Bodhi is working on a lot of land race stuff now and trying to bring some new stuff to the table for everyone instead of only working with the same clone only strains everyone else is using.
I really can't agree nor disagree since I wasn't around in the 70's to smoke all of the columbian, and thai, panama red etc. But I bet most of Bodhi's hybrids test at least 20% thc or more with many hitting above 25%. I know I am a Bodhi lover, but if you grew out some of his best praised strains you probably would be too. I knew Bodhi was good stuff, I just didn't realize how much better it was until I grew it out. I haven't grown any of Gage Greens, Sin City etc but figure a lot of their stuff is just as good. The only one I can vouch for is Bodhi so far, and his prices are stellar at $60-70 a pack and always buy 2 get 1 free. His attitude is about as good as it gets, and you can tell he is a great guy. For that alone I love to support him.
I would probably agree that C99 doesn't have a chance of having as much THC content as many of today's strains, but it is still a great cross. And some C99 crossed to something else has a good chance of finding offspring with higher potency. I plan on crossing one of Female Seeds C99 to one of Bodhi's Dream Lotus (Blue dream) and think that will be one of my favorite crosses I make for myself. It may turn out like crap, but I just think it is a cross that is meant to be since they both can improve each other. Oh, and the reason I said that he should call it something else instead of C99 is because if it isn't the same parents and he back crosses it once more it really won't be C99. I agree though that everyone else that offers C99 should say what they really are which would be like C99 F4 or whatever. But here is the thing, C99 is really just Princess 94 renamed which was Princess back crossed 4 times. Now, Princess 88 I believe it was was only back crossed 3 times and the people that smoked it really enjoyed it for different reasons and said it wasn't as racy and completely different. So if that is the case, then one more back cross will surely change it some to where it isn't like the original. I don't care if he calls it C99, but it'd be nice if it was openly stated to all that it isn't the same C99 that was around years ago. I can see it possibly being even better, or perhaps it will be worse. But for sure a lot more variation and phenos to go through.