Shaping Fire (2026)

06/11/2025

I love when Shaping Fire newsletter giveaway winners start to excitedly post that they received a full gallon of concentrated fish p**p from **pdotcom. Most seem to expect a tiny bottle. This is a big one! Thanks to Chrissy for posting in her private profile, and thanks to for being a shaping fire sponsor now for more than three years!

31/10/2025

The same game every year. Waiting for those sacred beans to finish on the longer-flowering varieties. Next year’s hopes and smoke!

31/10/2025

My most popular Halloween costume ever. 2007. Enjoy your evening, spooky fun-lovers!

30/10/2025

Congratulations to the winners! We are stoked to have **pdotcom as an advertiser on ! I used Fish P**p mixed into my irrigation to start all my veggies and flower this year and things sure took off. Fish P**p is made from fish manure. The fish poo from the Fish P**p aquaponics cannabis grow is collected from their filters and bottled just for you! This is not fish carcass. This is fish p**p, packed with microorganisms and nutrients.

For the new giveaway, Fish P**p is giving away one gallon bottle plus some swag to 5 subscribers of the Shaping Fire newsletter. Congratulations to the five winners who have all replied to their emails now.

Sign up to the newsletter now, before the next giveaway. That’s all you have to do to enter. Just subscribe to the Shaping Fire newsletter to be entered, and respond if I email you that you have won.

You can sign up easily at ShapingFire.com or by following the profile link.

Be sure to jump over to **pdotcom to give their IG page a Like, take a tour of the facility, and to check out their other offerings!

20/10/2025

I’m so grateful that I haven’t run into much thrip pressure the last few years using Entomites from . I sure used to. There are all the pest varieties in most gardens. The key is to keep the pest pressure managed and low. When I add and encourage predatory mites in my garden, they become a live-in security force, keeping an eye on my plants around the clock.

02/10/2025

Natural farming and KNF preparations are very important to me. We’ve done a bunch of episodes about them, and I use them as the cornerstone of my plant care. When I first learned of the power in natural farming sauces, I needed to make my own. Self-sufficiency is a big deal. But over time, I realized that I only need a small amount, and they take usually take a lot of effort. I eventually was lucky to meet David of and found that he makes natural farming sauces as I would want them made. Actually, who am I kidding, he makes them way better than I ever did. So I started using his preps maybe six years ago and haven’t had to make my own since. These are top notch. They smell good. They are clearly potent. And best of all, I actually get the results I’m supposed to get. If you don’t make your own, I hope you buy your preps from David too, so he stays in business to help us all. 👍

20/09/2025

.
Shaping Fire Episode 124 - Out Now!
Lab Analytics for Patients: Best Practices to Get Results with Amber Wise PhD

Cannabis lab analytics are essential for making reliable cannabis tinctures and oils for patients. On episode 124 of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los talks with chemist Amber Wise, PhD about contacting labs, choosing your tests, how to interpret them, and how to use the results to make better tinctures, oils and edibles.

Click to listen on www.ShapingFire.com, or listen wherever you get podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube ->

Special thanks to this episode’s advertisers who power Shaping Fire!

Living cold compost is more biologically dynamic than anything else you could use. You’ve heard about it on Shaping Fire for years. It is now being sold to the public! www.KingdomAquaponicsLLc.com

Natural Enemies provides cannabis-specific beneficial insects and advice for your pests. www.NaturalEnemies.com

**pDotcom
Fish P**p brand fertilizer is an all-natural fish p**p concentrate with nothing added. www.fishp**p.com
0
If you want to grow bomb-proof genetics with no males, Caleb is the guy to go to. For generations, his family has been cultivating in Northern California, and you can benefit from that heritage. https://www.humboldtcsi.com/

GTR seeds are very consistent, true-growing in**ed F1s from stabilized in**ed parent lines.
These THC, CBD, CBG and THCv seeds are nearly homogenous and the plants will all grow the same. https://www.gtrseeds.com/

Connoisseurs and commercial cannabis farms across the country love growing Gnome Automatics because of their consistency from seed to seed, short grow times, THC percentages and colorful bag appeal. https://gnomeautomatics.com/

14/09/2025

An update! This amazing plant is Banksia Tar Kush V2
Pine Tar Dooligah (Club Lime) X (Jellybreath3BX1 X Dooligah F2)

It expresses the Australian B*stard Cannabis (ABC) leaf structure. The leaves look unrecognizable as cannabis. But the flowers are def making her more familiar. The story behind these genetics is quite enjoyable to research.

I had said in my last post, “I’m really looking forward to figuring out how to s*x them, and then figuring out which part to smoke! 😂” But it was hella easy. Just as the flowers are looking familiar, the seed sites were easy to ID. I finally got females this year, three of the four, even! So stoked. So far, totally mold and PM resistant.

I received these seeds as a gift from but looks like their account is gone now. If you know of an IG, please tag them. I know about the Discord. Thanks.

More photos before harvest!

10/07/2025

This amazing plant is Banksia Tar Kush V2
Pine Tar Dooligah (Club Lime) X (Jellybreath3BX1 X Dooligah F2)

It expresses the Australian B*stard Cannabis (ABC) leaf structure. It looks unrecognizable as cannabis. The story behind these genetics is quite enjoyable to research.

I’m really looking forward to figuring out how to s*x them, and then figuring out which part to smoke! 😂

I received these seeds as a gift from but looks like their account is gone now. If you know where binchicken is, please tag them. Thanks.

More photos as she matures!

07/07/2025

Good internodal distance. Thick stem. Great pest resistance. Engaging stem rub. 🎉

04/07/2025

.
Shaping Fire Episode 123 - Out Now!
The First Five Minutes: Cannabis and Your Body with guest Elizabeth Thompson PhD

When we use cannabis, our whole body fires up! During this episode of Shaping Fire, host Shango Los chats with neuropharmacologist and physiologist Dr. Elizabeth Thompson about the cascade of body systems that light up in the first minute using cannabis, how each system tells of story about the experience of getting high, and how you can use this understanding for your own health and wellness.

Click the profile link to listen on the website, or listen wherever you get podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube ->
Special thanks to this episode’s advertisers who power Shaping Fire!

Special thanks to this episode’s advertisers who power Shaping Fire!

Living cold compost is more biologically dynamic than anything else you could use. You’ve heard about it on Shaping Fire for years. It is now being sold to the public! www.KingdomAquaponicsLLc.com

Natural Enemies provides cannabis-specific beneficial insects and advice for your pests. www.NaturalEnemies.com

**pDotcom
Fish P**p brand fertilizer is an all-natural fish p**p concentrate with nothing added. www.fishp**p.com
0
If you want to grow bomb-proof genetics with no males, Caleb is the guy to go to. For generations, his family has been cultivating in Northern California, and you can benefit from that heritage. https://www.humboldtcsi.com/

GTR seeds are very consistent, true-growing in**ed F1s from stabilized in**ed parent lines.
These THC, CBD, CBG and THCv seeds are nearly homogenous and the plants will all grow the same. https://www.gtrseeds.com/

Connoisseurs and commercial cannabis farms across the country love growing Gnome Automatics because of their consistency from seed to seed, short grow times, THC percentages and colorful bag appeal. https://gnomeautomatics.com/

10/06/2025

The day of flip. Looking really good. I can tell I am growing these 15 plants in two different sips because there is a slight variation in color from the different nutrition. I am hoping that evens out over time with microbial compost tea.

They are going to look great!

CSI Humboldt
3x Bubblegum x UK Cheese
2x Sour Diesel x Obama
Lemon Party x Ruthless Runtz
Sour Diesel x Cali Orange
UK Cheese x Cali Orange
Durban Poison x UK Cheese
Sunset Sherbet x Bubblegum
Forbidden Fruit x Granddaddy Purple
Cherry Pie x Granddaddy Purple

Modern Epigenetics
Jet Fuel OG x Runtz by Michael Hinden

Notsodog
Sour Diesel
LA Kush aka Headband

Incorporating materials from these project contributors! I heartily recommend all these products.
Lights:
Tent:
Beneficial Insects: , powered by
Cold Compost and Living Compost Extract:
Genetics: .0, ,
Nutritive Compost Tea Inputs:
Soil amendment: Nutrient Mix
Fungal Inoculent:
Environment Gauges and Automation:

Shaping Fire

06/11/2025

31/10/2025

31/10/2025

30/10/2025

20/10/2025

02/10/2025

20/09/2025

14/09/2025

10/07/2025

07/07/2025

04/07/2025

10/06/2025

Address

Website

Alerts

Shortcuts

Share