The C99 Preservation Society, The state of things Options

[_Gert Lush_]

Wow,

Cheers for all the posts, the negative ones are just as welcome as the positive ones - so long as they're personal experience and not 3rd hand hearsay, of course. That's the only way we'll eventually make any sense out of this.

If I knew the topic was so controversial, i'd have named the thread "Room 101"

I can only speak for myself. I tried this fs C99 almost a year ago and thought it top-notch.
I'll be trying it again come July.

But I have compared it at the time I tried it to Blue Satelite x OG Kush, Apollo11_LieuHanh, SpiceBros_C99, and I thought it beat them all hands down. Certainly miles above the likes of Durga Mata and Serious Bubblegum. Maybe my tastes have "matured".

As i remember it, its high was quite close to the NL5xHaze that I'm currently enjoying. Very positive, very motivational.
I'll just have to wait and see.

But ta very mooch for all the feedback... it's just that I really think there must be a bit more to this story.

[oldtimer1]

Bish, I seem to remember a post where he mentioned Romulan (or was it Romberry?) and C99 as being the two commercial smokes he found OKish.

I don't remember in what thread.

Or I might just have been very, very, stoned!

If you know more, please do set me straight.

I may well of said something like that Gert, the original Romberry and C99 were both on par strength wise, at the time they beat the Dutch seedbank offerings hands down IMHO.

You can not say anything about a particular strain because one cutting that is all over the place will produce more or less the same result who ever grows it. I have not tried the FDM version let alone the variation produced from a full pack. Only bud from C99 seeds Mr Soul sent me, so I can’t really comment.

Soul found the seeds in a bud of so called Jack Herer he bought from a coffee shop in Rotterdam. I could not find the slightest resemblance to JH in the P75, P88, C99 and other related crosses Soul sent me. Of every thing I tried I think I liked Romberry the best, but saying that I did not keep any of them long term.

Best is what each individual likes, for one strong may be the thing, others may hate that, others will like scent, taste, the way it makes them feel, some will like a couch lock, others want psychoactive up and energetic, its all a matter of taste, so no one strain is right for everyone.

I still have seeds in my archive I may look at it again one day, but in my opinion C99 was a fast indica dominant hybrid, its unique point was its smell, never found another like it, some of my friends liked it, but they like the cross I made with it much better. That I did keep.

I think a lot of todays versions have been what I call duchyfied ie what they call improved with a bit of indica and made suitably boring.

[buddly]

Yea, I'm inclined to agree, C99 was and prolly still is an over rated smoke.

Don't get me wrong, she packs a punch, hard as shit which makes it dead easy to grow, good yields, nice taste and an all round nice smoke....but thats it imo, not spectacular nor wonderful....just alrught

ello mate
would you say theres much diff between c99 and generals daughter Please tell me the GD,s better

[_FD_]

Maybe my tastes have "matured".

As i remember it, its high was quite close to the NL5xHaze that I'm currently enjoying. Very positive, very motivational.
I'll just have to wait and see.

But ta very mooch for all the feedback... it's just that I really think there must be a bit more to this story.
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dont think its controversial tbh gert

I could be reading it wrong, but the 'matured' remark seems a little condescending - the peeps who have made 'negative' comments are hardly kids who rate arjan or owt is it?

c99 is shit compared to proper sativa highs imo

nl5/haze is a lot better imo as are malawi gold, esb x hw, willie nelson, super silver haze and im sure the lot5 and violetta i'll be growing in the near future will be vastly superior too

tbh even commercially available dutch strains such as strawberry cough are a nicer smoke

im not looking to totally slag c99 but the more i think about it as sposedly being some wonder strain the more I think its shit compared to other stuff I've had

and the peeps who mention hyped strains are right, c99 was well hyped before I tried it and was expecting something amazing, it fell well short

doubt it make many peeps top 5 or even 10 tbh

[oldtimer1]

ello mate
would you say theres much diff between c99 and generals daughter Please tell me the GD,s better

Buddly GD is better if you like the widows touch.

[dikki]

i only smoked it for the first time a few weeks ago, and its probably the fruitiest weed ive ever smoked, and you are definatly right about it making you smile too, i love c99 its a top smoke

grown out a couple of pheno's now from 2 differring seedbanks

& the one that smells like cat's piss has to be the best (from the FDM lines imo)

many hacks are still available from seedbay & Resevoir's Speedball is Paradise's Sensi Star X Grimm/SSSC's DTC99

unlike FD Bish et all, i am a fan
medicinally, she floats my boat
seems to have a nice balance to be useful for my arthritis but for neuro pain.... wow!

she does have a little 'edginess' to her when she's green, but once she's been in a jar for a few weeks, she's an entirely different animal


horses for courses
it'd be a boring old world if we didn't enjoy variety eh...?

[_Gert Lush_]

I could be reading it wrong, but the 'matured' remark seems a little condescending -

I think you did read it wrong, mate, it was meant to be a self-deprecating remark, and certainly not aimed at anyone else.
I really appreciate everyone's feedback on this.

Ooops, I'll really have to watch it if my attempts to be humble and low-key come across as condescending!

And even though I also wouldn't rate C99 as one of the "Greats", the picture is a bit different if you only consider 9-week strains, isn't it? So if there's a good sativa-dom C99 pheno out there, I want to know about it, both for itself and for its potential in crosses.

That's all, really.

[_FD_]

soz if I misread ya gert

[buddly]

Buddly GD is better if you like the widows touch.

Nice one OT

[webby]

Yea the GD is fruitier and has a harder punch

[StonedBrittania]

i grew the vintage FDM pheno she was a lovely smoke, very pleasent and fruity but very much a daytime smoke and was not potent enough to be smoked 24/7

also she was a light yielder and the plant was very thinly structured and struggled to stay upright late into flower.

[_Gert Lush_]

I may well of said something like that Gert, the original Romberry and C99 were both on par strength wise, at the time they beat the Dutch seedbank offerings hands down IMHO.

You can not say anything about a particular strain because one cutting that is all over the place will produce more or less the same result who ever grows it. I have not tried the FDM version let alone the variation produced from a full pack. Only bud from C99 seeds Mr Soul sent me, so I can’t really comment.
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Cheers for the detailed reply OT1, makes a lot of things clearer.

As I said to FD, I'm not comparing it with the "Greats", but I am comparing it with other 9-weekers.
That's the context in which I praised it.

What is very clear to me ATM, is that not only are there very different individuals' tastes, there's also quite a variety of phenos out there!
Hope some have escaped the "dutchification" you mentioned!
Cat's Piss C99, dikki? Wow.

If it all goes well, inshallah, y'all can give me a concrete verdict next Expo!

[buddly]

Yea the GD is fruitier and has a harder punch

ta mate

[seedsandsticks]

I had and lost an excellent pheno from the FDM range. It made me really clever!

Everything I had ever learned was all easily remembered and I just get having eureka moments.

It was great as I was studying. I was as smashed as ya like and got the best marks ever awarded.

I have a few FDM saved and have bought some Joey Weed ones from Hemp Depot. I was saving the FDMs until I could grow properly, so I was obviously impressed with something.

[dikki]

Cat's Piss C99, dikki? Wow.

you know that smell
when a melon is just ripe...?


that's the smell

best pheno i've found for my tastes anyhow


edited to add:

may explain why i actually like cheese too

This post has been edited by dikki: May 12 2007, 06:20 PM