CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · BIG BUDDHA CHEESE
Big Buddha Cheese
2 independent sources put THC at 18%; 40 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 9.2 to 21.4%; 5 recorded parents; 35 recorded descendants. It placed in results from High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam), Highlife Cup (Netherlands) and East Coast Canna Cup / Green Cup & Expo (Quick Buy n Grow).
Big Buddha Cheese is a hybrid cannabis strain bred by Big Buddha Seeds. Lab tests put its THC between 9.2 and 21.4% (the middle 80% of 40 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are limonene, linalool, trans nerolidol. Recorded parents: Afghan × Afghani × Cheese × Uk Cheese × Og Uk Cheese. Stated flowering time 63 days. 5 cup placings on record, 4 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 2 independent sources
● type: hybrid
18%
THC, most-agreed claim
2 independent sources
9.2–21.4%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 40 samples
5
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
35
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
4/5
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
4
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% | 2 | leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich, medical_effects |
| 0.4% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 8.9% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
| 9% | 1 | replication_data |
| 9.2% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 9.2% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
| 9.8% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes |
| 10.2% | 1 | replication_data |
| 12.7% | 1 | replication_data |
| 13.6% | 1 | steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252 |
| 14.7% | 1 | replication_data |
| 14.9% | 1 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv |
Lab range 9.2 to 21.4% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 40 flower lab samples, median 16.9%; CBD 0.1 to 0.2% over 36 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: limonene, linalool, trans nerolidol, β-myrcene, β-pinene, caryophyllene oxide
157 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 74 non flower, 12 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 163 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 63 days | 3 | seedfinder, cannaconnection, alchimia |
| 49 to 63 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 56 to 70 days | 1 | alchimia, master |
| 56 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 56 to 63 days | 1 | cannaconnection |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
35 descendants through recorded links, including Cheese Automatic Seeds Big Buddha Seeds, Cheese Seeds Big Buddha Seeds, Cheesus Seeds, Chiesel Seeds, King Kong Seeds, La Cheese Seeds, Chunky Cheeze, Freeze Cheese 89.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | East Coast Canna Cup / Green Cup & Expo (Quick Buy n Grow) | Indoor | 3rd | verified |
| 2019 | Highlife Cup (Netherlands) | Indica | 3rd | verified |
| 2017 | Highlife Cup (Netherlands) | Skunk Strains | 2nd | verified |
| 2006 | High Times Cannabis Cup (Amsterdam) | Indica Cup | 1st | verified |
| 2006 | IC420 Growers Cup (ICMag 420 Cup) | Indica | 1st | unverified |
Award claims checked 11 confirmed · 2 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 High Times Cannabis Cup. Its THC level is high, but its exact proportion is unkno | 2006 | allbud | confirmed |
| High Times Cannabis Cup in 2006 | 2006 | hytiva | confirmed |
| High Times Cannabis Cup (indica category) in 2006 | 2006 | cannaconnection | confirmed |
| major prize during the 2006 High Times Cannabis Cup | 2006 | allbud | confirmed |
| high times cup in 2006 | 2006 | seedfinder | confirmed |
| High Times | not stated · matched 2006 | hytiva | confirmed |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated · matched 2006 | hytiva | confirmed |
| High Times | not stated · matched 2006 | cannaconnection | confirmed |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated · matched 2006 | cannaconnection | confirmed |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated · matched 2006 | allbud | confirmed |
| high times | not stated · matched 2006 | seedfinder | confirmed |
| 1st | 1rst Prize, 2006 High Times Cannabis Cup, Best Indica category | High Times Cannabis Cup | 2006 | 2006 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- | unchecked |
| 1st | 1rst Prize, 2006 High Times Cannabis Cup, Best Indica category | High Times Cannabis Cup | 2006 | 2006 | runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
4 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: alchimiaweb.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.com · 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: big-buddha-cheese, growers-choice/big-buddha-cheese, big-budda-cheese, bigbuddhacheese, 018NY6XC00VTAPA31Z1Z49T4Z8
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dossier big-buddha-cheese · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Big Buddha Cheese strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/big-buddha-cheese/