Royal Queen Seeds Wins 3 Cups

Royal Queen Seeds just walked away from the HighLife Cup 2026 with three trophies in hand. Green Crack Punch, Triple G and Sticky Queen all took home awards at Europe's oldest cannabis competition — a proper haul for the Amsterdam seed bank in the category that matters most to growers: seed banks judged head-to-head on what comes out of the ground.

Royal Queen Seeds Wins Three Cups at the HighLife Cup 2026

RQS swept three awards at the HighLife Cup 2026, with Green Crack Punch, Triple G and Sticky Queen all earning recognition from the independent judging panel. The trophies were collected by RQS representative Boy Ramsahai at the ceremony, capping a strong year for the Amsterdam breeder in the seed bank category.

AZARIUS · Royal Queen Seeds Wins Three Cups at the HighLife Cup 2026

The HighLife Cup has been running annually since 1993, organised by Soft Secrets, which makes it the oldest cannabis competition in Europe and one of the most respected anywhere. Coffeeshops and seed banks compete in separate categories — the seed bank side is where genetics get judged on their own merits, not on a budtender's curing skills. Judges score blind on four things: appearance, aroma, flavour and overall effect.

From our counter: when growers walk in asking which RQS strains are worth the shelf space, we've been pointing at exactly these three for months. Nice to see the judging panel agree.

The Three Winning Strains: Green Crack Punch, Triple G and Sticky Queen

The three winners cover different corners of the catalogue, which is part of why the haul looks so good on paper. One sativa-leaning daytime cultivar, one heavy indica with serious yield, and one resin-loaded Kush. Here's the quick breakdown for anyone scanning before they buy.

Green Crack Punch is the sativa-dominant pick of the trio. THC sits in the high range and indoor yields land at 450–500 g/m² when she's grown properly. Triple G is the heavyweight — a high-THC indica with a 10 to 12-week turnaround from seed to harvest and yields nudging past 500 g/m² in good hands. Sticky Queen rounds it out as a resin-soaked indica Kush, pulling 400–450 g/m² and dripping the kind of trichome coverage that makes hash-makers very happy.

Why a HighLife Cup Win Actually Matters

HighLife awards carry weight because the judging is independent and the field is European, not American. Soft Secrets has been running this since 1993 — that's over three decades of judges, growers and breeders showing up to the same competition. It predates most of the cups people quote on Instagram.

The seed bank category is the one to watch if you're a home grower. Coffeeshop entries are judged on flower the shop has cured and prepared; seed bank entries are judged on what the genetics actually produce. A win here says the seeds, run by competent growers, hit the marks on:

• Appearance — bud structure, trichome density, colour
• Aroma — terpene profile, intensity, character
• Flavour — how it actually smokes or vapes
• Overall effect — the hit, balanced against the other three

Three wins in one year for one breeder is rare. RQS has form at HighLife — they took multiple awards back in 2018 — but a triple in 2026 across three genuinely different strain profiles is a different kind of result. It says the catalogue is broad and the breeding programme is on song.

It also matters because the HighLife field is stacked. Soft Secrets pulls entries from across the Netherlands and the wider European scene, so a seed bank isn't competing against two or three rivals — it's up against the best genetics breeders are willing to put on the table. Taking three of those trophies in a single edition, judged blind on appearance, aroma, flavour and effect, is the kind of result that's hard to argue with. For a home grower deciding where to spend on seeds, that's a cleaner signal than marketing copy: the genetics did the talking in front of judges who didn't know whose plants they were scoring.

What This Result Means If You're Buying RQS Seeds

Three RQS strains, three HighLife Cup 2026 trophies, one very good night for the Amsterdam seed bank. Green Crack Punch, Triple G and Sticky Queen are all in the Royal Queen Seeds catalogue on our shelves — worth a look if you've been waiting for an excuse to try one. A cup win doesn't change how a seed germinates, but it does tell you the genetics held up under blind, independent judging — a better signal than a slick product photo. From our counter: Triple G is the one we'd reach for first if yield matters, Sticky Queen if you're after resin for hash, and Green Crack Punch if you want a daytime sativa lean that won't pin you to the couch.

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Last updated: June 2026