CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · NORTHERN LIGHTS

Northern Lights

9 independent sources put THC at 18%; 1,902 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 11.1 to 24%; 11 recorded parents; 628 recorded descendants. It placed in results from High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam), Errl Cup and High Times Cannabis Cup (United States).

Northern Lights is a indica cannabis strain bred by Amsterdam Genetics. Lab tests put its THC between 11.1 and 24% (the middle 80% of 1,902 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are myrcene, caryophyllene, limonene. Recorded parents: Afghan × Afghani × Green O Matic × Haze × Northern Lights 5 X 2 × Skunk × Skunk No 1 × Thai × Thai Sativa × Origen Índico × Skunk Nº 1. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 22 cup placings on record, 8 verified against published results.

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

●   evidence bar: thc 9 independent sources

●   type: indica

18%
THC, most-agreed claim
9 independent sources

11.1–24%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 1,902 samples

11
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed

628
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links

8/22
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results

72
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
18% 9 cannaconnection, cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150, leafly_flat, weedseedsexpress, cannabis_intelligence, seedcity_local, leafly_flat_enrich, seedfinder, master, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019
19% 5 seedcity_local, replication_data, cannabis_intelligence, seedfinder, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019
17% 4 greenhouse, or_prr00150, bank_blim-burn-seeds, bank_azarius_seeds
16% 4 cannlytics_expand, hytiva, medical_effects, allbud
18.7% 3 or_prr00150, replication_data, or_olcc_rich_enrich
18.8% 3 or_prr00150, replication_data, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019
20% 3 bank_bsb_genetics, seedfinder, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019
25.7% 3 or_prr00150, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019, or_olcc_rich_enrich
14.4% 2 smith_phytochem_sample, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019
11.7% 2 replication_data, wa_wslcb_leaf_new
12.6% 2 cannlytics_expand, maxvalue_terpenes_csv
14% 2 replication_data, wa_wslcb_leaf_new

Lab range 11.1 to 24% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 1,902 flower lab samples, median 17.8%; CBD 0 to 0.3% over 1,490 samples.

top terpenes by stated value: myrcene, caryophyllene, limonene, α-humulene, linalool, α-bisabolol

4,060 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 1,234 non flower, 142 quality flagged, 2 percent outliers.

GROW CLAIMS

Height and flowering, as stated.

Height Independent sources Who states it
80 to 120 cm 6 seedcity, seedcity_local, cropking, seedfinder, bank_auto-seeds, alchimia, master
300 cm 5 alchimia, bank_azarius_seeds, fastbuds, truenorth, cannaconnection, master
85 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
159 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
50 to 160 cm 1 seedfinder
80 to 90 cm 1 greenhouse
90 to 120 cm 1 greenhouse
100 to 120 cm 1 seedfinder
115 cm 1 seedfinder
150 to 195 cm 1 seedfinder
152 to 244 cm 1 cropking
200 cm 1 bank_blim-burn-seeds
Flowering Independent sources Who states it
56 to 63 days 5 seedcity, seedcity_local, cropking, seedfinder, greenhouse
63 days 5 fastbuds, seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder, alchimia
55 days 4 seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder, alchimia, master
60 to 70 days 3 bank_auto-seeds, seedfinder, runner:brain-data-staging-book-grow-guide-corpus-tier-b-cervantes-h
49 to 56 days 2 cannaconnection, seedfinder
56 to 70 days 2 bank_azarius_seeds, cropking
56 days 2 greenhouse, seedfinder
61 days 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
68 days 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
42 to 49 days 1 seedfinder
45 to 55 days 1 seedfinder
46 days 1 seedfinder
LINEAGE

Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.

Parent Sources Who states it
Afghan 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Afghani 1 cannaconnection
Green O Matic 1 greenhouse
Haze 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Northern Lights 5 X 2 1 seedfinder
Skunk 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Skunk No 1 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Thai 1 strain_fact:alchimia,bank_azarius_seeds
Thai Sativa 1 seedfinder
Origen Índico 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Skunk Nº 1 1 strain_fact:seedfinder|part_of:Afghani x Skunk Nº 1 x Haze

628 descendants through recorded links, including Blue Grape Fuel, Shining Silver Haze, Super Silver Haze, The Church, Amnesia Seeds Greenlabel Seeds, Auto Anesthesia Seeds, Auto Northern Lights Seeds 00 Seeds, Auto Shark Seeds.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS

Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.

Year Competition Category Place Checked
2025 Errl Cup Flower – Indica 3rd verified
2024 Farmers Cup Solvent Vape Carts 2nd unverified
2024 Farmers Cup Solvent Vape Carts Best Packaging unverified
2023 Farmers Cup Solvent Vape Carts 2nd unverified
2023 Farmers Cup Solvent Vape Carts Best Packaging unverified
2022 Karma Cup Solvent Extract 1st unverified
2018 DC Grower’s Cup Indica 3rd unverified
2018 The Emerald Cup Distillate 8th unverified
2016 High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) BEST VAPE PEN CARTRIDGES, INDICA 3rd verified
2016 Karma Cup SHATTER – (Indica) 4th unverified
2013 Copa Cannabis Uruguay / Copa Cannábica de Uruguay (AECU) Indoor Cup 1st unverified
2011 Highlife Cup (Netherlands) Hydro 1st unverified
2007 Spannabis Champions Cup Hydro 2nd unverified
2003 Highlife Cup (Netherlands) Outdoor - Outdoor - Coffeeshops 2nd unverified
2002 Highlife Cup (Netherlands) Bio - Bio - Seedbanks 3rd unverified
1994 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Bio Cup 3rd verified
1993 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Cannabis Cup / Best Cannabis 1st verified
1993 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Coffeeshop Cup 1st unverified
1992 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Cannabis Cup 2nd verified
1990 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Overall Cannabis Cup 1st verified
1990 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Pure Indica Cup 1st verified
1989 High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) Pure Indica Cup 1st verified

Award claims checked 6 confirmed  ·  18 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.

Claim Year Source Verdict
2nd Hydro award in Hidroponia Spannabis 2007 2007 seedfinder confirmed
Spannabis not stated · matched 2007 seedfinder confirmed
Cannabis Cup not stated · matched 1992, 1993, 1994, 2016 seedfinder confirmed
High Times not stated · matched 1992, 1993, 1994, 2016 seedfinder confirmed
Cannabis Cup not stated · matched 1990 hytiva confirmed
Cannabis Cup not stated · matched 1990 master confirmed
2006 Bella Flor" 2nd Prize in Hydroponic category "2007 Spannabis" Only being surpasse 2006 alchimia year_mismatch
2006 and the 2nd Hydro award in Hidroponia Spannabis 2007” too. As you can see it`s id 2006 seedfinder year_mismatch
Cannabis Cup's top award in 1989, 1990, and 1992 1989 master year_mismatch
2nd on Spannabis 2007 | 1st on La Bella Flor 2006 2007 herbies not_in_results
Spannabis not stated herbies not_in_results
Highest lab-tested THC at a HT Cannabis Cup | HT Cannabis Cup | 2013 2013 archive.org unchecked
1st prize in La Bella Flor 2006 2006 seedfinder unchecked
overall High Times Cannabis Cup win | 1990 1990 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
overall High Times Cannabis Cup win | 1990 1990 runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time unchecked
The Seed Bank | 1990 1990 archive.org unchecked
Cup's award for the pure Indica category | 1989 1989 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
Cup's award for the pure Indica category | 1988 1988 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
Cup's award for the pure Indica category | 1988 1988 runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time unchecked
1980 s. It has won various harvest awards along the years and has contributed to so ma 1980 seedfinder unchecked
three-time award-winning Northerr Lights not stated runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
three-time award-winning Northerr Lights not stated runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time unchecked
award winning strain not stated allbud unchecked
numerous awards not stated allbud unchecked
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT

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

Northern Lights strain picture, credit cannaconnection.com

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

Northern Lights strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

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

Northern Lights strain picture, credit autoseeds.com

credit: autoseeds.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: Northern Lights, canuk seeds northern lights strain fem photo, northern lights fast version, northern lights autoflowering feminized seeds bulk seeds, northern lights autoflowering feminized seeds canuk seeds, northern lights feminized seeds bulk seeds, northern lights feminized seeds canuk seeds, northern lights feminized seeds sensi seeds, northern lights regular seeds bulk seeds, northern lights regular seeds canuk seeds, nothern-lights, sensi-seeds/nothern-lights, expert-seeds/northern-lights, vision-seeds/northern-lights, pyramid-seeds/northern-lights, seed-supreme/northern-lights, 00-seeds-bank/northern-lights, barneys-farm/northern-lights, crop-king-seeds/northern-lights, aficionado-seed-bank/northern-lights

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