Nirvana Royal Flush (Oaxacan x Jock Horror)

[yoss33]

Hi there!
I'll use this thread as a journal for my current grow of a few beans of Nirvana's Royal Flush (formerly called Nirvana Special) outdoors at 45 degrees north.
I don't know why this hybrid receives so little attention (at least here on the forum). It's a cross of a pure sativa, supposedly Highland Oaxaca Gold, and a 50% Haze hybrid, Jock Horror, which makes it a quite pure sativa with both parents known for their pleasant clear high.
Last year I made a test grow of 2 plants started late in the season just to see how's the high and flowering length. One of them turned out to be the only truely ceilingless hybrid I've smoked to date. Not very potent (2-3 hit wonder) but fabulous euphoric high that makes you want to talk and dance and, eh, smoke more to get even higher. Really seducive to be abused.
Finished in the beginning of October, a big plant would finish a week or 2 later I guess.



So, this year I decided to give it another try, this time full season. I was wondering on trying the pure mexican (Nirvana/Sativa Seedbank Eldorado) but I'm at a new growing place (another soil, another micro climate) and I decided to go with the hybrid because of its vigour and shorter flowering time.
I planted 4 seeds (not feminized) in the hope to get 2-3 females. Plants are very close together to look like a big bush (will be topped soon)... security reasons...
Fast forward to now:
next to a little WW just planted.

Now (beginning of June), 2 of the plants are females, don't know for the other 2:


The growing tips are reddish (the phone camera can't really see it), the plants are bright green with yellow undertone:


Very early started to make such sort of crooked alternate branching:


And some branch growth here and there instead of pre-flowers:


This week was rainy, but next week come the heats

 

[texacali713]

Nice grow man Hope it turns out all well

 

[blan-k-flor]

Hi there!
It's a cross of a pure sativa, supposedly Highland Oaxaca Gold, and a 50% Haze hybrid, Jock Horror, which makes it a quite pure sativa with both parents known for their pleasant clear high.

Sounds interesting! Very nice plants you have there!

 

[yoss33]

There's a hose under the plants (dug into the ground for security reasons) that carries tap water. I let the water drip from the tap and here I have an easy invisible dripping system that will surely be of great help in the summer heats (I layed the hose in the ground early in the spring so first time to use).
I didn't use it up to now (only tested occasionaly) so that the plants develop bigger and deeper roots searching for water. This evening I let it drip because the temperatures are rising.
I came too late (i.e. dark) in the evening (work..) to make pictures with the phone camera (that's what I've got). Only that:



Big beautiful leaves

 

[mathias]

Hi yoss33 ; I also grew some royal flush in tropical island ... And i not shure it's pure sativa mi i've got 2 plantes and 2 grm harvested , in same time i grew green house sativa or durban and i got 50 gr 200gr plante.I also doing sterling haze ( nl1/haze ) and this one is a very super sativa(but same as rf no vigour ).
So do you think it is a vigourous plante ?

 

[yoss33]

The plants are very vigorous! They were started at the same time as the WW (from GHS) which you can see on 2 of the photos. And you can see the difference in vigor
The royals have BIG leaves and fat stems and grow quickly, to me it's true hybrid vigor.
Last year a friend grew Nirvana's NLxHaze and pulled 3 pounds out of 2 plants. Big plants, high yield.... classic pleasant sativa high (that's what I'm smoking till next harvest), but to me it has more NL effects and lower ceiling than I'd like. The pure Haze is what I love. And I like Royal Flush's high as much as Haze, more than the Haze hybrids - it's more joyful and motivating.
I guess this "2 grm" yield was a typo? Yes, RF gives little yield, but 2 grams? My plants last year were small yet yielded about 10gr each. Considering the quality of the high, I'm happy with the yield.

 

[mathias]

Yes only two gr because my royal flush grew same as a pur indica (no enought hour daylight in my contry for indica ), so no veg (1month veg ) direct bloom . And my sterling haze same but i think it because vigour . But look on my photo album i have pics of my sterling haze and pics of my ssh and many differente sativas , and my sterling haze have only two less week in veg ..But it's my favorite smoke this years . I put some news seed of royal flush for try again and take some pics .

 

[phog]

wow-that bud looks awesome!

the high sounds great too

 

[yoss33]

After good slow drying and half a year in the jar you can see the Gold in that oaxacan parent

 

[mathias]

This what i get (after 2 month veg under 1 eco because direct bloom if i put out for veg ) .


...

 

[bodymind]

the high you're describing is really similar to a flo plant i had this spring.... it was my favorite flo plant, too. there is something unique and happy about the oaxacan high. mine is very anti-anxiety as well as clear and up. good info everyone!

 

[yoss33]

Yesterday I topped (or rather FIMed) 3 of the 4 plants. The sap of the plants was purple. It quickly dried (at 37*C) to black purple before I managed to take a shot:



The heats have come, the ground still has moist from the previous week's rains and the plants are growing and stretching wildly

 

[Dr_Tre]

You think the red sap comes from the Jock side?Because I've seen it with pure hazes

 

[yoss33]

I've seen quite a few Jock plants and none had red sap as far as I know. So it's rather from the Oaxacan.

 

[Dr_Tre]

for clearing this up!

 

[Gert Lush]

Nice to see what can be done outside at 45°N!
Well done... you deserve all your pleasures

 

[yoss33]

the high you're describing is really similar to a flo plant i had this spring.... it was my favorite flo plant, too. there is something unique and happy about the oaxacan high. mine is very anti-anxiety as well as clear and up. good info everyone!

There is something unique indeed - anti-anxiety to the point of singing joyfully and laughing to yourself So positive...

 

[Herbal extasy]

Had one Nirvana Special in my current grow. 1/10 germed and one which got up, was somewhat leafy mutant. I chopped it down week ago. Got like 5 gr yield. Smoke is nice, mainly in the head. Does not lose much in comparison to Black Widow which was chopped down same time. Maybe I give a shot to Royal Flush sometimes. These Special labeled beans old stock probably.

Nirvana NLxHaze looks to be good yielder. Little samples also tells smoke to be potent. Smell is just spectacular. Chopped it down after 12 weeks.

 

[yoss33]

Last year I had problems with germination of the feminized Royal Flush beans. Out of 5, 3 were very small and immature (green). Only 2 made it to plants. But I must say that for 2 of the failures it was my fault (bad soil), so maybe 4 could have worked out.
This year I bought unfeminized pack of 10, and they all look good and 7 out of 7 sprouted and are doing all fine (I gave 3 of them to a friend with a greenhouse and keep the 3 unused beans).
NL5 x Haze (now they call it Sterling Haze) is indeed good yielder outdoors if let to grow big. Nirvana's NL and Haze are old lines, quite some variation, but very good results outdoors thanks to the Haze's little selection for indoors. Different phenos, the sweet and meaty ones are more powerful but the piney (sharp smell) ones are more clear and happy. Very nice smoke, I just don't like the "fog" that NL brings to the head. Very good in small doses but if I smoke more I get lost in confusion. Whereas on Royal Flush I get higher and higher.

 

[hoosierdaddy]

Looks good, yoss!
I had a thai hazexsk1 from SamSkunkman that bled black sap, and I have seen a few colombians bleed dark red sap.