Cannabis cups & awards
The New York based monthly magazine High Times has been, since its beginnings in 1974, highly influential in the marijuana using counter-culture right across the world. A long-standing advocate of the legalisation of marijuana and a vocal proponent of its medical benefits, High Times hosts a range of cannabis cups & awards in the United States and The Netherlands. Beginning in 2010, the Medical Cannabis Cup Events are a series of two day EXPOs/trade shows with vendor booths, informational seminars and live music and is designed as a celebration of America's medical marijuana movement, as well as an attempt to raise awareness of the issue. Recent years have seen cannabis cups & awards taking place in San Francisco, California and Denver, Colorado with further cannabis cups scheduled to take place in Clio, Michigan, Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles. While no marijuana is sold or distributed at the events, a medicating (smoking) area is provided for those carrying valid medical cards.
High Times Cannabis Cup
The granddaddy of all cannabis cups & awards is the annual High Times Cannabis Cup. Founded back in 1987 and held in Amsterdam every November (to coincide with Thanksgiving), the Cannabis Cup is a five-day celebration of all things marijuana. Each year, a team of judges samples and selects the winners in the following categories; best new product, best grass, best hash, best booth and best Nederhash. Heralded as an opportunity for marijuana aficionados to experience and enjoy cannabis openly and freely, the High Times Cannabis Cup has becomes a kind of annual mecca for the greener side of the counter-culture. Tickets for the Medical Cannabis Cup events and the main High Times Cannabis Cup can be booked online. Everyone is welcome at this truly unique event. Book early to not miss your place!
Cannabis Cup award winners at SeedSpotter
Cannabis Cup Winners
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Flower Bomb Kush
The Flower Bomb Kush Feminized is an inspiring winner of the High Times 2012 Cannabis Cup.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Average
- Yield: Large
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Shiva Skunk
As the most powerful of the Skunk family and thus among the most potent Indica-dominant strains ever made available, Shiva Skunk is named in honour of the Lord of the Dance.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Short
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Shiva Skunk Feminized
The most powerful member of the Skunk family and one of the most potent Indica dominant strains available, this very special hybrid is named in honour of the Hindu god Shiva, the Lord of Bhang.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Short
- Yield: Large
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Super Lemon Haze
Super Lemon Haze is medicinally effective in pain therapy and appetite stimulation.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Mako Haze
Mako Haze produces large yields with strong THC levels, giving good medicinal benefits for pain relief and easing depression & stress.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Yield: Large
- THC percentage: 15% - 20%
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Tangie
Tangie feminized is a newly created version of the popular 'Tangerine Dream' strain from the mid-nineties.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
- Awards: Cannabis Cup Winner
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Chronic
The fabulous and potent huge harvests that can be achieved from Chronic mean that very few people ever regret deciding to buy these seeds.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Average
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Super Skunk Feminized
Super Skunk feminized is very easy to grow and yields have great potential for cannabis growers.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Mexican Haze
Mexican Haze will gain a lot of height during the flowering period and growth pattern is classic Sativa, tall and slender with a longer flowering period than most strains.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Experienced
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Cheese Feminized
When a group of squatters in the UK, grew a pack of Skunk #1 seeds, soon they realised that one of them was very different to the rest. This was the original Cheese.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Short
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BlueBerry
This award-winning strain from the Pacific Northwest famous for her aroma and blueberry taste has become a legend amongst cannabis connoisseurs.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
- Yield: Large
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Master Kush Feminized
The popularity of this super sticky, compact cannabis type has been such that breeding a feminized version was an obvious next step.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Short
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Northern Lights
Northern Lights is compact, fast and very dense, For many years Northern Lights dominated various harvest festivals, winning cup after cup, Easy cultivation combined with big yields make Northern Lights a perfect choice.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Yield: Large
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Haze
Haze has fluffy buds and a long flowering period. This cannabis strain is exceptionally suitable for medicinal applications.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Experienced
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Super Skunk
Super Skunk was released in 1990, and was the winner of the Indica Cannabis Cup straight away.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Short
- Yield: Large
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Mazar
Auto Mazar is a robust autoflowering strain that is easy to grow in soil, hydro culture or coco fibre.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Jack Flash
The Sativa dominant Jack Flash is astounding in every way. Growers with space for medium to large plants should select this phenotype as a motherplant to produce clones.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Flowering time: Short
- Yield: Large
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Moby Dick
Moby Dick can be grown indoors or outdoors but is not recommended for amateur growers. Keep the pH levels below 6.5 to achieve the best yield.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Short
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Early Skunk Feminized
Early Bird Skunk is selected from several generations of early flowering Skunk parents. Great for outdoor growing.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Amnesia Lemon
Amnesia Lemon delivers an uplifting high with a unique lemon flavor.- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
- Plant height: Average
- Flowering time: Short
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Opium Feminized
This bittersweet hybrid Opium, with high calyx to leaf ratio, can be grown as a Sea of Green, or multi-branch plant. Huge bracts pile up on each other, creating fine trichome colas – some of the biggest buds ever seen.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
- Awards: Cannabis Cup Winner
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Jamaican Pearl
Jamaican Pearl is a potent outdoor Sativa adapted for the European climate and will give a taste of the Caribbean to any garden!- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Chocolope Feminized
Chocolope originally named D-Line, is a mostly Sativa cannabis strain with a heavy yield and also very easy to grow.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Average
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Crystal Rain Feminized
Crystal Rain Feminized is the winner of the Dutch Highlife Cup in 2005 and is a plant with beautiful strong properties with both Indica and Sativa genetics. Crystal is a White Widow hybrid that has been re-back-crossed with Northern Light.- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
- Plant height: Tall plants
- Awards: Cannabis Cup Winner
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Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream Feminized is a very popular Sativa dominant hybrid seed strain, created by the Amsterdam based seedcompany Barney's Farm. Winner of the 2010 Cannabis Cup.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Climate: Indoor/Outdoor
- THC percentage: 20% - 30%
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Nebula
The Nebula lives up to its name because it will make you experience a head and body buzz that is intense and psychedelic.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Experienced
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Kuchi Feminized
Kuchi Feminized is a compact and small plant, ideal for SOG-cultivation in small spaces.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Average
- Climate: Indoor/Outdoor
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Chiesel
When conditions are optimal, Chiesel will produce a very rich yield. Expect a quite strong smell during growth.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Flowering time: Average
- Yield: Large
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Big Bud Feminized
This plant is almost a pure indica strain. The structure of the plant is compact and not very tall.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Average
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Master Kush
Master Kush is a plant back from the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, it is a compact Indica variety that grows well in any medium such as soil, hydro and coco.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Average
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Amnesia Feminized
Amnesia was basically developed by a Dutch grower, combining the famous Northern Lights and Haze and is one of the best selling Cannabis varieties in Dutch coffeeshops.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Experienced
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Ed Rosenthal Super Bud
The blend of tropical genes in Ed Rosenthal Super Bud representing Sativas from Africa, South East Asia, Central America and the Caribbean.- Flowering time: Average
- Yield: XL
- Climate: Indoor
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Delahaze Feminized
Delahaze is a superb variety. It is extremely potent, giving high yields and finishes early in approximately 9 weeks.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Flowering time: Average
- Yield: Large
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Mr. Nice G13 X Hash Plant
G13 x Hash Plant is the ultimate Indica strain, designed for smokers who enjoy testing their limits and growers who specialize in solid, heavy crops.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Short
- Yield: Large
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Vanilla Kush
Vanilla Kush feminized grows very well using the Sea of Green method and has THC levels that can reach 20%.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
- Awards: Cannabis Cup Winner
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White Haze
White Haze is a new variation on the classic Haze strain and was a winner of First Prize for Sativa in the 2002 Cannabis Cup.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Yield: Large
- Climate: Indoor
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Northern Lights #5 X Haze Feminized
From seed, feminized Northern Lights #5 x Haze produces huge female plants and is very easy to clone, producing crop after crop of strong cuttings.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Experienced
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Lavender
This exotic looking strain develops into some of the darkest purple coloration imaginable, with the leaves turning nearly to black at the ends.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
- Yield: Medium
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Cookies Kush
Cookies Kush feminized from Barney's Coffeeshop combines Girl Scout Cookies with OG Kush.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Short
- Yield: Large
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Ice
With its ancestry of Afghan, Shiva, Northern Light and a very special Skunk strain it's no wonder Ice won the 1998 Cannabis Cup.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Short
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Hash Plant
Hash Plant stays compact during her extra-short flowering time and give off a deep, rich Afghani aroma that’s undercut with a hint of hashish.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Short
- Yield: Large
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Crystal
Crystal is the winner of the Dutch Highlife Cup in 2002 and is a cannabis plant with beautiful strong properties with both Indica and Sativa genetics.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Average
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Big Bud
Big Bud has won multiple awards since its original release, and this Indica strain has been a favourite for people that wants to grow the maximum amount of buds possible per harvest.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Average
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AK-47
This High Life Cup Barcelona first prize winner is very popular among professional growers. AK-47 Feminized is easy to grow.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Average
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Neville's Haze
Neville's Haze won the first place in the seeds division of the 1998 High Times Cannabis Cup. This strain was made by combining a pure Haze to a NL5/Haze. It is a tall sativa plant with a THC content up to 21%.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Experienced
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Skunk #1
Skunk seeds are popular for easy cultivation, this strain is one of the fastest and easiest ways to produce high quality cannabis.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Average
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Jack Herer
Jack Herer has been a very popular cannabis seed strain among marijuana growers for several years now and it is a must-try for every serious cultivator.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Short
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Silver Fire Feminized
Silver Fire Feminized is an indica / sativa hybrid. Its genetic pool comprises our own Silver Haze, and the popular Fire OG.- Genetics: Hybrid
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
- Yield: Large
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White Widow
Since the original release back in the 90s, White Widow seeds have been spread all over, which has led to a variety of plants. Now almost every seed company will offer this legendary strain.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
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Super Skunk Automatic
As an auto-flowering cannabis strain, Super Skunk Automatic begins flowering at a predetermined time – usually around three to five weeks after seedlings emerge from the growing medium.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Jack Herer Feminized
Named after the famous Mr. Jack Herer, this strain has its origins in Haze, Northern Lights and Red Skunk.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
- Flowering time: Average
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Shiva Shanti
Shiva Shanti produces little odour when blooming. As a strain, she’s very dependable in flowering and matures quickly, producing a heavy yield.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Pineapple Chunk
The Pineapple Chunk strain is an unique Indica hybrid. Pineapple Chunk is a cross of Skunk and the original Cheese and was a High Times Cannabis Cup winner in 2009.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Early Skunk
Early Skunk is tough, fast and amazingly vibrant, able to produce lush, heavy harvests of dank, frosted bud in virtually any climate.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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Ice Cream Feminized
Ice Cream expresses a diversity of phenotypes, all of them producing a good, tasty smoke. The common theme is extreme rapid growth and vitality, with healthy large dark green leaves and profuse resin production.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
- Grow difficulty: Moderate
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Laughing Buddha
Laughing Buddha gives you an energetic high with a sweet and spicy aroma.- Genetics: Mostly Sativa
- Flowering time: Long flowering period
- Yield: Large
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Lemon Walker Feminized
Lemon Walker feminized was created from its multiple award-winning Lemon Skunk and Skywalker Kush parents.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Climate: Indoor/Outdoor
- Type of seeds: Feminized seeds
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Warlock
Warlock feminised is an Indica-dominant strain, bred from Afghani and Skunk parents by Magus Seeds.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Average
- Climate: Indoor/Outdoor
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Blue Cheese Feminized
Blue Cheese Feminized is a hybrid seed, created by crossing an original UK Cheese with 25% of selected Blueberry strains.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Flowering time: Average
- Climate: Indoor/Outdoor
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Orange Bud
Orange Bud was selected from outstanding Skunk genetics and is a highly potent and very stable strain that grows well indoors or outdoors with any type of grow medium.- Genetics: Mostly Indica
- Grow difficulty: Easy to grow
- Flowering time: Short
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