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Wedding Cake Autoflower Cannabis Seeds by Royal Queen Seeds

Wedding Cake Autoflower is an autoflowering cannabis seed from Royal Queen Seeds that crosses the iconic Wedding Cake photoperiod strain with BF Super Auto #1 for a compact, fast-finishing plant anyone can grow. Ten weeks from germination to harvest, no light schedule changes, and a ceiling height of just 100cm — this is the seed you hand to a mate who says "I want to try growing but it sounds complicated." It isn't. Not with this one.

Wedding Cake Auto Specifications

Here are the numbers that matter. Royal Queen Seeds bred this autoflower to stay short, finish fast, and still deliver respectable yields — and the specs back that up.

Why Wedding Cake Autoflower Seeds Deserve a Spot in Your Grow

The photoperiod Wedding Cake has been a grower favourite for years. Rich flavour, strong effects, beautiful frosty buds. The catch? You needed to manage light schedules, deal with a taller plant, and wait longer for the payoff. Royal Queen Seeds solved all three problems by crossing it with BF Super Auto #1.

The result is a plant that doesn't care what your light timer says. It flowers automatically based on age, not photoperiod. That means you can run it under 18/6, 20/4, or even 24/0 light from start to finish — no switching to 12/12, no light leak paranoia, no accidentally revegging your plant because the tent zipper was open for 30 seconds. We've seen first-time growers lose entire photoperiod crops to light leaks. With an autoflower, that failure mode simply doesn't exist.

At a maximum of 100cm, this plant fits into spaces where photoperiod strains would be bumping their heads against the light. A spare wardrobe, a small tent on a balcony, a greenhouse corner — all fair game. And 10 weeks from seed to harvest means you can run three full cycles in the same time a photoperiod strain takes for one. For growers in northern climates with short summers, that outdoor window of 120g per plant in just over two months is genuinely useful.

Flavour and Aroma: What Wedding Cake Auto Smells and Tastes Like

Wedding Cake Autoflower carries the same terpene profile as its photoperiod parent. Crack open a cured bud and you get a wave of sweet citrus — not sharp lemon, more like candied orange peel — layered over a doughy, baked-goods base. There's an earthy undertone that grounds the sweetness and stops it from being one-dimensional. Through a clean glass pipe or a dry herb vaporiser set around 185-195°C, the fruity top notes really come through. In a joint, the earthy side takes over a bit more. Both are good — just different presentations of the same genetics.

One honest note: autoflower versions of photoperiod strains sometimes lose a fraction of terpene complexity. We've found Wedding Cake Auto holds up better than most in this department, but if you're a connoisseur chasing the absolute peak expression of Wedding Cake flavour, the photoperiod version from Royal Queen Seeds will edge it out. For everyone else — and that's most growers — the auto delivers a flavour that's immediately recognisable and thoroughly enjoyable.

How to Grow Wedding Cake Autoflower Seeds

Autoflowers are forgiving, but they're not invincible. Here's a step-by-step that'll get you from seed to jar without the common mistakes we see people make.

1. Germinate your Wedding Cake Auto seeds using the paper towel method: place seeds between two damp (not soaking) sheets of kitchen paper on a plate, cover with a second plate, and keep in a warm spot (20-25°C). Taproots should appear within 24-72 hours.
2. Plant the germinated seed directly into its final pot — autoflowers don't like being transplanted because the stress can stunt growth, and with only 10 weeks total, you can't afford lost days. An 11-litre fabric pot with a light, airy soil mix works well.
3. Keep the light schedule at 18 hours on, 6 hours off for the entire grow. Some growers run 20/4. Both work. Avoid 24/0 unless you're in a rush — plants do benefit from a rest period.
4. Water in a circle around the seedling, not directly on the stem. For the first two weeks, less is more. Overwatering is the single most common killer of autoflower seedlings.
5. Begin light feeding around week 3 with a vegetative nutrient at half the recommended strength. Autoflowers are smaller plants with smaller root systems — they burn easily. Increase to full strength only if the plant looks hungry (pale lower leaves).
6. Around weeks 4-5, you'll see the first pistils appear as the plant transitions to flower automatically. Switch to a bloom nutrient. No need to change your light schedule.
7. From week 7 onwards, watch the trichomes with a jeweller's loupe or phone macro lens. Harvest when roughly 70-80% of trichomes have turned milky white with a few amber ones appearing. This typically lands around week 10.
8. Hang whole plants or individual branches in a dark room at 18-20°C with 55-60% humidity for 7-10 days. Trim, jar, and burp the jars daily for the first two weeks of curing.