CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · CHRONIC

Chronic

1 independent source put THC at 5.1 to 24.8%; 89 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 8.1 to 24.8%; 5 recorded parents; 63 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Dab-a-Doo and Highlife Cup Barcelona (Highlife BCN).

Chronic is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by ApeOrigin. Lab tests put its THC between 8.1 and 24.8% (the middle 80% of 89 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are Linalool, beta-Myrcene, Caryophyllene Oxide. Recorded parents: Ak 47 × Northern Light × Northern Lights × Skunk × Skunk 1. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 3 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.

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

●   evidence bar: thc 1 independent source

●   type: indica dominant hybrid

5.1–24.8%
THC, most-agreed claim
1 independent source

8.1–24.8%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 89 samples

5
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed

63
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links

1/3
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results

17
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
1.2% 1 wa_wslcb_leaf_new
5.1 to 24.8% 1 phytochem_smith, phytochem_lab
9.4% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
5.1% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
5.2% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
5.4% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
8.8% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
10.6% 1 smith_phytochem_sample
11.1% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
11.2% 1 cannlytics_expand
11.2% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
11.8% 1 replication_data

Lab range 8.1 to 24.8% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 89 flower lab samples, median 16.9%; CBD 0 to 7% over 55 samples.

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

191 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 19 non flower, 20 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.

GROW CLAIMS

Height and flowering, as stated.

Height Independent Sources Who States It
80 to 120 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
Flowering Independent Sources Who States It
56 to 63 days 5 cannaconnection, seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder, runner:brain-data-staging-book-grow-guide-corpus-tier-b-cervantes-h
63 days 2 seedfinder, alchimia
60 days 1 seedfinder
60 to 65 days 1 seedfinder
49 days 1 runner:brain-data-staging-book-grow-guide-corpus-tier-b-cervantes-h
58 to 62 days 1 runner:brain-data-staging-book-grow-guide-corpus-tier-b-cervantes-h
64 days 1 cannaconnection
65 to 70 days 1 runner:brain-data-staging-book-grow-guide-corpus-tier-b-cervantes-h
LINEAGE

Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.

Parent Sources Who States It
Ak 47 1 strain_fact:alchimia,master,seedfinder
Northern Light 1 seedfinder
Northern Lights 1 strain_fact:alchimia,master
Skunk 1 seedfinder
Skunk 1 1 strain_fact:alchimia,master

63 descendants through recorded links, including Cbd Chronic Seeds, Chronic Lights Seeds, Chronic Thunder Seeds, Fruity Chronic Juice Seeds, Auto King Kong Dr Underground Feminized, Anubis, Auto Chronical, Bc Chronic.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS

Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.

Year Competition Category Place Checked
2015 Dab-a-Doo Non-Solvent (Solventless) 3rd verified
2004 Highlife Cup Barcelona (Highlife BCN) Hydro Cup 1st unverified
2004 Highlife Cup Barcelona (Highlife BCN) Hydro Cup 2nd unverified

Award claims checked 0 confirmed  ·  12 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.

Claim Year Source Verdict
Cannabis Cup not stated alchimia event_ambiguous
1994 High Times Cannabis Cup, improved in 2000. Among all cannabis seeds we sell, this 1994 alchimia not_in_results
third place | Cannabis Cup | Cannabis Cup | 1994 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
3rd place in the 1994 High Times Cannabis Cup in the hydro division 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
3rd | 3rd place in the hydro division | High Times Cannabis Cup | 1994 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
3rd | 3rd place in the High Times Cannabis Cup in the hydro division | High Times Cannabis Cup | 1994 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-cannabis- unchecked
third place | Cannabis Cup | High Times Cannabis Cup | 1994 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time unchecked
3rd place in the 1994 High Times Cannabis Cup in the hydro division | 1994 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time unchecked
3rd | 3rd place in the High Times Cannabis Cup in the hydro division | High Times Cannabis Cup | 1994 1994 runner:brain-data-staging-book-high-time unchecked
Winner of several awards at various European cannabican festivals not stated alchimia unchecked
Winner of several awards at various European cannabican festivals not stated master unchecked
Multiple Cup Winner not stated herbies unchecked
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT

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

Chronic strain picture, credit seedsmanlive.gumlet.io

credit: seedsmanlive.gumlet.io · shown with credit, copyright unverified

Chronic strain picture, credit cannaconnection.com

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

Chronic 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: chronic, serious-seeds/chronic, apeorigin/chronic, bulk-seeds/chronic, fatbush-seeds/chronic, 018NY6XC00VT6KNX0D892BWD34

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

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