Bubba Kush Strain: Origins, Flavour and Reported Effects

Leafly lists Bubba Kush, also known as BK, Bubba and Bubba OG Kush, as an indica, and says its stocky plants and bulky buds suggest Afghani descent even though its genetic origins are not certain. AllBud calls it an indica-dominant hybrid, about 80% indica and 20% sativa, thought to be an Afghani x OG Kush cross, and Weedmaps names OG Kush and Afghani as its parents.

The origin stories differ. Leafly says the breeder it is named after describes an OG Kush pollinating an unknown indica from New Orleans, supposedly a Northern Lights, just after 1996, before the strain moved to Florida and became a classic. Weedmaps ties it to breeder Matt Berger, known as Bubba, and the 1990s, when a plant known as Bubba met the Florida Kush cut linked to early OG Kush.

Leafly describes bulky buds in colours from forest green to pale purple, and AllBud describes oversized, airy, heart-shaped dark olive buds with long orange hairs and a coat of white trichomes.

Leafly describes sweet hashish flavours with subtle chocolate and coffee notes on the exhale, and its reviewers' top flavours are coffee, earthy and pungent. AllBud lists chocolate, coffee, hash, spicy and sweet flavours over an earthy hash and mocha aroma, while Weedmaps users mostly report earthy, woody and spicy or herbal notes.

Leafly's lab data lists caryophyllene as the dominant terpene, followed by limonene and myrcene; the cannabis terpenes guide explains what these compounds are.

Leafly rates the effects as mostly calming. Its reviewers most often report feeling sleepy, relaxed and hungry, and the negatives they mention most are dry mouth, dry eyes and dizziness. Leafly's own description talks about heavy relaxation with a dreamy euphoria, and reviewers often call it a night-time smoke, with one warning that it is not a beginner strain.

AllBud describes a gentler start: a lift in mood that can leave people unfocused and a little sleepy, with a calm body high alongside it that lasts for hours. It lists calming, euphoric, happy, relaxing and uplifting effects.

Effects vary from person to person. Health Canada advises starting low and going slow, and its lower-risk guidelines say not to drive for at least 6 hours after using cannabis.

Leafly lists 17% THC and 0% CBD and calls Bubba Kush higher in THC than average, while AllBud gives an average range of 14% to 25% THC. Those figures vary with the grower and the batch, so go by the lab result on the label.

These strains, each with its own profile, are the ones the sources tie to Bubba Kush:

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