How to grow Big Bud XXL
THC 15% 
Flowering 49 - 56 days 
Yield 600 – 900 g/m² Taste
Seb's take
A further variation on the Cannabis Cup-winning Big Bud, tracing back to Skunk #1, Northern Lights, and Afghani Kush. Growers have reported buds the size of tomatoes, which the Ministry modestly calls their biggest producer — modest being the operative word, given the yield.
Where it comes from
A further take on the Cannabis Cup-winning Big Bud, a strain some date to the 1980s. The exact origin of the original is, by the breeder's own admission, unclear, though its genetics trace back to Skunk #1, Northern Lights, and Afghani Kush. Ministry of Cannabis built this XXL as one of several variations on that theme, and describe it, with some understatement, as their biggest producer. Growers have reported buds the size of tomatoes.
Nose & flavour
The record lists no formal tasting notes, and it would be dishonest to invent them. The lineage — Skunk #1, Northern Lights, Afghani Kush — points to the deep, earthy, faintly skunked profile that family tends to carry, but the specifics here go unrecorded. Grow it and let the plant make its own introduction.
The high
With no effect notes on record, the make-up is the honest guide: an eighty per cent indica at a modest fifteen per cent THC. That points to a relaxed, body-leaning ease rather than anything sharp or cerebral — the settled, undemanding end of the spectrum. Honest about what it is, and built for the harvest rather than the head.
Growing it
The reason to grow it is plainly the yield: 600 to 900 g/m², with buds growers have likened to tomatoes. Flowering is quick for the weight, forty-nine to fifty-six days. No height figure is recorded, though the eighty per cent indica make-up suggests a stout, manageable plant that puts its energy into the flowers rather than the stretch. Support those colas before they demand it — a tomato-sized bud has tomato-sized ambitions on the branch.
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Common questions about Big Bud XXL
How long does Big Bud XXL take to flower?
Around 8 weeks of flowering, by the breeder's numbers. Quick, as these things go.
Is Big Bud XXL an autoflower or a photoperiod strain?
A feminized photoperiod strain — flowering starts when you switch the lights, so the timing is yours to control.
How strong is Big Bud XXL?
The breeder lists THC around 15%. The gentler end of the scale.
