Hi.

Was growing C99 for a couple of years. After trying various strains, this proved to be a fantastic strain. Hardy, good yeild, quick growing and of course, stunning high. Indeed it was the holy grail for me.

I have not been able to find any at all in the last few months so would welcome advice on a replacement.

The most important qualities are, erm, well all of the above really. I'm not asking for much am I?

I am thinking of Chronic, blueberry or Big Bud at the moment.

Any thoughts?

Ta.

hi nomy

have you tried generals daughter

im a cindy fan & have grown the GD alongside my c99 this grow

& must say its very nice

hope you find a replacement anyway

PGT

Yeah, I can't find any Generals Daughter either!

Must say I am so miffed about my Cindy though. Ya know what it's like when you find a really good stable plant and you know exactly how much to feed and water etc.

Was a sad day indeed when I returned from my holls to find my little home made trickle system had failed and my precious little clones had all perished Even worse when I discovered they have dissapeared off the face of the planet!

I know it's bad practice to clone from clone from clones etc, but I was into the 5th generation with, if anything, a continual improvement.

Ho-hum.

i keep hearing loads about sensi star...loads of people fcuked up when they smoke it...going to try it soon...along with early durban....

and a bigger veg room.

FAR BE IT FOR ME TO TAKE TRADE AWAY FROM THIS BOARD WITH THERE EXELENT SERVICE ECT.
BUT YOU CAN GET CINDY IF YOU WANT ? IN THE UK THE NOTTINGHAM SEED BANK DOES JOEY WEED CINDY-99 . BUT THE BANK DOSE NOT COME RECOMENED!! NOR DO THE HEMP DEPOT THAT STOCK THEM I NEVER GOT MINE BUT OTHER PEOPLE RATE THEM. ITS UP TO YOU BUT U CAN GET IT JUST NOT IN THE UK . WONDER IF JOOLZ WILL EVER PART WHITH SOME OF HIS CINDY CROSS? BUT DOUBT IT

GOOD LUCK IN MY VIEW IF YOU WANT CINDY THEN GET! IT ITS OUT THERE. I THINK YOUL FIND IT HARD TO REPLACE. DUTCH FLOWERS WOULD BE GREAT LIKE THERE CANDY HAZE 56DAYS!! AND IVE GROWN THERE METAL HAZE, FANTASTIC. BUT TRYING TO GET THIS SEEDS WOULD BE HARDER THAN CINDY.
MY FAVORATE IS AK-99. GOOD LUCK, RED

SORRY MESSED UP ON THE EDIT

PARDON?

No no no.Dont bother

Trust me

Owd

I think I must be the only one to think C99 is slightly overated

it's still a quality smoke, quick flowering, nice varied buzz and lovely fruity taste but from my experience with her, she was lacking some potency and yeild was moderate at best

it's the kind of smoke it would be gret to always have a jar of for a nice afternoon smoke but not one I could smoke 24/7 really.


anyway the point of the thread, Sativa Spirit from Paradise Seeds sounds like a good un, available in the UK420 store to

SB

I used to live in nottingham & trust me dont use it....for a start if im thinking its the one in "radford" its one of the most deprived inner city areas in nottingham

I wouldnt of even brought weed from down there never mind seeds or even light's & eqiptment

Well thats my oppionion if you have ever been to radford of any other inner notts city areas , then you'll know what i mean

Then again they could be good....stick to what you know & trust m8

Lawless

well i did say not to go there. but nice to hear from others!

can we try and keep to the point of the thread please, which is a good alternative to C99 i'm sure some people have some thoughts on the subject

if it turns into a spammy thread of where you can buy ripped off C99 beanz then its gonna get binned im afraid

SB

if this is directed at me.? as i understood the guy said he wanted to get c-99 so just trying to help? if thats a problem ban me!
in my view theres very little alternative to c-99 if youve tried the real thing not in 50 days . cause thats what this plant is about speed.
but its nice to hear what other people think.

any ideas why im getting your post was not sent? i send it again then i see its twice like before.

not directed at you at all there have been plenty of these C99 threads lately and i think all of em ended up in the bin for spam

C99 used to be available from the UK420 store and has been grown by a lot of the members so it seems like a viable question to me, so it would just be nice not to see this thread end up in the bin with the rest of them.



I defiaintly did try the real thing and I agree if speed if your priority it's gotta be hard to beat.

SB

Thats why peeps cannot find owt on it then so that is why a new thread has been started and will do again if this gets binned....No

And if someone is going to attempt to buy from a source that I know to be suspect I'll warn em. ;)To me that aint spammin

Sorry SB but thats my view on it

Owd

lots of info on C99 on the site Owd, just none of the threads will contain the name of other sites where you can buy the beanz, cuz imho that would be spam prob wasnt me that deleted em anyway



neither do I mate, but obviously the other 2 members who reported the thread for spam did wouldnt of even replied to it otherwise, I really am supposed to be working

I know you've done a few strains, any ideas on an alternative for C99?

SB

Ive heard loads about it but never tried it so I cant comment

i only came on this thread to just warn against the seedbank cos I live nearby and know a little bit

I have heard someone on here say sensi star maybe a good alternative.Well Ive done that and imo the ss is a sit u down indica stone.Unlike the c99 from what ive read

Owd

I've said this before but the Female Seeds version of Grapefruit contains a lot of c99, tho I can't remember the ratio. Some people really rate this particular variety. Personally I think it is OK and that's it ,but friends really liked it and a friend of a friend who has been growing a very long time said it was better than his White Russian.
Well whatever, but it is a reasonable producer, smells good, tastes fine, over 90% sativa and done in eight weeks.
I just found it a bit of a boring smoke if you now what i mean?

Female seeds are doing a limited stock of c99 in a 5 pack., and Spice Bros will be stocking more around september time!

Is there any chance some C99s would be stocked by the UK420 seedbank in the near future ????? I don't like shopping elsewhere.

Any C99 crosses would also be considered Joolz



B8

I reckon this would have been enough G!





I didn't know that fact, and I been looking for C99 for ever, (got some now though - thanks - you know who you are)!

The fact is, Mango Jerry aint C99, so the answer is "no, not in the near future will UK420 stock FDM C99", because they dont exist.

If and when they become available I reckon the UK420 seed store will get to hear about them first.

Collective fingers crossed?

You betcha!

Bloody ell

Came back tonight to check my thread expecting a few responses, but didn't expect this!

THanks for your suggestions peeps, and sorry for any fuss.

As far as the Notts outlet goes, I won't be tryin it. I come from Derby just a few miles away, and know the area well enough. That's no slight against Notts as such, I wouldn't buy from Derby either

Thanks to the two guys who pm'd me some useful info.

To clarify though.....Yeild, strength and speed are the prime factors for my replacement search.

Any opinions on Serious's 'Chronic' strain?

Thanks guys.

falls down on potency imo.

i see the big fellas point

its a thread about a replacement for C99

how can we learn anything if its conducted thru the pm system

rant over ill get back in me box now

PGT

Getting back to the original point of the thread, if you want a fantastic strain, get some NL5 x Haze - If you get a haze biased one, the smoke is not dissimilar to C99, but a fair bit more potent

Personally I prefer the shorter NL biased phenotype, but they both absolutely cracking.

Haze biased ones are quite leggy, and its a 10 weeker

was tripping on some yesterday, then fell into bed for 14hrs

spot on pgt

good advice about the female seeds 5 pck hope this site will stock them do that or just buy JWeed c99 in canada knew it was posslable to get them. interesting post for all there seems quite a few looking in the UK but not in north america, theres loads around!. just seems to be a problem this side of the pond.

arnt Female Seeds just re-branded Nirvana Fem

SB

id rate them higher than kulu seeds . first pack years&years ago. i ever bought what a load of .....
seems like people are frightened to order outside the UK so if they want c99 better than nothing.though not my first choice either. ive said were i would go.

I think its because theyre pretty popular, I'm going to try to get some in a'dam next month. really wanted to have them for this grow, but had to cancel the trip over.

Being of those who's thread were binned (too much spam), I can say that I have found many Americain/Canadian breeders that supply C99, however, as consistent as the original, I have my doubts. However, the next best thing that I have found (IMO) is Appollo 11 or 13. Again look around, and find something that suits you.

Regards,

Detoxed

I am about to start some Ak47 x C99 which i recently got from Canada - once its started i'll let you know how it goes

Cheers peds

if its JW youl be delighted mate its becoming one of my fav!! good choice!! there c99 is great to.
to others not sure?just read the reviews and judge for yourself.!! you know were to find them on rival site.
good luck on your grow
on this site as a replacement to c99 id rate sensi seeds, mothers finest get the 50 day phono. its got a high celling

Nice one mate - it is the JW - haven't got round to starting them yet but read a couple of grow reports and it looks good - any hints as to best pheno to keep as mothers as that's the plan.

Cheers peds

hi peds! i think youl find that using JW you will find the variation small. thats a sign of good genes! ;)however some will give you 25% more than others yeld wise. just go for the nicest for smell and taste the nicest ones have the cherry phono from the ak. please read my report on this board from a US private breeder.
explaining the differant phonos for ak-99. http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=44749
take care on the nutes to and look out for tip burn as well cause like the parents. ak-99 likes it weak for the best results. they grow like hell as well, so keep the height down. if your working on a small area. i give em 20 hrs on the first night and they would finish then in just over 50 days amazing!!
youl be the envy of your mates promise you!
pls tell [me] us how it goes

Nope i agree with you, its overated, mine grew with very weak stems when i grew it, they were very consistant tho from seed, so much so, that i crossed a male c99 with all my keeper females.

Bom!

AK47 x C99 sounds ideal.

Are there any stockists over here ya know of?

It would be nice to track down some of these, but I've settled on a bunch of Nirvana AK48's and NLxBB.

Loos like your coverd for beans for a while...

Just a thought on a replacement.

I never have smoked c99 but am intrigued by it's speedy/energizing characteristics. The only strain that made me feel like that was a straight northern my friend grew in '94 (makes you fell like scarface, no kidding!). He doesn't remember where he got them, but he still got crosses of them in seeds. He tells me the nl5 x haze is even better, which his friend grew but discontinued 'cos of the stink.

Now, I don't think that it's worth chasing c99 unless it's the raw, so I'm thinking of getting nl5 x haze or try the nl5 from reeferman. Or, just smoke matey's crosses

Theres some decent Cindy info in This thread.

right i know this is an old thread but i'll try and bring some light to it again, in weed world issuse 61 they've got an advert for the C99 in there X line range i had'nt heard of this range till now

so has anyone grown any of the X line yet?

they do Cindy 99, White Widow x Big bud, Northern lights x nev haze, nev haze x grapfruit and zamal x nev haze in the X-line

the thing is these are all feminized seeds i've never grown fem'ed seeds but does anyone else have experience with these

also do female seeds only do fem'ed seeds yer i know how stupid that sounds but most companies that do fem seeds normally do regular seeds to so does anyone know if they only do the femed version

cause if they have the regular proper c99 i defo get it but i'm un sure on femed seeds it just seems un natural like he/shes

Hi

Forget femmed seeds , they are over priced and under stable . The thing with femmed seeds is that they will have come from a hermie somewhere along the line , and so the seeds will have a hermie trait in the genes . This may not come out , or maybe it will , but why pay more for 3 sets of plants (female hermie and male) instead of 2 sets (male and female)

Femmed seeds may seem like the holy grail and a great idea , but sooner or later they will come round and bite you on the arse . More grief than what they are worth .

my tuppence worth

HS

how bout growing Jack Herer?
C'99 comes from jack...
I'm sure that if you buy a pack of jack herers , one of the seeds will be more or less the high and yield you are used to from c99

Errr,

I don't think you'll find that it's that easy

i have never smoked cindy but have smoked apollo 11 which is supposed to be like cindy but without the paranoia. its my personal fav at the mo. very under rated strain IMO, its always "cindy this, cindy that" A11 might be a good alternative, The breeder Fet from the spice brothers is available on another forum to personally answer questions and give advise. i know he hasnt been well recently though. he has some killer cindy/apollo crosses such as cindy splash, giant cindy, ak99, cindy blues, cindy x apollo. i did his apollo and it was a breeze to grow and very potent. every single one of my mates who smoked it got a dose of the giggles and nobody got paranoid>

will be trying cindy soon though

monty

Hey there.

Female seeds X line and normal seeds are absolutely great beans. I promise you.

Forget what people tell you about hermies, I have been growing out FS genetics for over a year now and I have only had 2 plants hermie on me, both were due to stress I had caused the plant and were in no way a problem, a few male pods early in one and late on in the other, no seed produced. With the C99 you should not have any problems as they are female seeds and not just feminised.

The C99 X line will be quality beans, I haven't grown them but I have grown out their grapefruit which is 75% the same C99 used to produce the X line cindy. It also is female and not feminised so it cant hermie on you.