Cinderella 99 (das Original)

Cinderella 99 - C99 - Brothers Grimm Seeds

Cinderella 99 aka C99 aus dem Hause Brothers Grimm, produziert vom legendären Breeder Mr Soul. Nach vielen Jahren ist nun endlich der heilige Gral der Sativas wieder als Hanfsamen erhältlich, Cinderella 99 ist eine der absolut legendärsten Sativas auf unserem Planeten. Sie bietet eine unglaubliche Wuchskraft, ist einfach zu growen und duftet so hammermäßig nach intensiver Frucht wie keine andere Hanfsorte. Dieser Strain ist richtig einfach zu growen, bietet jedem Gärtner hervorragende Resultate und kann im Innenbereich, in Gartenhäuser und auch im Freiland in etwas wärmere Regionen angebaut werden. Es hat über dreizehn Jahre gedauert aber nun hat das harte Warten ein Ende: C99 ist zurück und wir von Cannapot sind wirklich stolz darauf diese tolle Sativa unseren Kunden anbieten zu können.

Genetik: Princess x P 94
Zusammensetzung: mostly Sativa
Blütezeit: 7 - 8 Wochen
Geruch: extrem fruchtig, Limonen, Zitrusfrüchte
Höhe: 180 - 200 cm

Die Cinderella-Geschichte von Mr Soul im Original:
In 1996, I discovered a few seeds in a bud of Jack Herer I bought @ “Sensi Smile” coffeeshop in Amsterdam while there to buy seeds. I didn’t expect much when I grew them, but one of those seeds from the JH bud produced a very special female that I call “Princess”. She had devastatingly psychoactive resin and stayed short, compact and had a heavenly aroma of tropical fruit and rotten meat. The scent given off by Princess, was unusual in the late 90’s - not at all skunky - she’s sweet and fruity. Someone passing by the flowering room MIGHT not recognize the scent as pot and mistake it for tropical flowers. When you rub the resin you can definitely smell it. The high of Princess is also more “psychedelic” or “trippy” compared to the strains like Skunk #1 that were popular. I always advised friends to smoke a LITTLE, wait 10 minutes, then think about whether or not you need any more…it’s easy to over-indulge and become paranoid. We can assume Princess’ mother was a Jack Herer not only because Sensi Smile printed it on the package, but also because I’ve smoked verified Jack Herer since then. So Princess’ father is a totally unidentified mystery plant – his pollen somehow got in Sensi’s growroom. Princess had two sisters join her from that same bud. I called them Genius & Café Girl. There were also 3 males from those seeds which regrettably, I didn’t preserve. Genius became the mother of the Brothers Grimm Apollo lines, while Café Girl gave us Rosetta Stone. I wanted to create a strain that would allow me to share Princess with others, but I wanted this incredible “Holy Grail” of indoor clones available to the world in SEED form. I decided to use a technique called “cubing” (because there are 3 backcrosses involved) to create the seeds. (See the FAQ for an overview of how the cubing process works) In the process of “cubing” Princess I wanted to add a little strength to her branches because the buds were always so heavy at harvest that the branches flopped over. To do that, I crossed a heavy-yielding, dense, resinous Sensi Shiva Skunk female with one of the males grown from same group of seeds that produced Princess (i.e., her brother). I then grew the resulting seeds to select a male to pollenate Princess to begin the cubing process. That select male was then crossed to Princess, creating “P.50” (using the shorthand notation I developed to indicate the fraction of Princess genes in the cross). Each generation is the result of crossing a male from the previous generation to Princess herself.

Here’s a blow-by-blow description of the generations:
P.50 = Heavy, single-cola type plants with mellow high (too much influence from the Shiva Skunk) Sweet fruity scent/flavor. Unstable in most traits – for example, 10 days’ difference in fastest/slowest maturation period in a group of 20 seedlings.
P.75 = Princess floral cluster and bud structure, scent/flavor turned more “tropical” like pineapple. The stability was becoming better – two major phenotypes; short & dense (potent too) or tall/HUGE (less potent).
P.88 = Renamed Cinderella 88 when first released on the market. It grows fast and produces excellent yields of FROSTY buds in 7 weeks! Generally uniform seedlings with minor differences in floral formation and some height variance, but the smoke is quite consistent from all plants – Dense, heavy nuggets of fruity scented & flavored (like wild berries) and covered in resin glands, the dried buds have distinctly ORANGE pistils.
And finally P.94 = Cinderella 99. The name “Cinderella” was chosen because of the parallels between this story and the well-known fairy tale in which Cinderella becomes a Princess despite her humble beginning.

Each generation exhibited a MAJOR jump in potency: P.50 was rather mellow, P.75 has a well-balanced body/mind high with a citrus flavor, Cinderella 88 is cerebral and paralyzing with a tropical fruit flavor, and Cinderella 99 is of course renowned for the fruity flavor and speedy, scary high inherited from Princess. Cinderella 99 yields are highly dependent on the methods used. Pruning style and number of plants/area make a BIG difference. Generally 1-2 lbs/kW depending on the grower’s style. This project clearly became a huge success. The strain has been embraced by the cannabis growing community. The smokers gave rave reviews & the breeders elevated Cinderella 99 to cult status. It’s extremely gratifying to me, MrSoul that so many hybrids were created by breeders who recognized C99 as a stable parental stock from which to build or tweak another variety. It’s a big compliment to me as the breeder, and a huge testament to the enduring quality of Cinderella 99.

Brothers Grimm Seeds: Wie ein Klassiker sein Comeback geschafft hat

Brothers Grimm Seeds gibt es eigentlich schon seit 1996. Damals haben Mr Soul und sein Kumpel Sly ihre gezielt gezüchteten Cannabis-Sorten rausgebracht und in der Szene ziemlich schnell einen Namen gemacht – vor allem wegen stabilen Hybriden und sorgfältiger Genetik. 2002 wurde dann erst mal Schluss gemacht. Aber sie haben die Original-Seeds und Cuttings über viele Jahre gesichert. Und 2015 kamen sie dann zurück – diesmal zusammen mit Duke Diamond. Die neuen Seeds haben da weitergemacht, wo vorher aufgehört wurde. Viele Sorten sind fruchtig, tropisch oder süß – mit klar erkennbarer Tiefe in der Genetik.

Kurzinfos
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten
Fokus: Klassische Hybrid-Linien mit bewährter Genetik
Erhältliche Typen: Regulär und feminisiert, photoperiodisch
Bekannt für: Cinderella 99, Rosetta Stone, Apollo, Queen of Soul, Killer Queen
Ideal für: Heim-Grows, kleinere kommerzielle Setups oder Sammler

Sorten wie Grimm Glue oder Princess Haze tauchen in ziemlich vielen Grow-Logs auf. Und Cinderella 99 ist nach all den Jahren immer noch ein Gesprächsthema – Geschmack, Tempo, Harzproduktion, alles da. Viele ihrer Pflanzen sind auch für Anfänger machbar und haben eine robuste Struktur.