Frisian Duck

Name: Frisian Duck
Breeder: Dutch Passion
Origins: Frisian Dew x Genebank Ducksfoot
Flowering: Around 8 weeks
Outdoor Harvest: Late September (Northern hemisphere). Late March (Southern Hemisphere)

Frisian Duck is one of the strangest looking cannabis varieties ever developed by Dutch Passion, it’s a stealth variety with webbed leaves which make it difficult to identify as cannabis. Our customers have been asking for a hardy incognito variety for decades, now the outdoor and greenhouse growers have something that looks more like a nettle.  It’s a cross of our outdoor number-one best seller Frisian Dew with a carefully selected gene bank ‘Ducksfoot’ cultivar.

The Ducksfoot hybridisation with Frisian Dew, and the selective breeding over many generations has produced Frisian Duck.  Its a variety which shows the best of both parents; tough enough for outdoor growing in Northern Europe or extreme southern-hemisphere latitudes together with webbed leaves to provide the unique ability to make it look like any other wild plant which you might walk straight past and never notice. The breeding to create Frisian Duck took several years but the result was worth it and shows the remarkable talents of some real ‘Masters at Work’.  Most of the leaves are webbed and stay that way often into the end stages of flowering.   The webbing on the leaves is a strange genetic anomaly which gives the leaves a similar appearance to the shape of a ducks foot.

Whilst most people would recognise the distinctive shape and iconic outline of a normal cannabis leaf they would fail to recognise Frisian Duck as a cannabis plant.  Even experienced growers initially found it hard to believe that this was actually cannabis.  This makes Frisian Duck the perfect choice for people that grow in an urban back garden, patio, balcony or greenhouse and want the added camouflage provided by the webbed leaf which resembles the squashed shape of a ducks foot.  Outdoor growers will find that the Frisian Duck plants are easy to hide and that is the real beauty of this variety, whether you are growing in the countryside, riverbanks,  your garden or  the greenhouse.  

The cannabis buds on Frisian Duck grow in the normal way; they look, smell and taste just like normal cannabis.  The effects are the same, this is a good quality smoke.  Often the buds may show some beautiful blue colours.  Outdoors she is ready around the end of September in the northern hemisphere or the end of March in the southern hemisphere.  In Europe she can survive the Dutch outdoor climate and will also do very well in a greenhouse or polytunnel, growing into a christmas-tree shaped plant.  In good conditions she can reach 2-3 metres high.  Yields are average or slightly above average, but quality of the cannabis is good - a strong sativa high with a spicy taste and hints of pine/citrus.    Yields can be heavy, and obviously once the plant has reached harvest point the blooms will look and smell familiar, but by this point the plant is almost ready to harvest.

Frisian Duck can also be grown indoors like a normal feminized photoperiod variety.  Flowering begins when the lights are switched to 12/12, just like normal.  Indoors the leaves also have the webbed ‘ducks foot’ shape.  Because the strong cannabis aroma is the same as traditional cannabis this variety will still need carbon filters for indoor grows.

Frisian Duck has been one of Dutch Passions most unusual, and most difficult, breeding challenges.  Since Dutch Passion began in the 1980’s one of the most common customer requests has been for a cannabis variety which people could grow without the traditional cannabis leaf shape.  These requests for an easy-to-hide cannabis variety have come from outdoor/greenhouse growers wanting a cannabis variety that you could walk straight past and simply fail to recognise.  And thats the real beauty of this variety - the natural camouflage given by the unusual leaf shape reduces the chance of discovery and therefor maximises the chance of a harvest.  People that were reluctant to grow a cannabis plant in the corner of their garden, or the countryside, will feel that the odds have now been tipped significantly in their favour.  A Frisian Duck will look great among the tomato plants in the greenhouse.  And with her beautiful purple colours a Frisian Duck would be perfect in the flower bed next to your flowering shrubs.  In the countryside, hills, river banks and fields this is a variety which will naturally blend into the background.  Frisian Duck does not mind being trained (tied down) to keep her short, she can also be topped and will respond with a bushier and shorter structure.

Even experienced cannabis growers found it hard to believe the appearance of the plants.  Without the distinctive cannabis leaf shape the whole plant is simply unrecognisable and melts into the background vegetation. Frisian Duck offers something special and unique for the self sufficient urban cannabis grower. Its a typical Dutch Passion style project, creating something that is new and offering the home grower even more convenient ways to grow their own cannabis.  We hope you find somewhere to grow one this summer.