Critical Mass
Hybrid
Afghanistan × Skunk 1
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
- Afghanistan × Skunk 1
- Flowering
- 56–63 d
- THC Range
- 10.4% – 22%
- CBD Range
- 5% – 5.7%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Caryophyllene, Myrcene, Humulene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Happy
Reported
Sleepy
Reported
Uplifted
Reported
- Dizzy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC10.4% – 22%
- CBD5% – 5.7%
- CBG0.81% – 1%
- CBN0.05% – 0.24%
- THCV0.25% – 1.2%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyHigh
MyrceneHerbal, EarthyHigh
HumuleneWoody, HoppyModerate
PinenePine, FreshModerate
Flavor & Aroma
Flavor
Citrus, Earthy, Pungent, Skunky, Sweet
Aroma
Earthy, Pungent, Sweet
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.—
- 3AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
- 4Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—
- 5InflammationReported 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
Afghanistan’s parents not recorded
Skunk 1’s parents
Afghanistan
Type not recorded
Parent Strain
Skunk 1
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Critical Mass
Hybrid
Origin
Critical Mass is a selected, stabilized version of Big Bud, which itself came from Afghani crossed with Skunk Number 1. It was bred down for even bigger yields and a heavy indica effect. It has eight descendants on file and is a common breeding parent. Its value is the yield it passes on, more than anything about the smoke.
Advanced Seeds's record agrees with 8 other breeders: Aficionado Seed Bank, Amsterdam Genetics, Bulk Seed Bank, Hempire Seeds co., Linda Seeds, Quebec Cannabis Seeds and 2 more.
2 lineage claim sets recorded. The one shown is attributed to Advanced Seeds; the others are in the tabs above, each with its own source.
Bred from Critical Mass (13)
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The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Mediterranean
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Easy
Outdoor
- Harvest
- September
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- 500-600g/plant
Indoor
- Harvest
- 6–8 wk
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- 650-750g/m
- Flowering
- 56–63 d
- Resistance
- prone to mold, ventilate and keep dry
The difficulty to grow Critical Mass is known for being easy. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a 650-750g/m yield with in about 6–8 wk. Outdoors, harvest around September.
Cultivation Notes
Critical Mass yields 650 to 750 grams a square meter indoors and 500 to 600 a plant outdoors, ready in September. The buds are dense enough to snap branches, so plants need support, and it is prone to mold in humid conditions. Height is not recorded. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Night
Occasions:
- at night
About
Critical Mass grows buds so heavy they snap their own branches.
It comes from Big Bud, itself an Afghani and Skunk cross, selected hard for yield. THC sits around 20 percent, sometimes with a notable CBD reading, and the effect is a heavy, sedating body high. It is a grower's strain first.
Yield is the whole point.
What to Expect
Critical Mass is a heavy, sedating body high best kept for the evening. Leafly's reviewers lead with relaxed at 69 percent of a solid sample, with happiness and a euphoric lift behind it and sleepiness at 36. Several sources describe a clearing of the mind before the body sinks.
Dry mouth leads the negatives at 30 percent, with dry eyes at 17 and the sharper notes low. A moderate dose is enough given how sedating it gets. It is a nighttime strain.
Flavor and Aroma
Critical Mass is a pungent, sweet, earthy smell, strong on the plant and milder once smoked. The flavor runs sweet and piney with a citrus and skunk edge over earth. It is a classic skunk-and-Kush profile.
Terpenes Explained
Critical Mass has only a token terpene reading in our data, with Humulene, Myrcene, Caryophyllene and Pinene all logged at trace levels and Limonene unmeasured.
Those numbers are too low to be a real profile, so the pungent, sweet smell has to be judged by nose. A jar with a strong sweet-skunk aroma, mild once ground, is true to type.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Critical Mass THC is reported from about 19 to 22 percent, solid, with no clean lab sample in our data. Some readings show a CBD level as high as five percent, though most are lower. Expect a strong indica.
Critical Mass tests around 20 percent THC, sometimes with real CBD, so it can hit a little rounder than a pure THC strain.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2020 Errl Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2019 Errl Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2018 Dope Cup Oregon — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2017 Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2017 Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2016 Dope Cup Oregon — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2009 Spannabis Cannabis Champions Cup — entry recorded as “Critical Mass”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 7 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Critical Mass 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 — 7 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
One recorded conflict
2 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.
Methodology and sourcesReader Reviews 0
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