us to start talking about the flowering stage, and how to optimize your bloom cycle for the best buds you can grow! In the next few articles, we will start…
Cultivation Corner Brought to you by Smokey Okies Cannabis It’s a new year, and for many people, that means making resolutions and setting goals. Well, if you are a home grower, or aspiring home grower, I encourage you to take a big picture look at your grow schedule for this year. Don’t have one? That’s…
THC’s endocannabinoid counterpart by Kevin Ferdowsian, JD Kevin is an attorney, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and homeopathic practitioner. Kevin graduated from Duke University and OCU law, and lives with his wife Anna and two children, Ivan and Arthur. Because cannabis sativa contains more than .3% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), it is classified as a schedule I – status…
Triggers To Success In A Saturated Market White Barn Bud Ranch by James Bridges The Oklahoma cannabis market has openly worn the title “Wild West of Weed” for a few years now. Thousands of prospective entrepreneurs and marijuana advocates alike have rushed to the red dirt plains of this historically boom or bust state to…
What is Living Soil? Meet Comanche Compost Co. by Sage Howell Hello, I am Sage Howell, a Technical Director with Comanche Compost Co. I come from generational farming dating back to the dust bowl. I have been a commercial hydroponic operations specialist for vertical food farms, an organic certified agronomist, and cannabis cultivation consultant for…
Progressively Growing By James Bridges A true vertical grow with family orientation. That’s what I had set out to go visit. I wanted nothing more than to feel as if I were around close families during the holidays. I believe I got my wish. Brian Goodwin was practicing pharmacy in Ada, OK with…
Canadian Cultivator in Oklahoma Committed to Producing only Top Shelf Medicine: Canokie Buds Feminine Divine by Veronica Castillo “It took just diving in and putting myself out there to find out.” From northern Ontario to the southern region of the United States (though, in cannabis, Oklahoma is considered the wild west), Holly Mills with…
Sowing The Seed By Chet Tucker As we spanned into consumption methods with the last “Sowing the Seed” edition, we covered the number one desired method … smoking flower. Though it stands upon the peak, there are many other “quieter” methods to consuming that fall right behind smoking raw flower. And these other methods…
The Feminine Divine with Woman Cultivator, Heidi Allen with Higher Flower Garden by Veronica Castillo “Like most kids growing up in the 70’s and 80’s I learned that Cannabis and anything related to it was just plain bad and bad for you.”- Heidi Allen From death row guard, to professional truck driver, to cannabis cultivator;…
The Feminine Divine Highlights, Woman Owned and Operated: Pro Gro Farms by Veronica Castillo “Maintaining a small-batch standard by taking extra measures at each step to preserve quality and isolated control on a plant by plant basis.” Founded by woman, operated by woman, cannabis grown by woman, Pro Gro Farms is an indoor cultivation growing…
Sowing the Seed By Chet Tucker We’ve made it through the seed to marketplace and we’re now making our way to the checkout counter to learn what methods of cannabis make work best. The different methods and products for consuming cannabis have grown wider than the rows upon Oklahoma rows of “high cotton” growing in…
Sowing the Seed By Chet Tucker We’ve made it through the seed to marketplace and we’re now making our way to the checkout counter to learn what methods of cannabis make work best. The different methods and products for consuming cannabis have grown wider than the rows upon Oklahoma rows of “high cotton” growing…
Universe With Jaz by Jasmine Harvey HERBAGE MAGAZINE Hiya Star Shines! I am Jasmine Harvey. Thank you all for coming along the ride of my life. My story will consist of grief, anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder. As a child I was relatively happy. I was always well taken care of, and my…
The Feminine Divine; Raw, Real, and Bare in Oklahoma Nothing to hide behind, exposed, and real with Wendy Elena, The Naked Grower By Veronica Castillo Born in the tropical state of Florida, and raised by Panamanian born and raised parents, cannabis cultivator Wendy Elena, keeps it raw, real, and truthful about her experience with cannabis….
A Growing Concern By James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE Andrew Green, owner of Cowboy Cannabis Pharm in Dover, OK, grew up in somewhat of an “Americana” atmosphere. It’s not new. It’s actually more common than not. Once you look around at the ones that actually matter to you and your well being you realize something simple. …
Star 46 Farms by Anna Ervin When Hilary Campbell suffered a freak accident in 2006 which left her with a rare nerve disorder, she knew she would face a daunting road to recovery. Confronted with numerous surgeries and medical procedures, alongside a cocktail of pharmaceuticals prescribed to treat symptoms rather than the root of the…
Beautiful Disaster by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE “I’ve been using cannabis as medicine since I was little. I had always been pretty good in high school baseball and sports. I noticed when I smoked cannabis I felt more relaxed. My mom was a pharmacist. So, you know, I was always aware of the pharmaceutical…
by James Bridges HERBAGE MAGAZINE Mankind is funny. It does things to itself for no reason other than to grow and learn from it. There’s one thing that has always been something that I strive to grow daily. Foundations. When I had the opportunity to sit and visit with another person on that…
By Chet Tucker So, we’ve made it through the months of growing and fighting off all of the pesky challenges that can ruin a crop and we’re entering the final stages of harvesting. As the plants begin to produce resin trichomes, the attention to detail can’t dwindle, in fact, it’s magnified. Combing through the…
by Chet Tucker For those just picking up Herbage and reading for the first time, we’re glad you’re here. The monthly editorial, “Sowing the Seed”, is a journey from seed to market and we hope you find it as a simple guide along the way. So, we’ve covered genetics, soil and mediums, “food”, water,…
by James Bridges | Herbage Magazine “So we decided to grow the real big buds.” When I was a kid I had a vision of what it would look like to be a wild man. I imagined I would of course own a helicopter, many unnecessary firearms, a pet grizzly or some sort of bizarre…
by Anna Ervin When Camron Owens began growing cannabis in his home garage during the early days of Oklahoma legalization, he knew he had found his calling. “I’ve been supporting cannabis since 2015 or so, and I just love the product. I love the plant.” With a little help from his Dad, Camron transformed a…
by Chet Tucker As we move into the stages of growth, I felt it necessary to twist one up a bit and reflect on how nature (plant medicine) and ourselves are mirrors of growth. We’ve covered the genetics, the soil, the medium, the water, and the light and they all lead to the strength of…
by James Bridges | Herbage Magazine MAC1 HYBRID Effects: Uplifted Stress Relief Do you ever go scuba diving? Imagine, if you will, being under that deep ocean with the ability to breathe freely without an oxygen supply attached. That loose, free, yet hugged and cuddled by the universe feeling is why I go deep within…
by Chet Tucker Let there be light! Just like all of the elements needed to grow virtually anything, without light there is no flower. Besides our natural sun, there are many ways to “replicate” its rays and grow cannabis. These variants of light are typically analyzed and then chosen based on the environment that cultivators…
by James Bridges | Herbage Magazine There’s an essence you get when certain people enter a room or conversation. I can’t really pinpoint the exact emotion. It’s the one when you are in a room with someone you’ve only seen through a screen. Or that magnetic person that was up on stage spitting into a…
By James Bridges | Herbage Magazine Finally after hearing and reading and talking back-and-forth I am able to sit down with this once cannabis prisoner, the “Genetics Man” himself, Brandon Rust. “When I go in there I put in the contract that any genetic material is my property. “That’s one of the reasons why some…
by James Bridges | Herbage Magazine Once, when I was very young, my little sister, brother, and I went on a canoe trip with my grandparents. Some of my most cherished memories come from the adventure road trips with them. One day it was a different kind of an adventure. We found ourselves in a…
by Chet Tucker We’ve covered genetics (seed), soil, and now we’ll cover the basics of the critical necessity of water (good water), along with touching on growing hydroponically. Nature provides the needed nutrients of water via rain and dew, however many cannabis growers use controlled environments to maximize the strength and quality of their cannabis…
Celebrating the Best Hour of the Day, Stigma-Free “We work tirelessly in an effort to produce the highest quality flower available in Oklahoma. At the end of the day, we’re producing a medicinal product so quality isn’t an option.” by Veronica Castillo, Photo Credit: Happy Hour Medicinals– Instagram I am so happy to be the writer assigned to the small-batch…
Seed to Soil by Chet Tucker Last month we started with the importance of genetics, the seed. This month we move to triggering the birth of the seed and what most growers use to feed the budding seed outside of water, soil. Every farmer is different and some might mention that water is required next…
by Brittiany Ralls In the last piece “How Sustainable is the Cannabis Industry?”, we chatted about how cannabis sustainability is hindered in part to laws that restrict the ability of businesses to be able to be more sustainable. Huge bummer, I know. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to participate in programs or come…
by Anna Ervin Pura Vida When Jason and Jennifer Hicks packed up their family and moved to Costa Rica for a few years, they learned to embrace the Pura Vida lifestyle. I recently had a chance to visit their facilities in Durant, Oklahoma, and found that Hicksford Farms is the perfect representation of “the pure…
by Anna Ervin I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jeremy Babbitt of 918OG and I don’t think I have ever had the privilege of meeting someone so passionate about what they do. Whether he’s studying the composition and behaviors of different trichomes or designing the perfect water chilling system to process bubble…
by Veronica Castillo Small Batch Farm in Oklahoma Highlight: Wild Hare Farms “We made the decision to grow outdoors under the sun, organically, in living soil and we’ve been striving for maximum sustainability ever since” Alex, a biologist by trade with a background in corporate oil and gas; and Paige, a photographer, natural minded mama…
by Chet Tucker Sowing the Seed is a monthly column dedicated to spreading knowledge and thought provoking pieces around the medicinal benefits of cannabis, its components, and products. The goal of each piece is to underscore the power of the plant while stripping away the stigma of cannabis. Herbage Magazine feels very strongly that Chet…
by Kathleen Clark The first day is always exciting. The second day you start to get comfortable.. Typically by the third day you know where everything is… The fourth day people start running out of things to talk about…. By the fifth day usually people feel some type of soreness in their hands and…
by Kathleen Clark What is top shelf flower? The answer probably depends on who you’re asking. You may have your own idea or definition of what top shelf flower consists of but amongst growers that term is not universal. Most growers, regardless of opinions or expectations will have their own definition. As a trimmer I’ve…
by Kathleen Clark Standards can be a double edged sword. That’s why you should always do your own research to help you better form an educated opinion. It is always a shame to watch people with exponential potential become so close minded that they can no longer take in new information. Which leads me to…
