CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · BUBBA KUSH
Bubba Kush
4 independent sources put THC at 18%; 1,731 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 10.6 to 23.8%; 13 recorded parents; 586 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Nevada Cannabis Awards Music Festival (Las Vegas Cannabis Awards; Nevada CAMF), Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards and High Times Cannabis Cup (United States).
Bubba Kush is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by 34 Street Seed Company. Lab tests put its THC between 10.6 and 23.8% (the middle 80% of 1,731 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are β-myrcene, trans nerolidol, β-caryophyllene. Recorded parents: Afghan × Afghan Kush Landrace × Afghani × Bubba Kush 2 × Bubble Gum × Bubblegum × Joe S Og Kush × Kush × Male Og × Master Kush × Northern Lights × Og Kush × Og Kush Strain. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 15 cup placings on record, 7 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 4 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
18%
THC, most-agreed claim
4 independent sources
10.6–23.8%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 1,731 samples
13
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
586
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
7/15
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
31
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% | 4 | cannaconnection, seedfinder, seedcity_local, cropking |
| 17% | 3 | leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich, medical_effects, seedfinder |
| 21.4% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 15.6% | 2 | replication_data, smith_phytochem_sample |
| 16.9% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, replication_data |
| 13.1% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 14.4% | 2 | or_prr00150, replication_data |
| 14.7% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 15.2% | 2 | maxvalue_terpenes_csv, cannlytics_lab |
| 15.3% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, replication_data |
| 15.5% | 2 | replication_data, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281006045_Cannabinoids_and_Terpenes_as_Chemotaxonomic_Markers_in_Cannabis |
| 15.8% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, replication_data |
Lab range 10.6 to 23.8% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 1,731 flower lab samples, median 17.6%; CBD 0 to 0.3% over 1,239 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: β-myrcene, trans nerolidol, β-caryophyllene, limonene, linalool, α-humulene
3,221 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 684 non flower, 251 quality flagged, 1 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 100 to 120 cm | 7 | alchimia, bank_azarius_seeds, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder, cannabis_intelligence, cropking |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 61 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 100 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 122 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 150 to 200 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 5 | cannaconnection, seedcity, seedcity_local, alchimia, master, seedfinder |
| 63 days | 4 | bank_azarius_seeds, seedfinder, cropking, alchimia |
| 49 to 70 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, bank_medicann-seeds, seedfinder |
| 56 days | 3 | seedfinder, seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 60 to 65 days | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 53 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 57 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 63 to 77 days | 1 | cropking |
| 49 to 56 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 56 to 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 60 to 70 days | 1 | alchimia |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Afghan | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,bank_blim-burn-seeds,master |
| Afghan Kush Landrace | 1 | seedfinder |
| Afghani | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Bubba Kush 2 | 1 | seedfinder |
| Bubble Gum | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,seedfinder |
| Bubblegum | 1 | seedfinder |
| Joe S Og Kush | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| Kush | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| Male Og | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Master Kush | 1 | seedfinder |
| Northern Lights | 1 | weedtree |
| Og Kush | 1 | seedfinder |
| Og Kush Strain | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
586 descendants through recorded links, including Beezle Bubba 2 0 Seeds, Bubba Brother Seeds, Bubba Cheese Auto Seeds, Bubba Delight Seeds, Bubba Haze Seeds, Bubba Kush 2 0 Seeds, Bubba S Gift Seeds, Bubba Slush Seeds.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best in Grass | Pre-Rolls - Non-Infused | 2nd | unverified |
| 2023 | New Mexico Growers Cup | Indica Flower | unverified | |
| 2020 | Nevada Cannabis Awards Music Festival (Las Vegas Cannabis Awards; Nevada CAMF) | Indica Vape | 2nd Place | verified |
| 2019 | Expogrow Cannabis Cup (Irún) | BEST EXTRACTION WITH SOLVENT | 3rd | unverified |
| 2016 | Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards | Hybrid | 2nd | verified |
| 2016 | IC420 Growers Cup (ICMag 420 Cup) | Best Hash | 3rd | unverified |
| 2016 | The Emerald Cup | Concentrates – CO2 | 4th | unverified |
| 2015 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | PEOPLE’S CHOICE Flowers | 3rd | verified |
| 2015 | Copa Cannabis Uruguay / Copa Cannábica de Uruguay (AECU) | BEST CLUB – OUTDOORS | 1st | unverified |
| 2014 | Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards | ONTARIO DISPENSARIES CATEGORY / BEST INDICA FLOWER | 2nd | verified |
| 2013 | IC420 Growers Cup (ICMag 420 Cup) | Indica - Indica - Growers Cup | 3rd | verified |
| 2011 | Treating Yourself Expo Cup | Private Grower Cup | 3rd | unverified |
| 2010 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Indica Cup | 3rd | verified |
| 2009 | IC420 Growers Cup (ICMag 420 Cup) | Indica | 12th | unverified |
| 2008 | IC420 Growers Cup (ICMag 420 Cup) | Indica | 5th | verified |
Award claims checked 1 confirmed · 5 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| cannabis cup | not stated · matched 2010, 2015, 2019 | seedfinder | confirmed |
| 1st Place - High Life Cup - Amsterdam Genetics: F1 Kush Effect: Strong narcotic Indica - Great for sleeping and body pain. Taste: Coffee Ear | 2013 | seedfinder | not_in_results |
| High Life | not stated | seedfinder | not_in_results |
| 1st Place - High Life Cup - Amsterdam | not stated | seedfinder | not_in_results |
| 3rd | third place | HT Indica Cup | 2018 | 2018 | archive.org | unchecked |
| 2nd place | 2nd place at the 25th HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup | HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup | 2012 | 2012 | archive.org | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
31 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: cannaconnection.com · 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: bubba-kush, barneys-farm/bubba-kush, green-house-seeds/bubba-kush, canuk-seeds/bubba-kush, 34-street-seed-company/bubba-kush, apothecary-genetics/bubba-kush, breeder-choice-organisation/bubba-kush, clone-only-strains/bubba-kush, dinafem/bubba-kush, dr-blaze/bubba-kush, dr-greenthumb/bubba-kush, fatbush-seeds/bubba-kush, humboldt-csi/bubba-kush, humboldt-seed-organisation/bubba-kush, katsu-seeds/bubba-kush, medicann-seeds/bubba-kush, poppa-pain-strains/bubba-kush, seedsman/bubba-kush, the-plant/bubba-kush, united-cannabis-seeds/bubba-kush
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dossier bubba-kush · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Bubba Kush strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/bubba-kush/