Smoker Farms’ first small-batch release was The Ultimate, which smells and smokes like the good stuff from back in the day. The Indica-dominant hybrid has 21.8% THC and 2.89% terpenes, mainly caryophyllene, limonene, and myrcene. It’s packaged and distributed through Joint Venture Craft Cannabis.
When we visited this summer, their first batch of highly anticipated Master Kush Ultra was just harvested and hanging to dry, and a second batch was already flowering.
Smoker Farms’ Master Kush Ultra, which has just hit the cannabis market, is over 26% THC.
Jeff says the strain is the couple’s all-time favourite and what he’s growing is truly unique to the legal market.
“Nobody has this Master Kush Ultra strain that I have,” says Jeff, adding they’re seeds from 15 years ago that he’s spent years perfecting. “It’s such a unique Master Kush Ultra strain. It’s got such an addictive flavour. It hits like a hammer too.”
The Aubins got their micro-cultivation licence on June 26, 2020, after successfully fulfilling Health Canada’s arduous application process. They did a lot of the work themselves, but had guidance from Michael Ciardullo at dicentra Cannabis Consulting out of Toronto.
“My blood sweat and tears are in every nail and every screw in this place,” says Jeff.
They’ve kept the facility relatively simple and had friends come help with the construction to keep costs down. Walls in the corridor are exposed plywood—a much different look than many of the larger scale producers.
Inside the grow rooms, however, Smoker Farms has tapped into modern cannabis-growing techniques. Instead of soil, they use much cleaner rock-wool blocks. They also employ a Dosatron system that allows Jeff to feed the plants exact amounts of food at specific times. He can control much of the operation from his cellphone.
They received help with their setup and techniques from master grower Daniel Saez, who helped them with genetics and guidance on growing.
“It entered a whole new world for us of growing with science,” says Jeff. “We can grow like the big boys.”
As part of their process, they remove almost all the leaves and lower portions of the plants, so that only the top colas remain.
“Our concept here is that we want just to grow the flowers and we want all upper canopy flowers,” says Jeff. “Everything in testing always tests higher at the top of the plant.”
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