CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · BIG BUD
Big Bud
3 independent sources put THC at 15%; 182 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 10.5 to 20.9%; 13 recorded parents; 254 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Highlife Cup (Netherlands).
Big Bud is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Blimburn. Lab tests put its THC between 10.5 and 20.9% (the middle 80% of 182 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are β-myrcene, β-caryophyllene, trans nerolidol. Recorded parents: Afghan × Afghani × Afghani 1 × Afghanica × Haze × Nl 1 × Northern Lights × Northern Lights 1 × Northern Lights 5 × Skunk × Skunk 1 × Afghan Strain × Old School Big Bud. Stated flowering time 50 to 65 days. 3 cup placings on record, 0 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 3 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
15%
THC, most-agreed claim
3 independent sources
10.5–20.9%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 182 samples
13
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
254
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
0/3
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
32
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15% | 3 | seedfinder, medical_effects, bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 18% | 3 | seedfinder, cannabis_intelligence, cropking |
| 18.5% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, replication_data |
| 23 to 26% | 2 | seedcity_local, allbud |
| 0.9% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 7 to 20.9% | 1 | phytochem_smith, phytochem_lab |
| 1.6% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 6.2% | 1 | replication_data |
| 7% | 1 | smith_phytochem_sample |
| 7.8% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
| 7.9% | 1 | replication_data |
| 8.2% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
Lab range 10.5 to 20.9% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 182 flower lab samples, median 15.6%; CBD 0 to 0.3% over 154 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: β-myrcene, β-caryophyllene, trans nerolidol, α-pinene, α-humulene, limonene
362 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 49 non flower, 16 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 120 cm | 5 | alchimia, fastbuds, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 130 cm | 3 | seedfinder, seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 90 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 110 to 150 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 40 to 55 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 130 cm | 1 | bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| 150 cm | 1 | cannabis_intelligence |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, alchimia, master, hytiva |
| 50 to 65 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 63 days | 3 | fastbuds, seedfinder, master, alchimia |
| 60 days | 2 | seedfinder, alchimia |
| 49 to 56 days | 2 | cropking, seedfinder |
| 49 to 63 days | 2 | cannaconnection, bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 76 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 82 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 53 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 49 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 42 to 56 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 50 to 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Afghan | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
| Afghani | 1 | seedfinder |
| Afghani 1 | 1 | weedtree |
| Afghanica | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Haze | 1 | summary:lineage |
| Nl 1 | 1 | seedfinder |
| Northern Lights | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,cropking |
| Northern Lights 1 | 1 | seedfinder |
| Northern Lights 5 | 1 | weedtree |
| Skunk | 1 | strain_fact:cannaconnection,seedfinder |
| Skunk 1 | 1 | seedfinder |
| Afghan Strain | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia |
| Old School Big Bud | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
254 descendants through recorded links, including Super Bud, Super Critical, Big Bud Automatic Seeds, Big Bud Fast Version Herbies Seeds, Blue Kripple Seeds, C4 Auto Seeds, Cash Crop Seeds, Cash Crop Xl Auto Seeds.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Highlife Cup (Netherlands) | Bio - Bio - Coffeeshops | 1st | unverified |
| 2004 | Highlife Cup (Netherlands) | Hydro - Hydro - Coffeeshops | 3rd | unverified |
| 2002 | Highlife Cup (Netherlands) | Hydro - Hydro - Coffeeshops | 2nd | unverified |
Award claims checked 0 confirmed · 13 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | hytiva | event_ambiguous |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | allbud | event_ambiguous |
| 1989 High Times Cannabis Cup. This strain was named for its enormously oversized buds | 1989 | allbud | not_in_results |
| overall winner of the 1989 High Times Cannabis Cup | 1989 | allbud | not_in_results |
| fully unexpected prize for Big Bud in the 1996 Cannabis Cup | 1996 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
| fully unexpected prize for Big Bud in the 1996 Cannabis Cup | 1996 | 1996 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
| fully unexpected prize for Big Bud in the 1996 Cannabis Cup | 1996 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time | unchecked |
| High Times Cannabis Cup 1st - Indica | 1989 | 1989 | lockboxseeds.com | unchecked |
| 1989 win in the mostly indica category at the Cannabis Cup | 1989 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
| 1989 win in the mostly indica category at the Cannabis Cup | 1989 | 1989 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
| 1989 win in the mostly indica category at the Cannabis Cup | 1989 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time | unchecked |
| Award Winning | not stated | seedfinder | unchecked |
| award-winning | not stated | seedsman | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
32 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: 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: big-bud, seedstockers/big-bud, sensi-seeds/big-bud, bulk-seeds/big-bud, bulk-seed-bank/big-bud, dr-blaze/big-bud, fatbush-seeds/big-bud, goldenseed/big-bud, growi-seeds-amsterdam/big-bud, hemcy-genetics/big-bud, homegrown-fantaseeds/big-bud, linda-seeds/big-bud, ministry-of-cannabis/big-bud, nirvana-seeds/big-bud, the-seed-bank/big-bud, vision-seeds/big-bud, big bud autoflowering feminized seeds bulk seeds, big bud autoflowering feminized seeds canuk seeds, big bud feminized seeds bulk seeds, big bud feminized seeds canuk seeds
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dossier big-bud · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Big Bud strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/big-bud/