Champions Series: Max Jablonski

A passion for growing

Based in Blenheim, Max Jablonski is a full-time cultivation and crop technician for Puro and has worked with cannabis plants for almost ten years.

Originally from New York, Max Jablonski moved to New Zealand in 2011 as a university student.

“I fell in love with the place and transferred my credits to complete my studies at the University of Otago.”

He had also played professional basketball for the Southland Sharks.

Mr Jablonski had always had an interest in alternative medicine and moved back to the states to pursue a career in this, where he worked for an indoor cannabis company, Caliva, in California.

With the onset of COVID19 and the rise of the medicinal cannabis industry in New Zealand, Mr Jablonski made the move back here in 2020 which saw him take up the role for Puro.

Mr Jablonski was focussed on cultivation and fertigation. “I have experience in cloning, preventative integrative pest management measures, nutrient and supplement intakes, fertigation and I also look forward to future opportunities of breeding.”

“The plant is so unique – it’s amazing – and we are learning all the time. It’s a great environment to grow here but the plants are outside therefore can be susceptible to some conditions, but they continue to amaze me with how resilient they are.”

As far as fertigation went, he said it was crucial to keep the nutrients, water being one of them, available for the plants.

Mr Jablonski said he was excited for the future of the medicinal cannabis industry in New Zealand. Cultivation and crop technician, Max Jablonski in his happy place.

“The plant is so unique – it’s amazing – and we are learning all the time. It’s a great environment to grow here but the plants are outside therefore can be susceptible to some conditions, but they continue to amaze me with how resilient they are.”