Critical Kush
Indica
Critical+ (S1) × 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
- Critical+ (S1) × Og Kush
- Flowering
- 56–70 d
- THC Range
- 16% – 29%
- CBD Range
- 2% – 2.1%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Myrcene, Terpinolene, Pinene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Calm
Reported
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
- Sedated
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC16% – 29%
- CBDa0.1%
- CBD2% – 2.1%
- CBC0.1%
- CBG0.16% – 1.02%
- CBGa1%
- CBN0.07% – 0.18%
- Delta-8-THC0.1%
- THCV0.37% – 1.45%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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MyrceneHerbal, EarthyHigh- TerpinoleneHigh
PinenePine, FreshLower
CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyLower- LimoneneLower
Flavor & Aroma
Flavor
Earthy, Lemon, Piney, Robust, Spicy
Aroma
Earthy, Herbal, Pungent, Spicy, Woody
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 2PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 3InsomniaReported as a reason for use.—
- 4AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
- 5MigrainesReported 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
Critical+ (S1)’s parents not recorded
Og Kush’s parents
Critical+ (S1)
Type not recorded
Parent Strain
Og Kush
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Critical Kush
Indica
Origin
Critical Kush is Critical Mass crossed with OG Kush, bred by Barney's Farm in Amsterdam. Critical Mass, an Afghani-descended strain, brings the yield and the heavy body; OG Kush brings the pungent fuel and the head. It has two descendants on file. The OG side is what gives a heavy yielder its sharper, more mental edge.
3 lineage claim sets recorded. The one shown is attributed to Fatbush Seeds; the others are in the tabs above, each with its own source.
Bred from Critical Kush (2)
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- Late September / Early October
- Height
- 0.7 m
- Yield
- 600-900 g/plant
Indoor
- Harvest
- 55–60 d
- Height
- 0.7 m
- Yield
- 500 g/m2
- Flowering
- 56–70 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Critical Kush is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect 0.7 m height with a 500 g/m2 yield with in about 55–60 d. Outdoors, harvest around Late September / Early October.
Cultivation Notes
Critical Kush yields around 500 grams a square meter indoors and 600 to 900 a plant outdoors, finishing in about eight weeks indoors or late September to early October outside. It grows to a medium height with a good flower-to-leaf ratio. Climate is not recorded. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Night
Occasions:
after a stressful day
About
Critical Kush is a Barney's Farm indica with a soothing head and a heavy body.
It crosses Critical Mass with OG Kush, and lab tests run consistently high, often in the mid twenties. The high starts mental and calming, then sinks into the body. Reviewers also flag an anxious streak.
Watch the anxious edge.
What to Expect
Critical Kush opens with a soothing mental lift and then a full-body relaxation. Leafly's reviewers describe calm as the dominant note, well ahead of a euphoric lift, and sources split on whether it is gently relaxing or heavily sedating. The head comes first, the body second.
The reading to watch is an anxious, scared quality that the deeper data pushes high, above the sedation note. Keep the dose moderate, especially early. This is a night strain.
Flavor and Aroma
Critical Kush is a pungent, earthy smell with woody and herbal notes and a spicy edge. The flavor adds lemon and pine to the earth, described by some as robust. It is a heavy, savory Kush profile.
Terpenes Explained
Critical Kush's measured panel leads with Myrcene above half a percent, with an unusually high Terpinolene reading close behind and Pinene third.
That much Terpinolene is uncommon and fits the sharp, piney-lemon top note over the earthy base. A jar with a genuinely bright edge to the pungency is the well-grown one.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Critical Kush THC is reported from about 16 to 29 percent, a wide band, with the lab-measured sample near 24, so it tests strong. Menu averages run lower, in the mid to high teens. CBD can reach two percent.
Critical Kush tests in the mid twenties despite lower menu averages, so treat it as a strong indica and dose accordingly.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2021 Connoisseur Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2017 The Karma Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2015 Spannabis Cannabis Champions Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Kush”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 3 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Critical 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 — 6 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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