CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · GARY PAYTON
Gary Payton
5 independent sources put THC at 25%; 1,188 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14.4 to 25.5%; 5 recorded parents; 189 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Cowboy Cup Cannabis Championship, Dab Rite Cup (Dab Rite Invitational) and Farmers Cup.
Gary Payton is a hybrid cannabis strain bred by Lit Farms. Lab tests put its THC between 14.4 and 25.5% (the middle 80% of 1,188 flower samples). The terpenes most often reported are pinene, caryophyllene, limonene. Recorded parents: Cherry Pie × Girl Scout Cookies × Snowman × The Y × Y Griega. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 9 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 5 independent sources
● type: hybrid
25%
THC, most-agreed claim
5 independent sources
14.4–25.5%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 1,188 samples
5
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
189
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
1/9
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
17
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25% | 5 | allbud, cannaconnection, cannlytics_expand, cannabis_intelligence, master, bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 20% | 4 | cannlytics_expand, cannabis_intelligence, bank_blim-burn-seeds, cannlytics_lab |
| 19.4% | 3 | or_prr00150, nv_ccb_lab_library, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 19% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, cannlytics_lab |
| 17.1% | 2 | cannlytics_lab, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 17.6% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 19% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 19.4% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 20.6% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 20.9% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150 |
| 21.9% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 21.9% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
Lab range 14.4 to 25.5% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 1,188 flower lab samples, median 20.6%; CBD 0 to 0.1% over 594 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: pinene, caryophyllene, limonene, α-humulene, α-bisabolol, β-myrcene
1,218 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 114 non flower, 65 quality flagged, 1 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 180 cm | 4 | alchimia, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, alchimia, cannaconnection |
| 70 to 98 days | 3 | alchimia, truenorth, seedfinder, master |
| 63 to 70 days | 3 | cannaconnection, alchimia, master, seedfinder |
| 63 to 77 days | 2 | alchimia, seedfinder |
| 53 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 67 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 70 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 63 days | 1 | alchimia |
| 65 to 70 days | 1 | bank_freedom_seeds |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Pie | 1 | strain_fact:allbud|split_of:Snowman X Cherry Pie X Girl Scout Cookies |
| Girl Scout Cookies | 1 | seedfinder |
| Snowman | 1 | seedfinder |
| The Y | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia |
| Y Griega | 1 | seedfinder |
189 descendants through recorded links, including 3 Point Kush, Apple Gary, Asylum, Ballerz, Banana Butter, Barry Payton, Beaver Cookies, Beeball.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dab Rite Cup (Dab Rite Invitational) | Region 6: Southern California - Regional winner | 1st | unverified |
| 2025 | THC Classic (Rooster Magazine) | Hybrid | 3rd | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | 1st | unverified |
| 2024 | Pakalolo Cup (Hawaii Islands Cannabis Cup) | Indoor Flower | 2nd | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | Best Appearance | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | Best Flavor | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | Best Aroma | unverified |
| 2022 | Cowboy Cup Cannabis Championship | BEST OF TERPENE INDOOR FLOWER | winner | verified |
| 2022 | Leafly Strain of the Year | Leafly Strain of the Year | runner-up | unverified |
Award claims checked 2 confirmed · 1 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| cannabis cup | not stated · matched 2024 | bank_freedom_seeds | confirmed |
| cannabis cup | not stated · matched 2024 | seedsman | confirmed |
| 2022 Errl Cup in Arizona in hash form and 2nd in the 2 | 2022 | bank_blim-burn-seeds | not_in_results |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
17 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: seedfinder.eu · 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.
Aliases on record: gary-payton, barneys-farm/gary-payton, blim-burn-seeds/gary-payton, cannabis-seeds-usa/gary-payton, unknown-or-legendary/gary-payton, gary payton feminized, gary payton feminized seeds bulk seeds, gary payton feminized seeds canuk seeds, gary payton feminized seeds the bulldog seeds, gary payton barneys farm, GaryPayton
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dossier gary-payton · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Gary Payton strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/gary-payton/