CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · CRITICAL KUSH
Critical Kush
5 independent sources put THC at 20%; 1,092 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 15.4 to 28.4%; 9 recorded parents; 36 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Spannabis Champions Cup, High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) and Karma Cup.
Critical Kush is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Barney S Farm. Lab tests put its THC between 15.4 and 28.4% (the middle 80% of 1,092 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are β-myrcene, β-ocimene, β-caryophyllene. Recorded parents: Colorado Ghost Og × Critical × Critical Mass × Critical Xl × Ghost Og × O G × O G Kush × Og Kush × Dutch Critical Mass By Mr Nice. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 4 cup placings on record, 3 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 5 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
20%
THC, most-agreed claim
5 independent sources
15.4–28.4%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 1,092 samples
9
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
36
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
3/4
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
38
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 20% | 5 | rqs, or_prr00150, seedfinder, cannabis_intelligence, cropking |
| 25% | 4 | allbud, seedfinder, seedcity_local, master, cannaconnection |
| 19% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 18% | 3 | or_prr00150, leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich, medical_effects |
| 21.5% | 3 | or_prr00150, seedcity_local, replication_data |
| 22.7% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 16.7% | 2 | replication_data, maxvalue_terpenes, smith_phytochem_sample |
| 14.2% | 2 | replication_data, wa_wslcb_leaf_new |
| 14.3% | 2 | or_prr00150, replication_data |
| 15.7% | 2 | or_prr00150, replication_data |
| 16.6% | 2 | replication_data, wa_wslcb_leaf_new |
| 18.1% | 2 | or_prr00150, replication_data |
Lab range 15.4 to 28.4% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 1,092 flower lab samples, median 21.5%; CBD 0 to 0.2% over 649 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: β-myrcene, β-ocimene, β-caryophyllene, α-pinene, limonene, α-humulene
1,628 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 164 non flower, 338 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 100 cm | 9 | alchimia, fastbuds, rqs, truenorth, seedfinder, seedcity, seedcity_local, cannabis_intelligence, cropking |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 179 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 50 to 100 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 100 to 140 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 110 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 140 cm | 1 | alchimia |
| 150 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 300 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 70 to 90 cm | 1 | cannabis_intelligence |
| 70 to 110 cm | 1 | cannaconnection |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | cannaconnection, seedcity, seedcity_local, master, seedfinder |
| 63 days | 4 | fastbuds, seedfinder, cannabis_intelligence, alchimia |
| 56 days | 3 | seedfinder, alchimia, hytiva |
| 63 to 77 days | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 55 to 60 days | 2 | alchimia, seedfinder |
| 56 to 70 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 77 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 42 to 56 days | 1 | cropking |
| 50 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 53 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 49 to 56 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 49 to 63 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Ghost Og | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Critical | 1 | seedfinder |
| Critical Mass | 1 | seedfinder |
| Critical Xl | 1 | seedfinder |
| Ghost Og | 1 | seedfinder |
| O G | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| O G Kush | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Og Kush | 1 | seedfinder |
| Dutch Critical Mass By Mr Nice | 1 | strain_fact:master |
36 descendants through recorded links, including Critical Kush Seeds, Kush Mintz Seeds Barney S Farm, Acid Orange, Banana Crush, Big Bruce, Caribbean Kush, Cbd Critical Cure, Critical Cake.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Connoisseur Cup | Top 10 Non Industry Rosins | 10th | unverified |
| 2019 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Best Indica Flower | 3rd | verified |
| 2017 | Karma Cup | BUD – (Indica) | 7th | verified |
| 2015 | Spannabis Champions Cup | Interior Hidroponía | 1st | verified |
Award claims checked 2 confirmed · 4 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spannabis | not stated · matched 2015 | cannaconnection | confirmed |
| Champions Cup | not stated · matched 2015 | cannaconnection | confirmed |
| 2022 Argentina AWARD: 2nd Place- Cat. Rosin – Copa Rutas Argentinas 2021 – Argentina A | 2022 | seedfinder | unchecked |
| 2nd Place – Cat. Rosin – Copa Cata CBA 2022 – Argentina | 2022 | seedfinder | unchecked |
| 2nd Place- Cat. Rosin – Copa Rutas Argentinas 2021 – Argentina | 2021 | seedfinder | unchecked |
| 2nd Place- Cat. Rosin Hash – Copa Cata Zona Norte 2021 – Argentina | 2021 | seedfinder | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
38 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: seedsmanlive.gumlet.io · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: cannaconnection.com · 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.
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dossier critical-kush · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Critical Kush strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/critical-kush/