Great and informative presentation! I like how that cabinet evolved in time 
Btw are those autos worth it indoors?
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The autos are definitely fun and the potency has improved over the years. They are great for filling in space while other plants are in veg. The down side is you can’t clone them if you find that very special lady. I have a few in party cup hempys in the filing cabinet right now. First try with hydro nutrients.
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Next stop is my dual 150-watt CMH workbench. It has two chambers each with a 150-watt CMH bulb in a vertical position. I designed and built it from scratch. It also has a 4" fan and filter shared on both sides. I got the idea to build it when my neighbor threw out his old aquarium light. It had 3 150-watt pulse start metal halide ballasts and 4 two-bulb 3’ T5HO ballasts. Having a work bench for potting, pressing rosin, or dry sifting has proved quite useful as well.
I started off with a cloiseum SOG of delicious Candy on the left side.
I ran it perpetual for a while.
Currently it has some Jilly Bean flowering, but I have a trip issue. I need to deal with before flowering anything else.
The right side I used screens this is a mix of Delicious Candy, Tahoe OG, Deadhead OG, and OG Kush
Holy Grail 69
And again with the Zak Haze
Next I’ll be running some Bubba Kush bag seed
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Finally I have a PC box with 50-watts of Vero COBs. It doesn’t get used much anymore except for the occasional quarantine for males or new cuttings.
I used to run perpetual 12/12 from seed in it using 500ml soda bottles.
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What a trip to see all the different styles! Great job! I look forward to following your grows.
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Now we can change gears a bit and take a look at how I make my own fertilizer. The recipes can be found on theunconventionalfarmer dot com.
First you need to capture some lactobacillius bacteria. I used some rice wash from the dinner the night before. It was left out for a few days to collect beneficial bacteria.
This was then mixed with milk and allowed to ferment. The lactose in the milk creates an environment suited for the lactobacillius bacteria to propagate. After a week or two, the curds are discarded and the whey collected. This is the lactobacillius serum that is the base for making these fertilizers.
Next we can get a fish, any fish. Here I have a goldfish that I have chopped in eighths and put in the blender. It is combined with molasses and RO water then blended. Some Lacto serum is added and it is fermented for a few weeks. This is loaded with nitrogen, fatty acids, and micro nutrients. l use about 10-15ml per gallon from veg through the end of stretch, then taper off at the end.
For my grow fertilizer I use fresh cannabis leaf, and growth tips from my bonsai mom’s. I collect them in the fridge for week or so, then they are fermented the same as the fish fertilizer. This provides Nitrogen and growth hormones. I use about 10-15ml per gallon all through veg.
For my bloom fertilizer I mixed banana squash and papaya. Again this is mixed with RO water and molasses, inoculated with lactobacillius serum, and allowed to ferment for a few weeks. I use about 10-15ml per gallon all through flower. I like to ferment in growlers with air locks. They can be found a your local brew store.
For a calcium and phosphorus boost, I collected a bunch of egg shells and removed the inner membrane. They were then browned in a frying pan until they were half brown/black and half still white. These were ground up into a fine powder and covered with vinegar and allowed to set for a few weeks. I use 15ml per gallon as a foliar spray for the first week of flower to help the transition.
Finally I have a garlic and ginger extract that is useful for sick plants. This one is a bit different in we use beer or wine for the yeast. After fermenting separately for a few weeks the resulting liquid combined. This is used at 15 ml/gal for sick plants and as a pest deterrent. You don’t need those fancy growlers and air locks. A bottle with a balloon works just as good.
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Thanks @ryasco, I like to try new things and experiment. Glad to have you around. I just rolled a fatty of Zak Haze. Have a puff and stay a while.
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Don’t mind if i do. Here is some Orange Creamscicle right back at you. 
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Now that we have the space, the nutrients, and have grown some quality flowers, its time to make some medicine! I built me a rosin press, so lets squish some of that leftover trim and popcorn buds.
First I weigh out about two grams of bud and put it in my re-press. It’s just some square tube aluminum and solid stock aluminum that fits inside it. It’s then squished with a 600lb quick clamp.
I place this between a sheet of folded parchment paper, then place that between some TFX baking sheets (PTFE coated nylon) to prevent blowing out the parchment.
The packet is placed between the plates (set to about 200°F) and squished for about 20-40 seconds.
That’s gathered up and ready to smoke. Guess what variety this is… Zak Haze!
Delicious Candy Rosin
Strawberry Blues Rosin
Auto flower bubble
Juanita la Lagrimosa Bubble
Juanita la Lagrimosa BHO
Delicious Candy Green Dragon Tincture
Now that we have all our medicine, let’s make something special. This was a cannagar I made for 4/20 using 7 grams of bud, a gram of bubble, and a gram of rosin. The buds were compressed around a bamboo skewer with hemp twine for a few days. Then the twine was removed and the compressed bud was coated in rosin, then rolled in the bubble hash. Cannabis leaves were covered in rosin and wrapped around the outside. This was vacuum sealed and aged for three months.
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I like your pre-press design, very simple and I think I might use that since I have that same clamp that has since been retired after building a rosin press, lol.
That cannagar looks very cool and sounds delicious, thanks for sharing the idea ;]
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I love that Zak Haze setup and training technique it reminds me of the fruit trees in Holland, absolutely fabulous
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Read about the pre-press on Reddit. It works great and is pretty quick. I got the pieces locally for $15 USD cut!
The cannagar was featured on Bong Appetite and I just had to try it. I need to make another one soon for the holidays.
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I like a good Cannagar but need more practice. Luckily i don’t mind all the rolling and smoking. 
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Try a cigar tube of your choice diameter drill a small hole to poke stake through wrap the line stuff the tube viola perfect shape
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Thanks, I love those screens almost as much as I love my Zak Haze. She is a special plant with a very special story.
Killer Haze(Killer Queen x SSH) x Strawberry Cough = Zak Haze
This strain is dedicated to one of our dear family members that is no longer with us, Zak Hayes. Zak, was a dear friend, committed cannabis activist, and a true believer in the healing powers of medical cannabis. Being a cystic Fibrosis patient with an inherited life threatening disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system never got him down, never slowed his enthusiasm and never ever, became a crutch or an excuse. The fact that he knew he had a short ride ahead of him never dampened his vision of the future. In fact, it fueled his passion and drove him to become a well respected member of the New Mexico medical cannabis industry. In his short career, Zak worked with several of New Mexico’s finest producers and was well liked and loved by his co-workers and managers alike. He made an impression wherever he went. Zak has been part of Organtica’s family since the very beginning and was there every step of the way.
Many of us in the community were devastated at his passing and as we struggled to find sense in it all, we wondered what Zak would have thought about it.
The answer was pretty clear; we needed to develop a strain and dedicate it to our friend and, thus, the Organtica strain Zak Haze was conceived.
The funny thing about Karma is, it works both ways. In this case we developed a great strain that came in with a respectable THC count of 20.75%, and after sifting through test results we discovered a little secret. Not only was Zak Haze high in THC it also had an unusually high CBG-A content of 1.2%.
So What? Who cares about CBG-A?
If you are a patient, you do. The bottom line on CBG-A is this; it’s the magic ingredient that makes the cannabinoids work together as medicine. To put it in other words; Cannabigerolic acid (CBGa) is formed when geranyl pyrophosphate combines with olivetolic acid within the cannabis plant. It is thanks to CBGa that all other medicinal effects of cannabis are possible. Cannabigerolic acid (CBGa) can be thought of as the stem cell cannabinoid, which becomes THCa/THC, CBDa/CBD, CBCa/CBC, and CBG. It does this through different types of biosynthesis, where chemicals combine to form new compounds, examples being the THC biosynthase and the CBD biosynthase.
CBG-A is:
Analgesic – Relieves pain.
Antibacterial – Slows bacterial growth.
Anti-inflammatory – Reduces inflammation systemically.
Anti-Proliferative – Inhibits cancer cell growth through apoptosis.
To put it simply; This is a really tasty flower that is also great medicine that just happens to honor our dear friend.
Would you like to be able to grow your very own Zak Haze? Stay tuned, we have some exciting news to share regarding Zak Haze clones coming in the very near future.
I got my clone and a pre-roll last summer. And my initial thoughts were that it was generic in the smell and flavor department, but had an interesting high. It’s narcotic without giving couch lock.
Well after growing my own a couple of times, I realize there are some pine and lemon notes to the fresh buds that seems to get muted a bit after a long cure. The strongest lemon cleaner scent comes from the stems. Breaking a stem and smelling the sap is amazing. After smoking a bit, I realize that this bud makes people very forgetful. The joint will go out on you if you aren’t paying attention. When pressed she yielded well, about 15-20%, and the rosin tastes even better than the flower!
I was told she was an eight week variety, so I took her at eight weeks. The plant is well faded and the trichome aren’t too bad.
Close up bud shot from the last round. I took these at nine weeks this time and have yet to sample.
Trichome shot of one of the lower popcorn buds.
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Were almost caught up here. All this gardening and hash making has made me quite hungry. Good thing I like to make medicated treats. 
I have learned a great way to make treats using an alcohol extraction (Green Dragon). Heck, I even made a cookbook with directions and recipes. Green Dragon Cookbook.pdf (456.4 KB)
Canna Crispies
Cinnamon Hard Candies
Southwest Chex Mix
Double Whammy Sugar Cookies
Hashy Caramel Popcorn
Sublingual Breath Spray
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Fantastic post. Going to have to re-read it again.
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the workshop is an amazing place! Wow…maximum utliization of the space! I have trouble fitting 3 plants into a 4X4 tent 
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the home rosin-works is very cool. I can see that becoming a lot more popular as outdoor growing becomes legal and people have large amounts of disposable herb.
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Lots of small plants can yield quite well once dialed in. A lot of time can be saved by skipping a veg period altogether.
Once legal and grown on a commercial level, we will most likely see product being processed without the lengthy trimming process.
Well, there is always something interesting going on in my workshop. Check out this crazy ‘fascination’ going on here. It’s like two branches merged into one. Should be fun to watch flower.
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Ha! Ha! That is cool! I had that happen to a hidden branch that grew into a wall and budded out. The whole cola was like that. I wish i had a picture.
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