Fluffy

Fluffy is the newest offering from longtime Sacramento cultivation powerhouse Lumpy’s Flowers. For years, many in-house strains bred by Lumpy’s have moved the needle in a city that produces some of the finest Cannabis on the planet. This includes the popular Apple Fritter, one of the more exciting strains of its moment in its heyday, and Reckless Rainbow.

Named for UFC middleweight contender Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez, Fluffy is an ode to those Reckless Rainbow terpenes. The nose is almost a complete throwback to the classic pairing of Animal Cookies and Sour Apple. You can tell Fluffy isn’t Reckless Rainbow to an extent, but it’s hard to put your finger on exactly what the difference is from its mom. The Reckless Rainbow aroma dominates Fluffy so much that the Runtz is essentially undetectable.

While an absolute heater, Reckless Rainbow can be a tricky strain to run in commercial settings. Despite the awesome terps, Lumpy’s rarely grows the strain nowadays. According to Jayson Dias, Lumpy’s founder and co-owner, Fluffy has proven to be a solution to those issues. By pairing a Reckless Rainbow female with pollen from Runtz, Lumpy’s created a much more viable version of this unique terpene profile that can be run at scale. 

The breeding project that created Fluffy started about 16 months ago. Eight months later, Lumpy’s went through a final 40-seed pheno hunt to find one eventual winner. The selection was based on vigor and how heavily it leaned on the Reckless Rainbow terpene profile. 

Though named for Hernandez, the strain wasn’t actually bred for him. Lumpy’s had been sponsoring Hernandez with heavy helpings of Cannabis for a while before the idea to collaborate on a project came to pass. Hernandez is a friend to a few folks on Lumpy’s roster, which initially opened the door to the possibility of working together. Over the course of a few sessions, they decided that the Runtz x Reckless Rainbow pairing was the perfect offering for a collaboration.

We asked Dias how it feels to work with a UFC fighter who has been surging in popularity over the last year. 

“It’s amazing,” he told California Leaf. “There are a lot of companies out there that do celebrity endorsements and stuff like that, but Anthony is just a good dude. It’s one of those sponsorships where you don’t even care what the result is or what you get out of it. And he’s a friend of the company, several people in the company, so it’s amazing to be able to work with him.”

As for its impact, I found Fluffy to be the perfect blend. It’s potent enough to be relaxing without sticking you to the couch, but it also offers a nice cerebral edge that isn’t too racy. I can certainly see why it would be the choice of an athlete constantly training to be the best in the world.

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