CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · KING KONG

King Kong

2 independent sources put THC at 17%; 30 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 11.9 to 24.1%; 11 recorded parents; 9 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Highlife Cup (Netherlands) and Spannabis Champions Cup.

King Kong is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Dutch Flowers. Lab tests put its THC between 11.9 and 24.1% (the middle 80% of 30 flower samples), with CBD around 0%. The terpenes most often reported are Linalool, beta-Myrcene, alpha-Pinene. Recorded parents: Big Buddha Cheese × Cheese × Chronic × Ed Rosenthal Super Bud × Gorilla Glue × Haze × Northern Lights 5 × Northern Lights 5 X Haze × Red Congolese × Widow × Ed Rozenthal Super Bud. Stated flowering time 49 to 56 days. 3 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.

●   frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib

●   evidence bar: thc 2 independent sources

●   type: indica dominant hybrid

17%
THC, most-agreed claim
2 independent sources

11.9–24.1%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 30 samples

11
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed

9
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links

1/3
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
17% 2 leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich, medical_effects
14 to 19% 2 hytiva, allbud
10 to 23.5% 1 phytochem_smith, phytochem_lab
10% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
11.5% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
11.9% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
11.9% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
12.3% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
13.1% 1 replication_data
13.1% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
13.9% 1 replication_data
13.9% 1 smith_phytochem_sample

Lab range 11.9 to 24.1% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 30 flower lab samples, median 17.8%; CBD 0 to 0.2% over 15 samples.

top terpenes by stated value: Linalool, beta-Myrcene, alpha-Pinene, alpha-Humulene, Caryophyllene Oxide, beta-Caryophyllene

177 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 89 non flower, 7 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.

GROW CLAIMS

Height and flowering, as stated.

Height Independent sources Who states it
100 to 150 cm 4 alchimia, cannaconnection, cropking, seedfinder
82 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
99 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
Flowering Independent sources Who states it
49 to 56 days 4 cannaconnection, cropking, alchimia, seedfinder
56 to 77 days 3 seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder
67 days 3 seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder
53 days 1 seedfinder
56 days 1 alchimia
63 days 1 alchimia
77 to 91 days 1 seedfinder
84 days 1 seedfinder
LINEAGE

Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.

Parent Sources Who states it
Big Buddha Cheese 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Cheese 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Chronic 1 strain_fact:alchimia,cannaconnection,master,seedfinder
Ed Rosenthal Super Bud 1 strain_fact:alchimia,cannaconnection,seedfinder
Gorilla Glue 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Haze 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Northern Lights 5 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Northern Lights 5 X Haze 1 summary:parents
Red Congolese 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Widow 1 strain_fact:seedfinder|literal_cleaned
Ed Rozenthal Super Bud 1 strain_fact:alchimia,master

9 descendants through recorded links, including Auto King Kong, Godzilla Glue 4, King Kong Glue, Kong 47, Akong 47, H4L Purple Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Queen Kong.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS

Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.

Year Competition Category Place Checked
2018 Highlife Cup (Netherlands) Bio 3rd verified
2011 Highlife Cup (Netherlands) Hydro - Hydro - Haze 2nd unverified
2011 Spannabis Champions Cup Mejor variedad de interior Hydro 3rd unverified

No seed-bank award claims on record.

PICTURES, WITH CREDIT

13 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.

King Kong strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified

King Kong strain picture, credit cropkingseeds.com

credit: cropkingseeds.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified

King Kong strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

credit: seedfinder.eu · 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: King Kong, king kong 2, king kong copia 2 2, dr-underground/king-kong, big-buddha-seeds/king-kong, all-star-genetics/king-kong, kingkong, 018NY6XC00VTR1XP801CNCHF3K

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dossier king-kong · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). King Kong strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/king-kong/

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