CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · KUSH

Kush

2 independent sources put THC at 17.2%; 125 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 12.4 to 23.8%; 4 recorded parents; 105 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Nevada Cannabis Awards Music Festival (Las Vegas Cannabis Awards; Nevada CAMF) and Spannabis Champions Cup.

Kush is a hybrid cannabis strain bred by The Bulldog Seeds. Lab tests put its THC between 12.4 and 23.8% (the middle 80% of 125 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are alpha-Pinene, beta-Caryophyllene, alpha-Humulene. Recorded parents: Hindu Kush × Purple Kush × Purple Thai × Sour Diesel. Stated flowering time 70 days. 2 cup placings on record, 2 verified against published results.

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

●   evidence bar: thc 2 independent sources

●   type: hybrid

17.2%
THC, most-agreed claim
2 independent sources

12.4–23.8%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 125 samples

4
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed

105
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links

2/2
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results

3
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
17.2% 2 or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich
1.2% 1 steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252
0.7% 1 steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252
0.8% 1 steep_hill_chemotypes_zenodo_3986252
8.1% 1 replication_data
9.1% 1 replication_data
9.8% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
9.9% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
11.3% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
11.4% 1 replication_data
11.5% 1 maxvalue_terpenes_csv
11.8% 1 replication_data

Lab range 12.4 to 23.8% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 125 flower lab samples, median 18.3%; CBD 0 to 0.4% over 97 samples.

top terpenes by stated value: alpha-Pinene, beta-Caryophyllene, alpha-Humulene, beta-Myrcene, Terpinolene, delta-Limonene

225 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 45 non flower, 31 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.

GROW CLAIMS

Height and flowering, as stated.

No height claims on record.

Flowering Independent sources Who states it
70 days 1 seedfinder
LINEAGE

Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.

Parent Sources Who states it
Hindu Kush 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Purple Kush 1 strain_fact:allbud,master
Purple Thai 1 strain_fact:seedfinder
Sour Diesel 1 strain_fact:allbud,master

105 descendants through recorded links, including Gnasha Seeds, Ice Kush Seeds, Master Kush Seeds Humboldt Seeds Organization, O Z Kush Seeds, Shiva Shanti Ii Seeds, Pure Kush, Abacus, Afghan Kush.

COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS

Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.

Year Competition Category Place Checked
2021 Nevada Cannabis Awards Music Festival (Las Vegas Cannabis Awards; Nevada CAMF) Indica Vape 2nd Place verified
2020 Spannabis Champions Cup Indica Category 3rd verified

No seed-bank award claims on record.

PICTURES, WITH CREDIT

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

Kush strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified

Kush strain picture, credit cannabischampionscup.com

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

Kush strain picture, credit by3301files.storage.live.com

credit: by3301files.storage.live.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: Kush, carpathians-seeds/kush, unknown-or-legendary/kush, 018NY6XC00VTK0GRP6DXG7XKE0

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

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