By Max Sargent

YES, YOU CAN GROW GREAT GANJA OUTDOORS THIS SUMMER

Right now is the time to start growing cannabis outdoors. Summer has arrived, and even if you are reading this as late as August, you still have time to pull down a fat harvest in October. This season, I’ll be growing 10 plants from a total of 6 different strains. It’s a real blend of autoflowering and photoperiod dankness.

Whatever your level of outdoor cannabis cultivation experience, now is the moment to take that bold step outdoors. If the sun is shining, you can use this blog to guide your ganja-growing adventure. Using simple methods, low-cost supplies, and with a little luck from Mother Nature, there’s a real prospect of raking in a couple of impressive harvests by the end of the season.

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!

I’m emailing dispatches like this one to RQS HQ using expensive and temperamental wireless technology from an off-the-grid fortified location somewhere in Spain. There are no locals—nothing but green fields, woodlands where the Sasquatch roam, starlings sing, and one crazy Irishman in the hillocks many miles from the nearest town grows weed. Oh, and a great big badass hawk that’s large enough to carry away a dog between his oversized talons.

Cannabis cultivation—whether indoors or outdoors—should always be a discreet affair. You don’t need to completely drop out of society like I have to grow outdoors. All you need is a sunny, private space like a back garden or a balcony, really. But I value my privacy and won’t tolerate man or beast messing with my marijuana. A large rooftop terrace in the middle of nowhere is the perfect private place to grow weed trees outdoors.

Cannabis Seedling In Jiffy

SUMMER IS SENSIMILLA SEASON

My grow commenced just a few days before the summer solstice on 21st June. Seeds were germinated using my old favourite: the paper towel method. I’ll be starting the seedlings on the windowsill in a homemade propagator fashioned from a 8l plastic water bottle. Inside, 7 of my 10 seedlings are housed, rooting in 33mm peat Jiffy pots. 3 more seeds are still between paper towels to complete the cannabis cast.

During the first week of July, I’ll be busy potting-up. I plan to transplant the rooted seedlings directly into large white containers and move outdoors. Approximately 15 hours of sunlight per day should be enough for 4–6 weeks of vegetative growth.

By late-July/early-August, as a natural 12-hour day nears, photoperiod varieties should begin to bloom, while autoflowers will be about halfway through flowering—concluding 6–10 weeks later with a staggered two-stage harvest of the autoflowers followed by the photoperiod varieties.

ONLY GROW GREAT GENETICS

Select strains suited to the local climate from only the best cannabis seedbanks. I carefully scrutinised the catalogues of both Royal Queen Seeds and Zamnesia Seeds for the most desirable specimens likely to perform well in the hot, sunny local climate. However, my prime objective for this marijuana mission is to grow some amazing purple weed again.

Choosing a diverse blend of photoperiod and autoflowering seeds gives me the dank variety I require as a connoisseur, and ensures I’m not dependent on just one strain. Things can and will go wrong outdoors. I’m hoping for success, but planning for the worst—just in case.

My high-class outdoor cannabis line-up is dank enough to make you drool. Representing RQS are 2 Purple Queens, 1 Royal Cookies Automatic, and 2 Royal Gorilla Automatics. The remainder are a mix of three of Zamnesia Seeds’ best: Bruce Banner #3, Blueberry Automatic, and Sticky Beast Automatic.

Purple Cannabis Plant

POTS, NUTRIENTS, AND SUBSTRATES

Final containers for outdoor cannabis plants better be big if you plan on growing monster marijuana—so I’m dialling it up to 11, using a range of round, porous white containers in 15, 17, and 27l sizes. This summer, I’ll be employing a selection of both plastic and fabric pots. I’ve just purchased 150l of Top Crop Complete Mix, which is a lightly fertilised blend of peat, coco, and perlite, and 12l of extra perlite to increase drainage even more. And I’ll have to buy another 50l sack of soil to cover the 3 more beans I’ve just begun to germinate.

Believe it or not, I lugged all of my ⅔-full bottles of Advanced Nutrients all the way in buses, trains, and taxis into the wild without spilling a drop. I got a bottle of Sensi Cal-Mag online to go with my three-part pH-Perfect Grow, Micro, and Bloom base nutes. And I’ve still got the same supplements Rhino Skin, Sensizym, Big Bud, and Bud Candy to see the plants through every stage of the life cycle. In addition, I also have acquired quite a stash of Easy Boost time-release fertiliser to blend with a few pots worth of soil. This way, I can stretch my nutes and feed a few of my cannabis plants by just adding water.

BUY A GREENHOUSE JUST IN CASE

If you are starting later in the season or expect patches of inclement weather at some stage during cultivation, it’s wise to invest in a greenhouse. A sudden summer thunderstorm or treacherous weather in autumn when you’re days away from harvest could be devastating.

I plan to order a simple PVC greenhouse from Amazon with the same dimensions as a large grow tent in the coming weeks. It even has poles and joins just like a grow tent, in the same familiar 2.4 × 1.2 × 2m dimensions.

As added bonuses, the greenhouse will allow me to use the shelves to make a trellis for the 4 photoperiod plants, and the green tint of the PVC makes the garden even stealthier. I might not even use it. But for €50, I have a sanctuary for my plants during autumn rain and scorching summer sunshine.

Essential Outdoor Cultivation Accessories

ESSENTIAL OUTDOOR CULTIVATION ACCESSORIES

So many little extras are integral to the success of a cannabis grow, but never get any attention. These might not be the first tools that come to mind, but they are always the ones you wish you remembered when you need them the most. This is not an exhaustive list, but you might need the following items in a variety of situations:

Cable ties, gardening wire, soft plant ties, plant support stakes bamboo/plastic, plastic pipettes for measuring nutrients, trimming scissors, spray bottle, and labels for pots.

ORDER EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ADVANCE

Getting your complete kit together will take up to two weeks. Granted, I’m in a remote location so I can hardly expect next-day deliveries. Regardless of where you are based, don’t leave deliveries to the last minute. Do some digital window shopping and you might even find some great discounts on many of the supplies you need. I got a free vaporiser with my last order over €100 from the online grow shop.

Cannabis Outdoor Cultivation

THE OUTDOOR CANNABIS ADVENTURES TO COME

My outdoor cannabis adventure has only just begun. Over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be documenting my outdoor cannabis crop all the way from seed to harvest. More grow reports, strain reviews, and a new YouTube video series documenting all the action are already in progress. Check the RQS website regularly for more outdoor cannabis blogs soon.

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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.

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: