
I’ve been reluctant to release Moonbow #99 hybrids over the years. Mainly because I just want to keep her and her hybrids to myself! I always find a jar of Moonbow #99, or Nu Diesel (a #99 descendent) stashed for a rainy day, somewhere. If that says anything! It really is my favorite of the original Moonbow seed pop, to smoke. A little finicky to grow would be my main complaint. But a good performer when dialed in and happy. A stellar batch of the flower is where she’s hard to beat.
Ever since the initial geno-hunt, I always described her as the “Diesel” type of the bunch. She’s got this deep fuel-y dank greasy oil funk to her that has always been reminiscent of the best Schroomy’s Original Diesel I ever grew 20 years ago. It’s that dank diesel-y sweet heavy oily petrol station fumes laced with the dankest plum/dark berry fruit roll up moonbow terp. Delightful.
Crossed to the Oishii, this hybrid really explores the deeper diesel-y 2 stroke oil side of the line. In flavor and in color as well. This is the greener side of the line. As a product of market conditions and consumer demand, a lot of today’s popular selections are geared towards the more floral/fruity/purple side of the flavor spectrum. This is NOT THAT. This is the heavy oil 2 stroke diesel fuel sweet green antifreeze funkadelic herb. There’s even sweet incense-y Oishi petrol fumes in some genotypes that leave the room smelling something special! The 99 is special in a lot of ways. She plays well with other lines. In a lot of cases, accentuating the other parents’ already desirable attributes instead of dulling them. Another is that she imparts insane resin coverage onto a percentage of her progeny. Insane bag appeal and the flavor to match. It’s about time we pop more seeds of the fuel-y green types of plants from the lost generation of the Yoshi green DANK!