CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · GARY PAYTON
Gary Payton
5 independent sources put THC at 25%; 967 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14.699 to 25%; 5 recorded parents; 189 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Cowboy Cup Cannabis Championship, Dab Rite Cup (Dab Rite Invitational) and Leafly Strain of the Year, and 1 more.
● frozen 2026-09-14 · API 0.7.0-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 3 independent sources
● type: hybrid
25%
THC, most-agreed claim
5 independent sources
14.699–25%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 967 samples
5
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
189
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
1/9
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 25% | 5 | allbud, cannaconnection, cannlytics_expand, cannabis_intelligence, master, bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 20% | 4 | cannlytics_expand, cannabis_intelligence, bank_blim-burn-seeds, cannlytics_lab |
| 19% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, cannlytics_lab |
| 20.9% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150 |
| 22% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, leafly_flat, leafly_flat_enrich |
| 22.4% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150 |
| 24% | 2 | cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150 |
| 25 to 30% | 2 | alchimia, allbud |
| 0.09% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
| 0.1% | 1 | cannlytics_expand |
2 more THC claims are on the live card.
Lab range 14.699 to 25% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 967 flower lab samples (median 20.47). CBD 0 to 0.085% over 375 samples. It is a band, not an average, and it is shown only because there are three or more samples.
top terpenes by stated value: pinene, caryophyllene, limonene, alpha humulene, alpha bisabolol, beta myrcene, linalool, trans nerolidol
795 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 83 non flower, 65 quality flagged, 1 pct outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 180 cm | 4 | alchimia, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, alchimia, cannaconnection |
| 63 to 70 days | 3 | cannaconnection, alchimia, master, seedfinder |
| 70 to 98 days | 3 | alchimia, truenorth, seedfinder, master |
| 63 to 77 days | 2 | alchimia, seedfinder |
| 53 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 63 days | 1 | alchimia |
| 65 to 70 days | 1 | bank_freedom_seeds |
| 67 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 70 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Girl Scout Cookies | 1 | seedfinder |
| snowman | 1 | seedfinder |
| Y Griega | 1 | seedfinder |
| The Y | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia |
| Cherry Pie low confidence | 1 | strain_fact:allbud|split_of:Snowman X Cherry Pie X Girl Scout Cookies |
189 descendants through recorded links, including 3 Point Kush, Apple Gary, Asylum, Ballerz, Banana Butter, Barry Payton, Beaver Cookies, Beeball. 5 sub-varieties and 0 phenotypes or cuts are linked to this cultivar.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dab Rite Cup (Dab Rite Invitational) | Region 6: Southern California - Regional winner | 1 | unverified |
| 2025 | THC Classic (Rooster Magazine) | Hybrid | 3 | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | 1 | unverified |
| 2024 | Pakalolo Cup (Hawaii Islands Cannabis Cup) | Indoor Flower | 2 | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | Best Appearance | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | Best Flavor | unverified |
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Home Grow Rosin | Best Aroma | unverified |
| 2022 | Cowboy Cup Cannabis Championship | BEST OF TERPENE INDOOR FLOWER | winner | verified |
| 2022 | Leafly Strain of the Year | Leafly Strain of the Year | runner-up | unverified |
Award claims checked
2 confirmed · 1 not in results · 9 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as wins on the live card; every other verdict is shown in words beside the claim.
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
17 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: 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 shown only from 3 samples. Nothing is averaged across sources.
Aliases on record: GaryPayton, barneys-farm/gary-payton, blim-burn-seeds/gary-payton, cannabis-seeds-usa/gary-payton, gary payton barneys farm, gary payton feminized, gary payton feminized seeds bulk seeds, gary payton feminized seeds canuk seeds, gary payton feminized seeds the bulldog seeds, gary-payton, unknown-or-legendary/gary-payton. First listed by Lit Farms. Observations on record: 23. Science links: 597.
dossier gary-payton · frozen 2026-09-14 · citation score 107 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project