Nigerian Ducksfoot (regular)

Nigerian Landrace (Duckfoot Pheno) x Acer 1 (Duckfoot Line)

A few years ago, when I first went online, a grower friend from Nigeria asked me if I wanted to trade seeds. Of course, I couldn't pass up the opportunity. In the early days, I had no idea how difficult customs could be, and after two failed attempts on my part, he finally received the seeds I had sent. In return, I waited over two months for his seeds to arrive via snail mail. After wondering if the trade was worth it, it turned out to be one of the best swaps I've made regarding rare landrace genetics.

It might not be considered a true landrace, as he had been cultivating and breeding it for years, but it is definitely a long-flowering, narrow-leafed, African sativa. It can flower for up to 16 weeks, nearly triples in size during flowering, and produces airy, foxtail-like, resinous buds that form huge clusters. The effect is pure sativa…energetic, uplifting, cerebral, and sometimes a little trippy, though not particularly paranoia-inducing.

I eliminated the males from 30 plants and eventually had a dozen females. The one that always caught my eye was the one with the Duckfoot mutation. I had been introduced to leaf mutations by my friend at PBLH Genetics, but this was the first time I'd seen it pronounced. She exhibited this mutation from the seedling stage, and although she wasn't the most vigorous of the group, she made it through due to her unique appearance. Her profile was sweet, floral, with a hint of citrus.

Around the same time, my interest was piqued, I grew a tray of Acer1 from PBLH, a unique Duckfoot cross with its own wild backstory. If you're curious to read more about it, I highly recommend visiting the seed list on the website and checking it out. I had about 40 Acers in their third week of flowering when, unfortunately, I had to abandon the grow due to time and resource constraints. Although I wasn't able to finish or taste the flowers, I did manage to collect pollen from one of the most vigorous and earliest-flowering males that had caught my attention. I used this pollen to pollinate my Nigerian selection. Acer1 tends to have a sativa-like effect and can also have a long flowering period of 11 to 16 weeks.

Over 75% of the offspring carry the Ducksfoot mutation in Nigerian Duckfoot. Expect longer flowering times and sativa-like effects.