No Till Kings is a small, owner-operated indoor cannabis cultivator in Long Beach, California. The company distinguishes itself through permanent living-soil beds, a rotating genetic library and active OCal certification—the state program designed to apply organic-style production standards to cannabis.
Founded by two friends in Long Beach
The brand says it was created by two lifelong friends brought together by skateboarding and a shared interest in terpene-rich cannabis. A 2025 First Smoke of the Day interview identifies the founders by their publicly used first names, Marco and Jake, and places the brand-building work in 2016–2017. Their surnames are not clearly established in the reviewed sources, so they should not be guessed.
No Till Kings describes itself as intentionally small and hands-on. Its owners say they inspect every batch rather than operating as distant brand managers, a useful distinction in a market where a label and its actual cultivation may be separate businesses.
What no-till cultivation means here
The grow uses permanent soil beds rather than discarding and replacing the medium after each harvest. According to the company, some of that soil has remained in use for more than five years. Stalks, leaves and branches return to the mulch layer, while compost feeds a living system of earthworms, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa.
The aim is to build fertility through biology and recycling. “No till” is therefore a production method, not simply a strain name or marketing tier. Shoppers comparing sustainability claims should still distinguish this practice from a formal certification.
California OCal certification
No Till Kings calls itself California’s first indoor OCal-certified cannabis brand. The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s certified-operations list records NoTill Kings as an active flower operation, certificate R-002 C-027, initially certified May 23, 2023, with Envirocann as certifier.
OCal was established because cannabis cannot carry the federal USDA Organic seal. The state framework requires documentation of inputs and procedures, third-party review and in-person inspection. Certification is the strongest externally checkable part of the brand’s regenerative positioning; consumers can confirm its current standing in the state registry.
Boutique and Royal Reserve flower
The official catalog separates 3.5-gram Boutique Flower from 3.5-gram Royal Reserve Flower. Royal Reserve is presented as the owners’ headstash selection: lower-yield material chosen for qualities they consider exceptional. Availability changes by harvest rather than following a fixed national menu.
The company’s strain page describes a library of about 20 rotating cultivars and notes that not every variety is available at once. Public interviews have discussed genetics including Lazer Fuel, Mimosa, Jack the Ripper, Black Patronus and a Durban Poison selection hunted from older seed stock.
Premium pre-rolls
No Till Kings also lists one-gram Premium Pre-Rolls. The company says flower is ground with a Santa Cruz Shredder, inspected by hand and packed in RAW Black papers. That product description matters: it identifies the input and process rather than leaving buyers to assume every pre-roll contains the same grade as jarred flower.
As with flower, the cultivar inside a pre-roll can rotate. The package label and retailer menu are more reliable for a specific batch than an old online listing.
Royal Refreshers
The product range extends beyond inhalables through 100-milligram Royal Refreshers. The official product page lists Strawberry Açaí, Pineapple Guava and Mango Peach flavors. They are cannabis beverages, not ordinary soft drinks, and availability depends on licensed California retail distribution.
Earlier copy associated the brand with concentrates and cartridges, but its current official catalog does not establish a standing in-house concentrate line. Those categories should not be treated as core products without current package-level evidence.
A precise award record
At the 2025 Budist California Cannabis Awards, Flavorade x No Till Kings Super Silver Haze Vape Cart earned bronze in the solvent live-resin, no-added-terpenes cartridge category. This is a collaboration award. It supports No Till Kings’ connection to the source cultivar, but does not prove that the cultivator manufactured the cartridge itself.
That attribution is intentionally narrower than saying the brand has a broad award-winning vape program. Exact product, collaborator, year and category are the relevant facts.
Where to find the brand
No Till Kings publishes a California dispensary locator and advises customers to call ahead. The practical reason is the small-batch, rotating model: a listed retailer may carry the brand without having a particular cultivar or format in stock that day.
Sales should route through licensed California cannabis retailers. The company’s license identifier is CCL19-0004618; the OCal registry provides a separate check on certified production.
How to evaluate a No Till Kings product
Confirm the cultivator name, state license, harvest or package date, cannabinoid and terpene panel, testing label and retailer license on the item in front of you. Look for the OCal mark only on products actually covered by certification, and use the state registry rather than assuming every “living soil” claim is certified.
The clearest picture is a focused Long Beach grow: founder-operated, built around permanent soil beds, certified flower and a rotating cultivar library. Its strength is process specificity, not a giant permanent menu.