CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · BIG BANG
Big Bang
3 independent sources put THC at 19.8%; 40 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 9.8 to 33.6%; 9 recorded parents; 7 recorded descendants. It placed in results from High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam).
Big Bang is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Aficionado Seed Bank. Lab tests put its THC between 9.8 and 33.6% (the middle 80% of 40 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are Linalool, beta-Myrcene, alpha-Humulene. Recorded parents: Cbd 1 5 × Cbg 1 43 × El Nino × Northern Light × Northern Lights × Skunk × Skunk 1 × Thai Sativa × Aghanistan Lights. Stated flowering time 63 days. 2 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 3 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
19.8%
THC, most-agreed claim
3 independent sources
9.8–33.6%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 40 samples
9
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
7
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
1/2
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
13
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 19.8% | 3 | greenhouse, cannaconnection, cannabis_intelligence |
| 18% | 2 | greenhouse, or_prr00150 |
| 33% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 33.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 33.7% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 35.8% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 38.4% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 38.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 7.4% | 1 | replication_data |
| 8.8% | 1 | replication_data |
| 9.3% | 1 | replication_data |
| 9.5% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
Lab range 9.8 to 33.6% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 40 flower lab samples, median 17.9%; CBD 0 to 0.5% over 30 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: Linalool, beta-Myrcene, alpha-Humulene, beta-Caryophyllene, delta-Limonene, alpha-Pinene
116 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 19 non flower, 19 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 160 to 180 cm | 6 | alchimia, fastbuds, greenhouse, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 150 to 190 cm | 2 | seedfinder, cropking |
| 70 to 80 cm | 1 | greenhouse |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 63 days | 5 | fastbuds, greenhouse, cannaconnection, seedfinder, master, alchimia |
| 56 to 63 days | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, hytiva |
| 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 63 to 70 days | 1 | cropking |
| 35 to 42 days | 1 | greenhouse |
| 42 days | 1 | greenhouse |
| 65 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Cbd 1 5 | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Cbg 1 43 | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| El Nino | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,seedfinder |
| Northern Light | 1 | strain_fact:cropking,greenhouse,seedfinder |
| Northern Lights | 1 | seedfinder |
| Skunk | 1 | strain_fact:cannaconnection,cropking,greenhouse,seedfinder |
| Skunk 1 | 1 | seedfinder |
| Thai Sativa | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| Aghanistan Lights | 1 | seedfinder |
7 descendants through recorded links, including Auto Big Bang, Big Bang Autoflowering, Kong S Krush, Automatic London Skunk, Afghangbang, Power Automatic, Sweet Mango Autoflower.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) | Cannabis Cup | 3rd | verified |
| 2000 | High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) | For “Big Bang” | 3rd | unverified |
Award claims checked 4 confirmed · 3 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannabis Cup | not stated · matched 2000, 2001 | hytiva | confirmed |
| Cannabis Cup award winner | not stated · matched 2000, 2001 | hytiva | confirmed |
| High Times | not stated · matched 2000, 2001 | herbies | confirmed |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated · matched 2000, 2001 | herbies | confirmed |
| 1998 High Times Cannabis Cup in the Bio category. It produces buds that are more yello | 1998 | hytiva | year_mismatch |
| 3rd | 3rd Prize in the High Times Cannabis Cup | High Times Cannabis Cup | 2000 | 2000 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
| 3rd Prize in the High Times Cannabis Cup | 2000 | 2000 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
13 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: cannaconnection.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedsmanlive.gumlet.io · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: big-bang, green-house-seeds/big-bang, aficionado-seed-bank/big-bang, divine-seeds/big-bang, green house seeds big bang auto, big bang feminized seeds green house seed co, bigbang, 018NY6XC00VTNW60E3T5MV1EBM
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dossier big-bang · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Big Bang strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/big-bang/