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Shares Skunk in her lineage. Hybrid · 18% THC · 50–60 days
View strainHaze × Skunk × Northern Lights · Bred by Royal Queen Seeds

Not an actual strain
Royal Queen Seeds' take on the Super Silver Haze lineage — Haze x Skunk x Northern Lights — a cross whose story really begins in the 1970s, when a pair of American brothers started collecting and breeding sativas from Colombia, Mexico, Thailand, and South India. After thousands of seeds and years of work they isolated the clean, soaring cerebral effect that came to define the entire Haze family. When those genetics eventually reached Amsterdam alongside the now-classic Skunk lines, two Dutch breeders set out to solve Haze's main problem: the flowering time was too long to be commercial. Crossing Haze with Skunk and Northern Lights gave them Super Silver Haze, the first Haze variety with indica-scale flowering and Cannabis Cup pedigree. Shining Silver Haze is RQS's version of that line, a two-time winner of the Highlife Cannabis Cup in the Bio Haze category and a well-respected sativa among growers who want Haze character without the commitment of a four-month bloom.
The growing profile reads like a compact Haze. Expect about 100 cm indoor, which is unusually restrained for anything with Haze in the pedigree, and up to 200 cm outdoors where she will stretch hard under full sun. Flowering runs 9-11 weeks — short for the family, long for a modern hybrid — and yields hit up to 650 g/m2 indoor under a 600W and 600-650 g/plant outdoor with room to breathe. It is light-hungry in a way that bites undisciplined setups: underlit indoor rooms will leave you with airy, stretched flowers and a fraction of the potential weight, so push it with a strong main light and don't skimp on side coverage. Short veg, let the plant do the stretching in flower.
Around 21% THC, the high is fast, cerebral, and unmistakable within the first hit or two — uplifting, energising, creative, clear rather than foggy. This is daytime weed: good for work, conversation, physical activity, and anything that benefits from a lifted mood without a heavy body pull. Medical users with fatigue, low mood, or focus problems often gravitate here. On the palate it's sweet and floral up front, with citrus brightness on the inhale and an earthy base note that keeps the finish grounded — an old-school Haze taste profile, refined rather than reinvented.
Shares Skunk in her lineage. Hybrid · 18% THC · 50–60 days
View strainShares Skunk in her lineage. Hybrid · 18% THC · 55–60 days
View strainShares Haze in her lineage. Hybrid · 25–27% THC · 50–70 days
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