By Steven Voser


AK-47 is a nineties classic bred in the Netherlands by one of the country’s most renowned seed banks. If you’ve been wanting to grow this legendary variety at home, Royal AK by Royal Queen Seeds makes the process rewarding and straightforward. Derived from the same landrace genetics as the original, Royal AK delivers massive flowers packed with sweet skunk aromas, potent effects, and easy growth traits.

Royal AK Strain Information

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AK-47 hit the streets of Amsterdam in 1992. Created by Simon, founder of Serious Seeds, the strain combines all-star sativa landrace genetics from Colombia, Mexico, and Thailand with a robust Afghan indica. Bursting with earthy skunk aromas and packing a long-lasting yet balanced high, it wasn’t long before AK-47 won over the hearts of smokers along with countless cannabis cups and awards—over 27 to be precise.

Fast-forward to today, and AK-47 continues to be a top pick among cannabis lovers everywhere—which is exactly why she’s part of our seed catalogue. Stemming from the best landrace genetics, Royal AK is 60% sativa dominant and shines like a star in any garden or grow room.

Royal AK Strain Characteristics

Like its predecessor, Royal AK stems from Colombian, Mexican, Thai, and Afghan landraces. Indoor growers can expect up to 575 g/m², while outdoor plants can produce up to 650 g each. Reaching 140–170 cm, she’s manageable to grow in almost any setup.

Come harvest time, enjoy as you hang fat, lime-green buds to dry. Caked in thick, white trichomes, Royal AK is an excellent pick for anyone making extracts.

Royal AK Strain Flavour and Aroma

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AK-47 comes bursting with terpenes. Loaded with myrcene, caryophyllene, limonene, pinene, and more, she’s known for her old-school skunk aroma with a strong spicy base and fresh lemon overtones.

Royal AK puts a modern twist on these pungent and classic aromas. Enjoy that same spicy and earthy foundation elevated with notes of sweet, ripe fruit—a delectable experience. Close your eyes as you inhale and savour sweet notes of ripe berries dancing on your tongue while the room fills with the thick stank of gassy, fruity skunk.

Cannabinoid and Terpene Profile

Cannabinoids:

Terpenes:

  • Myrcene
  • Limonene
  • Beta-caryophyllene
  • Pinene

Traditional AK strains have aroma/flavour notes reminiscent of pungent skunk with fresh pine and citrus highlights, as well as musky notes of sandalwood. Royal AK, however, brings fruity gas notes into the mix for a smoother, more balanced flavour and aroma.

Royal AK
23_genetic background_1 Columbian, Mexican, Thai & Afghan
33_Yield indoors_1 525 - 575 gr/m2
31_plant height outdoor_1 80 - 140 cm
25_flowering time_1 8 - 9 weeks
29_THC_1 THC: 19%
28_Type Blend_1 Sativa 60% Indica 40%
34_yield outdoor_1 600 - 650 gr/plant
32_plant height outdoors_1 130 - 170 cm
27_harvest period_1 Early October
22_Effect_1 Balanced, Clear, Stoned

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Effects

Whether you choose a blunt, bowl, or vape, Royal AK delivers a potent yet balanced buzz—earning her the nickname “one-hit wonder” among experienced users. Gear up for an inspiring, motivating cerebral lift—ideal for concentration, focus, and creativity.

Over time, a heavier physical stone settles in, relieving deep tension without clouding your mind. Keep smoking and this physical relaxation will grow—great for unwinding as you watch movies, socialise with close friends, or settle in for some quiet introspection.

Growing Royal AK

The Royal AK marijuana strain offers an easy and fruitful growing experience. Her medium size, short flowering time, and general hardiness make her an excellent choice for cultivators of all stripes.

Learn what to expect when growing this variety below, from seed to harvest.

Germinating Royal AK Seeds

An illustration of Royal AK seeds soaking in water with a sprouting seedling, featuring a green background, showcasing the germination process for the Royal AK cannabis strain.

Soak your Royal AK seeds in a glass of water for 12–24 hours to speed up the germination process. Next, sow them into cell trays containing a high-quality potting mix. Add a pinch of mycorrhiza powder into the hole to enhance root system development, boost nutrient acquisition, and help protect against nasty fungal pathogens.

Maintain a temperature of 25°C and relative humidity of 70–80%—your sprouts will breach the surface of the soil in no time at all. Run your lights for 24 hours during the first week following germination to prevent leggy growth. Then, transplant your seedlings into a larger pot once their leaves grow past the circumference of their cells.

For best results when germinating cannabis seeds, use the RQS Starter Kit. Complete with feminized or auto seeds, Easy Start seedling pots, and a propagator, this all-in-one seed starter kit makes mastering the seedling phase simpler than ever before.

Vegetative Phase

An illustration of a Royal AK cannabis plant in the vegetative phase, showing healthy shoots and branches with a green background, guiding growers through the growth optimization process.

Once your Royal AK plants have developed 1–2 sets of true leaves, it’s time to welcome in the vegetative phase. Switch over to an 18-6 light-dark cycle to optimise the growth of healthy shoots and branches over the coming weeks.

All going well, your Royal AK weed plants will stand at a height of around 8 cm by the end of week two, and 15 cm at the end of week three. Apply topping, LST, and other training techniques during this time if you’d like to keep your plants compact.

If you’re growing Royal AK outdoors, move your plants into a sunny but sheltered spot as soon as possible after the last frost. Depending on the size of your pots and whether or not you implement training techniques, expect plants to measure 60–130 cm by the end of their veg cycle. Indoors, use a 12-12 light-dark cycle to mark the transition to bloom during the seventh week of veg.

Flowering Phase

An illustration of a Royal AK cannabis plant in the flowering phase, showing dense buds and trichomes with a green background, guiding growers through the bloom optimization process.

The Royal AK weed strain will start stretching during bloom as flowering hormone production increases. Trained indoor plants in small containers will grow to just 80 cm, whereas untrained plants in large pots will top out at around 140 cm. Outdoors, trained plants will reach 130 cm when grown in big pots, with their untrained counterparts surging to 170 cm.

Defoliate your plants frequently during bloom to boost airflow, which helps reduce the risk of fungal infections. Ensure that each bud site is exposed to direct light so it can develop properly.

AK-47’s flowering time is impressively swift for a sativa hybrid. In just 8–9 weeks of bloom, prepare to harvest 525–575 g/m² from your indoor plants. Outdoors, expect harvests of up to 650 g/plant by early October.

Cultivation Challenges and Solutions

Royal AK is a robust, hardy, and versatile strain suitable for beginner and experienced cultivators alike. Here are some things to keep in mind to keep your Royal AK grow hassle-free:

  • Use odour controls: Royal AK plants can develop a strong aroma by week five or six in bloom. To avoid drawing attention to your grow, use a carbon filter or our line of Odour Neutralisers and Odour Absorbers to minimise her smell.
  • Watch out for humidity: Overly humid conditions create a breeding ground for bacteria and fungi that can wreak havoc on your plants. Always keep the humidity in your garden within the appropriate range for cannabis, and prioritise healthy airflow. Remember that, despite her sativa dominance, Royal AK produces dense flowers that can easily trap moisture—so be extra mindful of the humidity in your grow room/garden in the final weeks of bloom.
  • Prioritise pest management: Royal AK is very resilient, but that doesn’t make her immune to pests. Indoors, proactive pest management using beneficial fungi and bacteria, clean growing practices, and maintaining ideal temperature and humidity is typically enough to ward off pests. Outdoors, you’ll want to use companion planting, predatory insects, as well as natural pesticides like potassium soap and neem oil (during the vegetative phase) to keep your plants protected.

Royal AK Strain Relatives

If you enjoy strains like AK-47, these close cousins and crosses of Royal AK are sure to spark your interest, too. Check them out below:

  • Royal AK Auto: The autoflowering cousin of our Royal AK—ready to harvest just 11–12 weeks after germination!
  • AK-48: A unique AK-47 phenotype hunted down by Nirvana Seeds and loved for its dense flowers with uplifting effects.
  • White Russian: A monstrous cross of AK-47 x White Widow with sweet and fruity flavours and up to 20% THC.
  • Cherry AK: A rare AK-47 phenotype with an unmistakable sweet cherry aroma and reddish-purple buds.
  • Colombian, Mexican, Thai, or Afghani: These landraces gave rise to AK-47 and Royal AK!

Royal AK Strain: Fast to Flower With Fruity Flavours

Ready to elevate your next grow with tried and true cannabis genetics? Add Royal AK to your seed locker now to enjoy the glory of the original AK-47 with a refined, modern flair. Savour the same great high with sweeter, smoother, and fruitier terps, and all the excellent growth traits you’d expect from any Royal Queen Seeds cultivar. Happy growing!

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COMPANY NAME: SNORKEL SPAIN, SL (hereinafter ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS)

C/ Vilar d'Abdelà, 5 (nave 1) CP: 08170 de Montornès del Vallès

+34 937 379 846

support@royalqueenseeds.com


The present Privacy Policy sets out the terms on which we will treat personal data at ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS; this includes any personal data collected through our website https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/ as well as any other data we process in the course of our business activities.

ROYAL QUEEN SEEDS collects the following personal data for the purposes listed below:

SECTION 1 – PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1.1 Account purchases

Account purchases can only be made if you are in possession of a personal account. When you create an account or purchase something from our shop, as part of the buying and selling process we collect the following personal information that you provide to us:

This information is required for delivery. In addition, when you browse our shop, we automatically receive the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. Based on this information, we can optimise your online experience and at the same time protect our online environment.

Purpose of data collection

We collect and store account-related data for the following purposes:

(a) to carry out obligations arising from any contracts between you and us, and to provide you with information, products and services that you may request from us;

(b) to set up, manage and communicate with you about your account and your orders;

(c) to conduct market research and analysis;

(d) to confirm your age and identity, and to detect and prevent fraud.

1.2 Newsletters

With your explicit permission, we may send you newsletters about our shop, new products and other updates. We send newsletters based on your explicit consent. In the event that you purchase a product, and in accordance with current regulations, we may send you commercial communications in accordance with the legitimate interest of our company, always about products or services similar to those you have purchased or contracted. In any case, you may exercise your right of opposition through the channels announced in this Privacy Policy. The following information is collected in relation to the newsletter:

We do not need to know the sex of the person in order to send the newsletter (data minimisation: by law we must ask for data that is strictly necessary to provide the service, and in this case knowing the sex is not necessary to send the newsletter).

Purpose of data collection

The data collected is used to:

(a) personalise our emails, including your name and gender;

(b) provide gender-specific content.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the link provided in the newsletter or the contact information provided in section 2.

1.3 Customer service and contact form

In order to provide appropriate support, our customer service employees have access to information related to the account. Consequently, their support will be highly effective and friendly. The data provided in our contact form is used by our CRM provider, SuperOffice. We will only use your details to respond to your message.

SECTION 2 – LEGITIMATE INTEREST

If you have purchased any of our products, please note that we may process your personal data for promotional purposes, based on Royal Queen Seeds' legitimate interest only to offer you products or services from our company and about products or services similar to those you have purchased. You may exercise your right to opt out of future messages by the means set out in this Privacy Policy or through any notification you receive.

2.1 How do you withdraw consent?

If you change your mind, you can withdraw your consent for us to contact you for the purpose of collecting, using, or disclosing your data at any time by reaching out to us at: support@royalqueenseeds.com.

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or if you breach our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 – HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

At Royal Queen Seeds, we will not retain your data for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of data; however, the longest period we will normally hold any personal data is 10 years.

4.1 Account information

Data relating to the account remains relevant for as long as the consumer is in possession of an account. Therefore, the data remains documented for as long as the account exists. When our customers delete an account, the associated data will be deleted within a reasonable period of time. Requests regarding the inspection or correction of stored personal data or the deletion of an account can be sent to support@royalqueenseeds.com.

4.2 Newsletters

In the event that you give us your consent to inform you about our products or services, we will keep your data until you express your wish not to receive any further communications from us. However, we regularly (every month) carry out a relevance check. Registered customers (and their personal information) will be deleted whenever customers do not reply to our request. In addition, our newsletter mailing has an opt-out feature. Consumers can withdraw their consent by using this opt-out feature.

SECTION 5 – COOKIES

Cookies are small information files that notify your computer of previous interactions with our website. These cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our website. Essentially, when you use our website, your computer displays its cookies to us, informing our site that you have visited before. This allows our website to function more quickly and remember aspects related to your previous visits (such as your username), making your experience more convenient. At Royal Queen Seeds, we use two types of cookies: functional and analytical.

5.1 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies are used to enhance your online experience. Among other things, these cookies track what is added to your shopping cart. The use of these cookies does not require prior authorization.

5.2 Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are used for research and market analysis. The data collected with these analytical cookies is anonymous, making it unusable for third parties. The use of these cookies does not require prior authorization.

SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Third-party services are required to conduct transactions and provide our services. In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to enable them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies regarding the information we must provide to them for your transactions.

We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these providers so that you can understand how these providers will handle your personal information.

In particular, certain suppliers may be located or have facilities located in a different jurisdiction than yours or ours. Therefore, if you choose to proceed with a transaction involving the services of a third party, your information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service of our website.

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On this website we have integrated an element of a web analytics service (with anonymisation functionality). Web analytics can be defined as the gathering, processing and analysis of data about the behaviour of visitors to websites. An analytics service collects, among other things, data about which website a person came from (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages they visited or how often and for how long they visited a sub-page. Web analytics is mainly used for website optimisation and for a cost–benefit analysis of internet advertising.

Courier service

To complete deliveries we use a courier service. This courier service carries out the delivery between our company and the consumer's home. To complete these logistics, the company requires access to the consumer's name and address information.

Mailing service

Royal Queen Seeds uses a third-party mail service provider to send its newsletter. This provider has access to limited account information related to opt-in consent (e.g. email address).

Marketing services

Royal Queen Seeds has the support of a company that specialises in marketing and communication activities. Their access to personal information is very limited and mostly anonymous.

Payment services

At Royal Queen Seeds we use external payment services to handle our transactions (e.g. credit card payments).

SECTION 6 – SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry standard best practices to ensure that it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored using AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional industry standards that are commonly accepted. Information related to the account is protected with a hashing method. This method transforms the information into a generated hash. As a result, confidential information is protected and invisible, even to us. In addition, our databases are exceptionally protected against unauthorised access. For example, access to the database is only possible and permitted via approved IP addresses (e.g. from Royal Queen Seeds headquarters). Other attempts and addresses are rejected at all times.

Furthermore, data is anonymised as much as possible, so it cannot be directly linked to a specific consumer. With this data, however, we may be able to carry out market research and analysis. In addition, the third parties concerned (e.g. mailing service) are examined prior to our collaboration, comply with the GDPR from the EU and receive a processing agreement. Within Royal Queen Seeds, employees are assigned different access permissions. Specific permission provides access only to information that is strictly required to perform a task. Digital security measures are subject to change and must meet high requirements to ensure the safety of online customers. That is why, at Royal Queen Seeds, we appoint a security officer. Regular verification and improvement of security measures (where necessary) are part of the role.

SECTION 7 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please check back regularly. Changes and clarifications will be effective immediately upon being published on the Website. If we make substantial changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated so you will know what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

SECTION 8 – YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO: