Bubba Kush
Indica
Og Kush
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Indica
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Og Kush
- Flowering
- 49–63 d
- THC Range
- 14% – 24%
- CBD Range
- up to 0.33%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Caryophyllene, Myrcene, Limonene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Happy
Reported
Hungry
Reported
Sleepy
Reported
- Dizzy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Headache
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC14% – 24%
- CBDup to 0.33%
- CBG0.6%
- CBN0.06%
- THCV0.44% – 1.56%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyHigh
MyrceneHerbal, EarthyModerate- LimoneneModerate
LinaloolFloral, LavenderModerate
HumuleneWoody, HoppyModerate
Flavor & Aroma
Flavor
Chocolate, Coffee, Earthy, Pungent, Sweet
Aroma
Citrus, Coffee, Diesel, Earthy, Spicy
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 2InsomniaReported as a reason for use.—
- 3AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
- 4Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—
- 5NauseaReported as a reason for use.—
Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.
View all reported usesGenetics & Origin
Og Kush’s parents
Og Kush
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Bubba Kush
Indica
Origin
Bubba Kush's origin is undocumented and its founding mother plant is gone. The most detailed account, from the original Los Angeles breeder, is an OG Kush plant crossed with an unnamed Northern Lights phenotype carried back from New Orleans around 1996; other sources propose Bubble Gum crossed with a Kush, or an Afghani parent instead of Northern Lights. It was clone-only until the late 1990s and has since been seeded and widely bred. Our records link 53 descendant strains, which makes it one of the more influential indicas of its era regardless of the gaps in its paperwork.
Dr. Greenthumb's record agrees with 8 other breeders: Breeder Choice Organisation, Canuk Seeds, Dinafem, Dr. Blaze, Humboldt Seed Organisation, Katsu Seeds and 2 more.
3 lineage claim sets recorded. The one shown is attributed to Dr. Greenthumb; the others are in the tabs above, each with its own source.
Bred from Bubba Kush (71)
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The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- End of October
- Height
- 1.4 m
- Yield
- 25oz/ plant
Indoor
- Harvest
- 8–9 wk
- Height
- 1.4 m
- Yield
- 18oz/ m2
- Flowering
- 49–63 d
- Resistance
- highly resistance to insects and diseases
The difficulty to grow Bubba Kush is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect 1.4 m height with a 18oz/ m2 yield with in about 8–9 wk. Outdoors, harvest around End of October.
Cultivation Notes
Bubba Kush is a moderate grow and a manageable one. It stays short and stocky, around 1.4 meters, finishes in about eight to nine weeks and shrugs off most pests and molds. It yields around 18 ounces per square meter indoors and more outdoors. The dense buds still need good airflow, and the short structure suits sea-of-green setups. Grower and breeder figures.
When To Try It
Best:
Night
Occasions:
- at night
About
Bubba Kush does not smell like most of the shelf: coffee, cocoa and dark earth, closer to a hash bar than a candy store. Its origin is genuinely lost. The Los Angeles breeder's account is an OG Kush plant crossed with an unnamed Northern Lights phenotype brought back from New Orleans by a grower known as Bubba, and that mother plant no longer exists.
With the source gone, the interesting question is what the name has reliably carried forward. The answer, across more than two decades, has been very consistent.
What to Expect
Bubba Kush is a body strain, and a dependable one. Across roughly 6,100 Leafly reviews, relaxed leads at 62 percent, then sleepy and happy at 49, with euphoria and hunger behind. Reviewers describe a slow-building, muscle-loosening heaviness, often called a full-body melt, with a calm rather than racy head. It heads toward sleep without rushing there.
It suits the end of a physical day, the run-up to bed, an evening with nothing that needs doing. It is a poor fit for daytime, for focus or for anyone wanting a heady or energetic experience. Dry mouth is common, at about a third of reviews, with dry eyes behind it and dizziness or a paranoid edge for a smaller share. Keep the dose modest if the plan is to stay awake.
Flavor and Aroma
Bubba Kush is coffee and cocoa over a heavy, hashy earthiness, with a spicy, faintly diesel edge and a hint of pine. Some describe roasted nuts. It is a rich, low, savory smell rather than a bright one. The smoke carries the coffee and a lingering sweetness, and the exhale is earthy.
Terpenes Explained
Bubba Kush's measured panel puts Caryophyllene on top, with Myrcene, Limonene, Linalool and Humulene fairly close behind and a real amount of Bisabolol. It is an even, rounded profile with no single spike, which fits the warm, earthy, slightly spicy smell.
Caryophyllene is the peppery, clove-like note and also the one terpene known to act on the body's CB2 receptors, which is at least consistent with how physical this strain feels, though the effect is never one compound acting alone. The coffee-and-cocoa impression itself sits mostly outside the standard panel, in roasted and earthy compounds a terpene reading does not measure.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Bubba Kush THC runs from about 14 to 24 percent in our records, with a lab-measured sample near 17. That is low to moderate by current standards, and one older source claiming 27 percent is well outside everything else we have. CBD is a trace.
The modest number is worth holding onto, because the body effect is much bigger than it. This is a case where a mid-teens batch will still put you firmly on the couch, so dose for the effect rather than the percentage.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2019 Expogrow Cup — entry recorded as “Bubba Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2016 Canadian Cannabis Awards — entry recorded as “Bubba Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2015 Copa Cannabis Uruguay — entry recorded as “Bubba Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2013 Ic 420 Growers Cup — entry recorded as “Bubba Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2008 Ic 420 Growers Cup — entry recorded as “Bubba Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 5 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Bubba Kush 0
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How we verify businessesExperience Evidence & Sources
Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.
Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 9 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
One recorded conflict
3 lineage claim sets disagree. All are retained with their sources; none is presented as settled.
Source summaries only. Evidence bodies are not published on this page.
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