Wally Duck
The name of this variety leads you right to the parentage. The
mother, Panama Red, is a pure sativa strain from South
America. The father, Cinderella 99, is a fast maturing, resiny
sativa strain originating with the Brothers Grimm in Holland.
Cindy 99 is a cross from a Jack Herer bag seed that was
“cubed” to create Cinderella 99 (see the story in The Big Book
of Buds 2).
For this cross, Wally Duck has bred Cinderella 99 specifically
for taste. He discovered among several grows that some Cindy
99s had an increased pineapple flavor. In the fifth cross of
these pineapple types, he added the Panama Red to produce
this very resiny, pineapple-smelling plant. In addition to flavor,
the Cindy father was selected for fast maturation and high
resin content, while the Panama Red mother was chosen for
the trippy, euphoric effects. Together, these two sativa strains
yield a pure sativa whose high and taste really shines when
grown in an acclimated outdoor climate.
Wally Duck prefers to grow cannabis outside in his tropics
location, which is the favored home of pure sativas. C99 x PR
was happy to finish on sub-equatorial days (no longer than 13
hours) without signs of revegging. Outdoors, sativas need a
climate that won’t frost too early in the season. This variety is
right at home in the heat—in an outdoor test patch, C99 x PR
was dealt a very steamy season and showed no signs of trouble,
also tolerating some gaps in watering. Because of its hardiness
and willingness to put up with some neglect and abuse, this
plant is suitable for a beginning outdoor gardener who is in the
40˚ latitude region.
Indoors, this variety is more suitable for a grower who has a
little experience. Optimum indoor ripeness takes 70 days from
forcing at a 12/12 cycle. C99 x PR does well in a screen of
green (SCROG), where branches can be trained for maximum
yield. A soil medium adds depth to this strain’s flavor, but she
has also done well in hydro methods.
Given a chance, this plant can get quite large, with several
long main colas. With a minimum vegetative time, outdoor
plants reach 5 feet and yield between 4 and 8 ounces per plant.
Indoors with minimum vegetative times, the plants yield
around 1 ounce (30 grams) each, which increases if they are
vegged longer and allowed ample room for the subsequent
increase in size.
When allowed to progress without much manipulation or
pruning, this plant becomes more round and bushlike than the
classic marijuana profile. C99 x PR buds are compact and
stacked, but not super chunky. Outdoors they look like foxtails,
thick and long, surrounded by some typically slender sativa
foliage.
This strain tastes like pineapple, with a pleasant spiciness
and a hint of pepper in the exhale. The high is filled with the
sweet effects of sativa. The high comes on fast – a talkative,
awake, idea-liberating buzz with a trippy edge. Once your
thoughts are tingling and fully stimulated, C99 x PR is good for
lengthy chats with your favorite conversation partners. It may
be good for bouncing around some interesting ideas, but
focused work or planning is best saved for later.
