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Cinderella 99 Shop

Comparison

Cinderella 99 vs Northern Lights

These sit at opposite ends: Leafly users call Northern Lights sleepy, relaxed and hungry, and Cinderella 99 energetic, uplifted and focused.1,2 In state lab tests the median THC was 22.31% for Cinderella 99 and 20.03% for Northern Lights.3

Side by side

Cinderella 99Northern Lights
TypeSativa-dominant hybrid2Indica1
LineagePrincess (a Jack Herer seedling) × a Princess–Shiva Skunk backcross4Afghani × Thai1
Median THC (state lab tests)22.31% (598 tests)20.03% (406 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.48%–24.15%17.28%–22.05%
Median THC, Maryland tests only22.53% (523 tests)20.67% (307 tests)
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests with individual terpene values (5)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (15 tests)
Most-reported effectsEnergetic, uplifted, focused2Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1
FloweringAbout 50–63 days (seed versions)4,545–50 days1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Cinderella 99 vs Northern Lights

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Cinderella 99 Cinderella 99: median 22.31%, middle half 19.48%–24.15%, 598 tests 22.3% n=598 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.3

Where they meet

Brothers Grimm has offered Northern Lights #5 × Cinderella 99 as feminized test seeds, with a flowering time of about 50 days.6 Leafly also lists Northern Lights #5 in the background of Jack Herer, the strain Cinderella 99’s mother plant came from.4,7

Northern Lights has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at northernlightsstrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, no stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Cinderella 99 flower on Weedmaps, against 98 stores for Northern Lights; around New York the counts were 21 and 97.8

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Northern Lights strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Cinderella 99 strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. SeedFinder, Cinderella 99 (Brothers Grimm), with the breeder’s account "The Cinderella Story" by MrSoul. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Brothers Grimm Seeds, Cinderella 99 feminized seeds. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Northern Lights x Cinderella 99 (Brothers Grimm). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Jack Herer strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.