CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · HINDU KUSH

Hindu Kush

5 independent sources put THC at 20%; 688 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14.9 to 24.1%; 13 recorded parents; 355 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards, The Emerald Cup and 420 Magazine Nug of the Year.

Hindu Kush is a indica cannabis strain bred by Serious Seeds. Lab tests put its THC between 14.9 and 24.1% (the middle 80% of 688 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are limonene, caryophyllene, pinene. Recorded parents: Afghan × China × Hindu Kush Bx × Hindu Kush Indica × Hindu Kush Pakistan × Indien × Nl 2 × Hindu Kush Landrace × Hindu Kush, Indien × Landrace From Hindu Kush × Pakistán × Brought To The Netherlands × Centuries Of Selection Done By The Locals. Stated flowering time 49 to 63 days. 7 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.

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

●   evidence bar: thc 5 independent sources

●   type: indica

20%
THC, most-agreed claim
5 independent sources

14.9–24.1%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 688 samples

13
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed

355
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links

1/7
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results

22
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
22% 5 cannareviews, or_prr00150, allbud, replication_data, cannabis_intelligence
20% 5 hytiva, or_prr00150, cannabis_intelligence, seedfinder, cannaconnection, master
21.5% 3 or_prr00150, replication_data, wa_wslcb_leaf_new
18% 2 or_prr00150, medical_effects
16.2% 2 or_prr00150, replication_data
16.5% 2 or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich
16.9% 2 replication_data, smith_phytochem_sample
17% 2 cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150
17.5% 2 or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich
17.5% 2 replication_data, smith_phytochem_sample
18.1% 2 cannlytics_expand, replication_data
18.2% 2 cannlytics_expand, replication_data

Lab range 14.9 to 24.1% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 688 flower lab samples, median 19.3%; CBD 0 to 0.2% over 366 samples.

top terpenes by stated value: limonene, caryophyllene, pinene, camphene, terpinolene, caryophyllene oxide

1,719 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 355 non flower, 257 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.

GROW CLAIMS

Height and flowering, as stated.

Height Independent sources Who states it
150 cm 4 alchimia, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder
80 to 120 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
122 cm 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
115 to 130 cm 1 seedfinder
90 to 120 cm 1 seedfinder
122 cm 1 seedfinder
152 cm 1 seedfinder
150 cm 1 cannabis_intelligence
Flowering Independent sources Who states it
49 to 63 days 3 seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder
56 to 63 days 3 seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder
63 days 2 seedfinder, alchimia
45 to 50 days 2 alchimia, seedfinder
56 to 77 days 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
83 days 2 seedcity, seedcity_local
56 days 1 seedfinder
53 days 1 seedfinder
55 days 1 seedfinder
55 to 65 days 1 alchimia, master
48 days 1 seedfinder
49 to 56 days 1 seedfinder
LINEAGE

Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.

Parent Sources Who states it
Afghan 1 strain_fact:alchimia
China 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Hindu Kush Bx 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Hindu Kush Indica 1 seedfinder
Hindu Kush Pakistan 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Indien 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Nl 2 1 seedfinder:parents
Hindu Kush Landrace 1 seedfinder
Hindu Kush, Indien 1 seedfinder
Landrace From Hindu Kush 1 cannaconnection
Pakistán 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Brought To The Netherlands 1 strain_fact:alchimia
Centuries Of Selection Done By The Locals 1 strain_fact:seedfinder

355 descendants through recorded links, including Auto Kush Seeds Female Seeds, Auto Yeti Seeds, Black Gold Auto Seeds, Flying Dragon Seeds, Hindu Cream Seeds, Money Maker Seeds, Narco Purps Auto Seeds, Og Kush Seeds.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS

Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.

Year Competition Category Place Checked
2022 420 Magazine Nug of the Year Nug of the Year winner unverified
2017 Terpestival (Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy) Concentrate (solventless/extract) – Limonene winner unverified
2017 Terpestival (Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy) Concentrate (solventless/extract) – Limonene finalist unverified
2017 Terpestival (Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy) Concentrate (solventless/extract) – Linalool winner unverified
2017 Terpestival (Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy) Concentrate (solventless/extract) – Linalool finalist unverified
2015 Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards BRITISH COLUMBIA DISPENSARIES CATEGORY / BEST INDICA FLOWER 2nd verified
2004 The Emerald Cup Cup (flower) 1st unverified

Award claims checked 0 confirmed  ·  1 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.

Claim Year Source Verdict
HIGH TIMES Top 10 Strain | 2007 2007 archive.org unchecked
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT

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

Hindu Kush strain picture, credit cannaconnection.com

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

Hindu Kush strain picture, credit alchimiaweb.com

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

Hindu Kush strain picture, credit allbud.s3.amazonaws.com

credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.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: hindu-kush, barneys-farm/hindu-kush, sensi-seeds/hindu-kush, afghan-selection/hindu-kush, anesia-seeds/hindu-kush, christiania-seedbank/hindu-kush, divine-seeds/hindu-kush, dr-blaze/hindu-kush, dr-hemps-seeds/hindu-kush, hemcy-genetics/hindu-kush, indian-landrace-exchange/hindu-kush, kiwiseeds/hindu-kush, nirvana-seeds/hindu-kush, positronics/hindu-kush, seedsman/hindu-kush, turn-it-up-genetics/hindu-kush, zamnesia/hindu-kush, hindu kush feminized seeds bulk seeds, hindu kush feminized seeds canuk seeds, hindu kush feminized seeds sensi seeds

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

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