By Luke Sholl


Taking care of cannabis plants should, above all, be a pleasure; yet it’s perfectly legitimate for the smart cannabis grower to try reducing time spent doing repetitive and boring tasks. Some growers might be short on time in general, while others simply want to lighten the workload. Sometimes, a few small adjustments can make a big difference in your daily and weekly maintenance routine. Or perhaps a radical change in growing technique is the best solution to time issues. In most cases, by carefully planning your tasks and resources, you should be able to save precious time without compromising your crop’s volume and quality.

Here are some tips for running a highly efficient cannabis grow.

1. OPTIMISE THE SETUP

We could start our optimisation process by assessing the pros and cons of the growing location. Indoor growing is more complex and time-consuming than a traditional open air garden. Hydroponics might be more complicated than soil at the beginning, but it likely turns into the most efficient technique over time. If you have the opportunity to choose sunlight over a grow box, be sure to plant your cannabis seeds outdoors at the right moment for your specific location. Not having to worry about lights, tubes, and everything else is a big time-saver, not to mention money-saver.

If you have to grow indoors, invest some time finding the tidiest setup for cables, fans, and ducts, then organise your tent or room so it’s easy to open and access, with a clear path in and out, and to your water source. Objects, obstacles on the floor, or any kind of mess close to the growing space will cost you a little extra time that compounds into minutes or hours by the time harvest comes around. You’ll also need to maintain easy access to all parts of the plants you’re growing. If you don’t, you’ll either waste time reaching the remote corners, or risk having pests start taking over the hidden nooks of your grow room.

All your tools must be close to your growing area, and you should keep the most frequently used instruments within arm's reach from your plants. This is going to save you hundreds of micro-moments. Even if building our own accessories and devices can be a good way to figure out how to optimise a grow room, also take some time to visit your online or local grow shop. In the accessories section, you can find the latest hacks and tools for easy growing, like watering systems, adjustable cable suspensions for lights and branches, automation devices, and other stuff that might be useful to save some time.

2. CONSOLIDATE TRAYS AND CONTAINERS

Before starting a cannabis grow, the shrewd grower will consider which tasks will be most annoying or time-consuming during the operation. One common example is dealing with runoff water from growing containers. Most pots are affixed with a tray underneath to catch runoff, but these need to be emptied frequently and can spill without much disturbance. Emptying the trays after each watering is really a pain. A nice time-saving hack is to put more than one pot on a long tray, which is faster to empty compared to many small ones. The tray can be slightly inclined so all the runoff drains to the front, making it even easier to empty.

The ideal size and type of container that’s most efficient is up for debate. Bigger containers can absorb and retain more water, thus the busy grower would pick them instead of smaller ones. However, overwatering/underwatering, soil oxygenation, and nutrient issues are more common in larger containers, especially when the pot is too big for the size or age of the plant. A bigger container can save time, but it requires some caution, and perhaps some trial and error. In any case, avoid pots made of fabric or with holes on the sides because these kinds of containers let the soil dry out too quickly for the busy grower.

 

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3. CHOOSE THE RIGHT GROWING MEDIUM

Some growing techniques and substrates are more time-consuming than others, depending on your setup, skills, goals, number of plants, and more. Hydroponic systems are probably not the best choice for a beginner, but they can certainly save you time. The water reservoirs of hydro setups hold enough for a long period, even for weeks, and there is no runoff to worry about. Assuming the grower is willing to learn the hydro skillset, and all the pumps, tubes, nutrients, pH, and everything else, a hydroponic grow is much more human-independent than any other domestic setup.

Soil growers, don’t worry. There’s room for optimisation even in the most traditional pot and soil grow. If you grow in soil, you probably use some fertilisers. It’s really hard to tell which brand or product line renders the best results, or if you really need bloom enhancers, flavour boosters, and so on. Many growers spend a lot of time and money trying to figure out the best combinations of nutrients, even if the plants would probably do fine with just a few of them. Sticking to a couple basic fertilisers specifically designed for the vegetative and bloom periods should be enough for your plants to stay happy. And you automatically save time by not having to test, measure, mix, and water in other products. Mineral nutrients can save even more time since the mix can be prepared in advance and stored for some time—but please, grow organic!

For those willing to learn how to make it, the most time-saving soil method is super soil, which is a term used to describe a nutrient-rich, enhanced soil made with compost. Super soil is like a big community of living creatures that slowly produces all of the basic nutrients your cannabis plants need for their entire life. You don’t need to mix fertilisers or excessively check pH levels. Just add water.

4. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR LIGHTS AND FANS

A proper lighting, cooling, air extraction, and humidity control system should be in place. Just one environmental parameter not properly set and maintained might translate to hours of time spent trying to reach the optimal conditions while plants sit there suffering.

CFL bulbs are considered a waste of time by most growers. Busy or not, if you are serious about growing cannabis, avoid CFLs and use MH and HPS lights instead, or a decently big LED plate that further simplifies things, producing less heat than MH/HPS setups.

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5. SELECT TIME-SAVING STRAINS

Not all cannabis strains require the same amount of care, or the same amount of time to mature. Modern cannabis breeding has gifted us with a massive array of strains that are resilient and don’t require too much maintenance or attention. Some strains can handle slight nutrient and pH imbalances, while others thrive even in the face of temperature and humidity fluctuations, or minor grower error. Others still are speed-demons capable of going from seed to harvest in only two months.

Autoflowering strains are particularly speedy, and don’t require a change in light cycle to induce bloom—talk about easy! They are also shorter and bushier, and this can translate to fewer setup and maintenance requirements. A great example of a super-hardy and fast auto that requires no expertise from the grower is Quick One. In only 8–9 weeks from seed to harvest, 50cm-tall plants are capable of churning out an impressive 100–150g/plant. On the other hand, taller and slower-growing photoperiod strains will obviously require more maintenance and time. However, if you want to grow feminized photoperiods that still require less time and energy, consider market-leading indicas like Fat Banana. With a THC level of 25% and a flowering phase of only 7–8 weeks, this fierce hybrid is potent weed for the rushed grower indeed.

Quick One

Quick One

Quick One Royal Queen Seeds

Genetic background Strong Indica x Ruderalis
Yield indoor 275 - 325 g/m2
Height indoor 50 - 60 cm
Flowering time 5 - 6 weeks
THC strength THC: 13% (aprox.) / CBD: Low
Blend 10% Sativa, 60% Indica, 30% Ruderalis
Yield outdoor 100 - 150 g/per plant (dried)
Height outdoor 60 - 100 cm
Harvest time 8 - 9 weeks after germination
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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

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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.

Web analytics service (anonymous data)

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: