Cloud 9 is an indica-heavy cross of NYC Diesel and Milky Way. Breeders Kiwiseeds and Dampkring Classics created it to stabilize the popular clone-only NYC Diesel.

The top reported aromas of the Cloud 9 strain are earthy, sweet, and citrus. And it is said to taste like rose, pine, herbs.

Cloud 9 won third place in the 2008 Bio Highlife Cup in the Netherlands, as well as third place for Best Hydro in the Spannabis Cannabis Cup in Spain.