Colorado Bubba
Hybrid
nl 5 × Og Kush
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Hybrid
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- nl 5 × Og Kush
- Flowering
- 51–65 d
- THC Range
- 20% – 27%
- CBD Range
- 0.27%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Caryophyllene, Humulene, Linalool
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Focused
Reported
Happy
Reported
Sleepy
Reported
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Sleepy
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC20% – 27%
- CBD0.27%
- CBG1%
- CBN0.02%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyReported
HumuleneWoody, HoppyReported
LinaloolFloral, LavenderReported- OcimeneReported
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1StressReported as a reason for use.—
- 2DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 3PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 4Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—
- 5EpilepsyReported 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
nl 5’s parents not recorded
Og Kush’s parents
nl 5
Type not recorded
Parent Strain
Og Kush
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Colorado Bubba
Hybrid
Origin
Colorado Bubba is a 1992 OG cut crossed with Northern Lights number five, from Vault Genetics. The OG side brings the piney, chemical sharpness; Northern Lights the density, the resin and most of the sedation. The 2014 Best Indica win is what took a small Colorado breeder's strain to international shelves.
Bred from Colorado Bubba (1)
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- October
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- Moderate
Indoor
- Harvest
- 8–10 wk
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- Moderate
- Flowering
- 51–65 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Colorado Bubba is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a moderate yield with in about 8–10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around October.
Cultivation Notes
Grow data for Colorado Bubba is limited to an October outdoor harvest and standard disease resistance. Its OG and Northern Lights parentage points to a compact, dense, resin-heavy plant. Height, yield and flowering time are not recorded. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Night
Occasions:
- at night
About
Colorado Bubba won Best Indica at a 2014 Amsterdam Cup, and the review data mostly backs it up.
Vault Genetics crossed a 1992 OG cut with Northern Lights number five. The result is a heavy, sleepy indica, and while a Cup win is one room on one day, this one has held its reputation since.
What to Expect
Colorado Bubba is a quiet, sinking indica. Leafly's breakdown leads with relaxed at 75 percent, then happy at 62 and sleepy at 50, from a solid sample, with the relevance data putting deep relaxation almost off the top. There is a brief focused window before it settles.
Dry mouth is common near 37 percent, with an anxious note for about one in eight. Sources are firm that it is not a strain for newer smokers.
Flavor and Aroma
Colorado Bubba is sweet and earthy with a fruity note and a distinct lavender edge, turning nutty and piney with a chemical sharpness on the taste. Smell and flavor pull in slightly different directions. The lavender is the memorable part of the nose.
Terpenes Explained
Colorado Bubba has no terpene panel in our data, only four names without amounts. Nothing here is measured.
The lavender note often points to Linalool, along with lighter compounds a standard panel misses, though none of that is confirmed here. Smell a batch for that floral quality over the nutty, chemical base.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Colorado Bubba THC is reported around 21 to 23 percent, a strong range, consistent across sources. CBD is negligible. Our wider band runs noisy, but the low twenties is the reliable figure.
Colorado Bubba earns its Best Indica win by being genuinely strong and sedating, so treat it as a night strain, not an evening one.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2014 High Times Cannabis Cup — entry recorded as “Colorado Bubba”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 1 unresolved entry shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Colorado Bubba 0
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Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 2 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
SeedFinder.eu strain database (third-party scrape)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 1 source record.
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