EsotericGrows
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2x Royal Dwarf – Feminized Seeds
Specimin #2 and Specimin #3 (S#2 & S#3)
Seed Bank: Royal Queen Seeds
With a similar genetic background to our Easy Bud but crossed with Skunk to create a new autoflowering feminized variety. We call this bonsai-like autoflowering variety Royal Dwarf.
Royal Dwarf is a very compact plant. This compact structure, along with its tight buds, make it ideal for growing indoors or outdoors in reduced spaces. It is a mix of some of our best autoflowering strains crossed with an exceptional skunk female, which was then was crossed back to the autoflowering parent to retain its amazing autoflowering ability.
The skunk has given it a different flavour and slightly larger yield than other autoflowering varieties. This compact plant can produce up to 60 g a plant. Like most Skunk hybrids, Royal Dwarf has a very strong aroma and hard resin-covered buds.
Small and mighty, Royal Dwarf grows quickly, reaching an average height of 40 to 60 cm. Ready for harvest in just 8 to 9 weeks. The effect is much like a good old Skunk variety. It gives a mild social high and relaxing body stone. Small and easy to grow, this plant is great for any grower wanting to try out a different autoflowering variety.
THC 13%
CBD Low
Yield Indoor 150-200gr m2
Yield Outdoor 30-80 grams per plant dried
Height Indoor 40 - 70 cm
Height Outdoor 50 - 90 cm
Flowering time 6-7 Weeks
Harvest month 8-9 weeks after sprouting
Genetic Background Skunk x Ruderalis
Type Sativa: 60% Indica: 10% Ruderalis: 30%
Effect Physical stoned
SPECIMIN #2 & #3 PROGRESS LOG
Soil & Fertilizers
Lighting Used
Sun-GLO T8 Fluorescent Aquarium Bulb 15W 46cm, 18in
Day 1 (April 18, 2015) – During Evening. Germinated S#2 seed by placing it in a jar of water. Germinated S#3 seed in a wet paper towel.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – This was an exciting day for me since I was off work and able to follow this specimins progress throughout the day! The wet paper tower method worked much better and sprouted S#3 quicker and more prominently than the S#2 that was germinated in a jar of water. The seed that was placed in water just barely starting showing signs of birth. This seemed to be the case for all types of auto flowering seeds I tried no matter which strain. Paper towel just worked better than dropping directly in water. I just used room temperature tap water to germinate the seeds. I didn't let the water sit uncovered for a day as was suggested in some books I read which is supposed to release the chlorine from the water. The tap water in my area doesn't seem to have much chlorine and most of the seeds seem to have germinated fine despite skipping this step.
Day 4: S#2 Seed in jar of water
Day 4: S#3 Seed sprouting in paper towel
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) - S#3: I diluted ¼ of a 12g plant-prod All Purpose Fertilizer 20-20-20 pre-measured packet into 10 cups of water. I filled the filled the Jiffy Pots with the peat-based ORGANIC VEGETABLE & HERB MIX and of I then poured the 20-20-20 fertilizer water mixture into the pot until it saturated the grow medium and started draining from the bottom of the pot.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – S#3: Once the pot was prepared with the growing medium and moistened I moved the Royal Dwarf sprout into the pot. In just a couple hours it went from looking like the previous picture to this one.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – I couldn't believe the changes in next 2 hour period after I put a flourescent light from an old aquarium I used to own over the pot. The sprout stood up like it had a hard on for the light and started straightening out and stretching towards the light. These 2 photos were taken just 2 hours apart. This progress had me excited about what was going to happen with this thing since it seemed to have such a huge head start on all the other plants including the other Royal Dwarf seed that I tried germinating in a different manner.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – S#2 - I took the second seed, S#2 and moved it from the water to paper towel method in the morning since that seemed to be working better than dropping seeds directly into water. Later in the day I put it in grow medium that came with McKenzie Herb Garden Grow Kit that I had purchased at a Walmart. The blend it came with seemed to dry super fast and not hold moisture very well.
Day 6 (April 23, 2015) – During Evening.
S#2 This Mckenzie herb and garden growing kit grow medium did not seem ideal for cannabis. It dried so much more quickly than the other soils I tried and didn't seem to retain any moisture. Because the grow medium dried out so quickly I poured it out onto a glass container to sift through it to carefully recover the seed and move it to a different grow medium. I understand this probably causes a lot of stress and may kill the plant/seed ability to recover but if I leave it as is I don't think the plant would survive anyhow.
Here's the S#2 I was able to find it and it's showing severe signs of lack water and the sprout that came out of the seed has started shriveling up. A lesson on what not to use to grow expensive cannabis seeds in. I dropped the seed into a fresh jiffy pot filled with the pro mix that seems to be working well so far.
Day 7 (April 24, 2015) S#3 – During Morning. Holy crap man...what happened to this thing overnight?
The plant went from thriving to stretching sideways. Also the base of the stem seemed thinner than the rest. I wasn't sure if it was water deficiency or light stress that caused this overnight.
The soil seemed a bit dry so I added a bit of water and moved the light source further away from the plant. Within no time at all it stood straight up again. It makes me nervous that it flexes so easily though.
Day 8 (April 25, 2015) S#3
Solid green, appears to look healthy.
Day 9 (April 26, 2015) S#3
Started bending down away from the light. Soil looking a bit dry but it felt moist enough an inch or so deep.
Day 10 (April 27, 2015) S#3 –
Appears to be a good colour.
Day 11 (April 28, 2015) S#3 –
I put her in direct sunlight by the window during daylight hours. She started to twist a bit so I gave her some water in the early evening while the sun was still shining.
Moved her back under the SUNGLO 15W acquarium light during the times it's not getting direct sunlight. Still keeping under the sunglo 15w acquirium lights 24 hours a day when there's no sunlight available.
I'm thinking I better pickup some decent CFLs tomorrow because I'm not going to be able to afford the LED's I want for a while and I'm afraid that the Sunglo I'm using does not have the proper light spectrums for cannabis to thrive. It definitely likes the direct sunlight though.
Also the shrivelled up S#2 I moved from the Mckenzie Herb & Garden mix into the pro mix hadn't showed any progress the last few days so I recovered the seed again and put it back into wet paper towel to try to breath some life back into it. I'm pretty sure it's a goner at this point but going to try and save it even though I'll probably kill it from all the stress.
This is my first time grow so any suggestions and/or recommendations are greatly appreciated.
Specimin #2 and Specimin #3 (S#2 & S#3)
Seed Bank: Royal Queen Seeds
With a similar genetic background to our Easy Bud but crossed with Skunk to create a new autoflowering feminized variety. We call this bonsai-like autoflowering variety Royal Dwarf.
Royal Dwarf is a very compact plant. This compact structure, along with its tight buds, make it ideal for growing indoors or outdoors in reduced spaces. It is a mix of some of our best autoflowering strains crossed with an exceptional skunk female, which was then was crossed back to the autoflowering parent to retain its amazing autoflowering ability.
The skunk has given it a different flavour and slightly larger yield than other autoflowering varieties. This compact plant can produce up to 60 g a plant. Like most Skunk hybrids, Royal Dwarf has a very strong aroma and hard resin-covered buds.
Small and mighty, Royal Dwarf grows quickly, reaching an average height of 40 to 60 cm. Ready for harvest in just 8 to 9 weeks. The effect is much like a good old Skunk variety. It gives a mild social high and relaxing body stone. Small and easy to grow, this plant is great for any grower wanting to try out a different autoflowering variety.
THC 13%
CBD Low
Yield Indoor 150-200gr m2
Yield Outdoor 30-80 grams per plant dried
Height Indoor 40 - 70 cm
Height Outdoor 50 - 90 cm
Flowering time 6-7 Weeks
Harvest month 8-9 weeks after sprouting
Genetic Background Skunk x Ruderalis
Type Sativa: 60% Indica: 10% Ruderalis: 30%
Effect Physical stoned
SPECIMIN #2 & #3 PROGRESS LOG
Soil & Fertilizers
Lighting Used
Sun-GLO T8 Fluorescent Aquarium Bulb 15W 46cm, 18in
Day 1 (April 18, 2015) – During Evening. Germinated S#2 seed by placing it in a jar of water. Germinated S#3 seed in a wet paper towel.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – This was an exciting day for me since I was off work and able to follow this specimins progress throughout the day! The wet paper tower method worked much better and sprouted S#3 quicker and more prominently than the S#2 that was germinated in a jar of water. The seed that was placed in water just barely starting showing signs of birth. This seemed to be the case for all types of auto flowering seeds I tried no matter which strain. Paper towel just worked better than dropping directly in water. I just used room temperature tap water to germinate the seeds. I didn't let the water sit uncovered for a day as was suggested in some books I read which is supposed to release the chlorine from the water. The tap water in my area doesn't seem to have much chlorine and most of the seeds seem to have germinated fine despite skipping this step.
Day 4: S#2 Seed in jar of water
Day 4: S#3 Seed sprouting in paper towel
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) - S#3: I diluted ¼ of a 12g plant-prod All Purpose Fertilizer 20-20-20 pre-measured packet into 10 cups of water. I filled the filled the Jiffy Pots with the peat-based ORGANIC VEGETABLE & HERB MIX and of I then poured the 20-20-20 fertilizer water mixture into the pot until it saturated the grow medium and started draining from the bottom of the pot.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – S#3: Once the pot was prepared with the growing medium and moistened I moved the Royal Dwarf sprout into the pot. In just a couple hours it went from looking like the previous picture to this one.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – I couldn't believe the changes in next 2 hour period after I put a flourescent light from an old aquarium I used to own over the pot. The sprout stood up like it had a hard on for the light and started straightening out and stretching towards the light. These 2 photos were taken just 2 hours apart. This progress had me excited about what was going to happen with this thing since it seemed to have such a huge head start on all the other plants including the other Royal Dwarf seed that I tried germinating in a different manner.
Day 5 (April 22, 2015) – S#2 - I took the second seed, S#2 and moved it from the water to paper towel method in the morning since that seemed to be working better than dropping seeds directly into water. Later in the day I put it in grow medium that came with McKenzie Herb Garden Grow Kit that I had purchased at a Walmart. The blend it came with seemed to dry super fast and not hold moisture very well.
Day 6 (April 23, 2015) – During Evening.
S#2 This Mckenzie herb and garden growing kit grow medium did not seem ideal for cannabis. It dried so much more quickly than the other soils I tried and didn't seem to retain any moisture. Because the grow medium dried out so quickly I poured it out onto a glass container to sift through it to carefully recover the seed and move it to a different grow medium. I understand this probably causes a lot of stress and may kill the plant/seed ability to recover but if I leave it as is I don't think the plant would survive anyhow.
Here's the S#2 I was able to find it and it's showing severe signs of lack water and the sprout that came out of the seed has started shriveling up. A lesson on what not to use to grow expensive cannabis seeds in. I dropped the seed into a fresh jiffy pot filled with the pro mix that seems to be working well so far.
Day 7 (April 24, 2015) S#3 – During Morning. Holy crap man...what happened to this thing overnight?
The plant went from thriving to stretching sideways. Also the base of the stem seemed thinner than the rest. I wasn't sure if it was water deficiency or light stress that caused this overnight.
The soil seemed a bit dry so I added a bit of water and moved the light source further away from the plant. Within no time at all it stood straight up again. It makes me nervous that it flexes so easily though.
Day 8 (April 25, 2015) S#3
Solid green, appears to look healthy.
Day 9 (April 26, 2015) S#3
Started bending down away from the light. Soil looking a bit dry but it felt moist enough an inch or so deep.
Day 10 (April 27, 2015) S#3 –
Appears to be a good colour.
Day 11 (April 28, 2015) S#3 –
I put her in direct sunlight by the window during daylight hours. She started to twist a bit so I gave her some water in the early evening while the sun was still shining.
Moved her back under the SUNGLO 15W acquarium light during the times it's not getting direct sunlight. Still keeping under the sunglo 15w acquirium lights 24 hours a day when there's no sunlight available.
I'm thinking I better pickup some decent CFLs tomorrow because I'm not going to be able to afford the LED's I want for a while and I'm afraid that the Sunglo I'm using does not have the proper light spectrums for cannabis to thrive. It definitely likes the direct sunlight though.
Also the shrivelled up S#2 I moved from the Mckenzie Herb & Garden mix into the pro mix hadn't showed any progress the last few days so I recovered the seed again and put it back into wet paper towel to try to breath some life back into it. I'm pretty sure it's a goner at this point but going to try and save it even though I'll probably kill it from all the stress.
This is my first time grow so any suggestions and/or recommendations are greatly appreciated.