The Search For Award-Winning Terps: Watermelon Rolex Pheno Hunt Part 1

From our collaboration with Canna Research, we started a pheno hunt to search for award-winning live rosin strains. We thought this would be good seed stock to hunt through because our mothers bring exotic and bold fruit terps to the table while the Watermelon Rolex was intentionally bred for high rosin production with next level watermelon candy Zkittlez terps that will pair perfectly together. 

These terps will punch you in the face with standout, loud, over-the-top, fruity varieties that many have never experienced

We chose to hunt Grape Melon Burst, Strawguava Melon, and Watermelon Papaya because the terps will punch you in the face with standout, loud, over-the-top, fruity varieties that many have never experienced. All of the mothers used in those crosses are already well-known in the rosin community and return well, so pairing them with the Watermelon Rolex male seemed like a great place to search for crowd-pleasing washers that will make a statement on any table.

Determining the gender of each pheno before transplanting

We were able to capitalize on epigenetic expressions by growing these plants in the middle of a sprawling tropical fruit orchard on the island of Kauai in a spacious greenhouse. Directly surrounding the greenhouse was a variety of mango, banana, lime, sour sop, pomegranate, papaya, and coconut trees. Nestled in a quiet valley, the plants were also surrounded by wild bird songs and lush vegetation with no buildings or pollution close by.

Seedlings for this project at 19 days old (Oct. 13, 2025)

This project was started on September 24, 2025, which is the date the seeds were popped. They were vegged for 6 weeks in small 3×3-inch pots to apply slight stress testing and then transplanted into 30-gallon fabric pots, where they remained for the rest of their lives, and vegged an additional 10 weeks once up-potted. In total, these plants were vegged for 16 weeks and 2 days, and then flipped to bloom on January 16, 2026. 

Stay Tuned For Part 2

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this blog series where we will discuss the differences between the phenos and which phenos we think will end up being our selected keepers.