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The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 09No 09 · Blue Cheesebluecheese.com
Blue Cheese stamp, No. 09 in the Official Cannabis collection: a wedge of cheese on blue

Catalogue entry · lab-tested · every claim cited

Blue Cheese strain

Blue Cheese is an indica-dominant hybrid that Big Buddha Seeds bred from Blueberry and Cheese, the pungent Skunk #1 cutting from England.1,2,3,4 It tests at a median total THC of 25.93% across 288 state lab tests of Blue Cheese flower, with the middle half of results between 24.27% and 26.87%, but 269 of those tests come from Maryland and 91.0% from a single Maryland lab.5 CBD is negligible: none of the 277 tests that reported CBD reached 1%.5

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Updated 288 lab tests 21 sources

Design
A wedge of cheese on blue · No 09 in the collection
Type
Indica-dominant hybrid; Leafly lists it as an indica1,2
Parents
Blueberry × Cheese (UK or Exodus Cheese); which Cheese, and whether it was backcrossed, is disputed2,3,6
Breeder
Big Buddha Seeds, founded by Milo Yung, who grew up in Britain3,7
THC (lab tests)
25.93% median; 24.27%–26.87% middle half; 288 tests in 4 states, 269 of them in Maryland5
CBD (lab tests)
12 of the 277 tests that reported CBD found none, and the highest result was 0.63%5
Terpenes (lab tests)
Too few tests for a profile: only 6 of 288 report individual terpenes; the median total terpene content was 1.37% across 268 tests5
Flavor (most reported)
Blue cheese, cheese, berry2,3
Effects (most reported)
Sleepy, relaxed, hungry2
Flowering time
About 50–70 days indoors, depending on the seed version6,8,9

The guide one plate per section

Plate I

Genetics

Blue Cheese is an indica-dominant cross of Blueberry and UK Cheese, a Skunk #1 phenotype. Which Cheese, the backcross question and the seed versions.

Plate II

THC & terpenes

Blue Cheese flower tests at 25.93% median THC (24.27%–26.87%) across 288 state lab results, 269 from Maryland, most from one lab. CBD is negligible.

Plate III

Effects

People most often describe Blue Cheese as sleepy, relaxed and hungry, with some euphoria. Most-reported downsides: dry mouth, dry eyes and dizziness.

Plate IV

Grow

Blue Cheese seed versions flower in about 50–70 days indoors and finish outdoors late September to November. Breeder specs, yields and heights side by side.

Plate V

Where to find it

On Oct 3, 2026, 44 stores near Los Angeles listed Blue Cheese flower on Weedmaps; no other market had more than 4. Data for 27 US markets.

Plate VI

History

How a pungent Skunk #1 cutting passed through Luton's Exodus collective to become a UK favorite, and how Big Buddha Seeds crossed it with Blueberry.

Quick answers

Is Blue Cheese indica or sativa?

Indica-dominant: Leafly lists it as an indica, AllBud and Barney's Farm put it at 80% indica, and Royal Queen Seeds' version at 60%.1,2,9,10 Even so, Big Buddha Seeds entered it as a sativa at the 2006 High Times Cannabis Cup, where it placed third in that category.11

What strain is Blue Cheese?

A cannabis hybrid of Blueberry and UK Cheese, a Skunk #1 phenotype, first cultivated by Big Buddha Seeds.2,3 Weedmaps notes that it got its name more from its heritage than from its aroma or taste.3

How strong is Blue Cheese?

High in lab tests, with a caveat: the median total THC across 288 state lab tests was 25.93%, and 68.1% of tests reached 25% or more, but 269 of the tests come from Maryland and 91.0% from a single Maryland lab; Michigan's 10 tests (a small sample) had a median of 14.21%.5 Leafly lists 18% THC and AllBud 20%.1,2

What does Blue Cheese taste like?

Savory and sweet at once: on Weedmaps, 46% of flavor reports say blue cheese, 31% cheese and 23% berry, and Leafly users list blue cheese, cheese and pungent.2,3 Big Buddha’s own description pairs a sweet berry scent with the musky background of the original Cheese.6

How long does Blue Cheese take to flower?

About 50–70 days indoors, depending on the seed version: 50–55 days for Dinafem's, 55–60 for Royal Queen Seeds' (about 60–65 in its product text), 60–65 for Barney's Farm's and 8–10 weeks for Big Buddha's.6,8,9,10 Outdoors, harvest dates run from late September to November.6,10

Who created Blue Cheese?

Big Buddha Seeds, the company founded by Milo Yung.7 According to the breeder description on SeedFinder, it crossed a Blueberry male with its original UK Cheese mother, then chose a fruity male from those crosses as the father of Blue Cheese.6

How strong Blue Cheese tests

25.93%median total THC
24.27%–26.87%middle half of tests
288lab tests, 4 states
12testing labs

THC in 288 lab tests of Blue Cheese flower

0 20 40 60 80 6–7% THC: 1 tests 7–8% THC: 0 tests 8–9% THC: 1 tests 9–10% THC: 0 tests 10–11% THC: 2 tests 11–12% THC: 1 tests 12–13% THC: 0 tests 13–14% THC: 3 tests 14–15% THC: 4 tests 15–16% THC: 3 tests 16–17% THC: 0 tests 17–18% THC: 2 tests 18–19% THC: 2 tests 19–20% THC: 5 tests 20–21% THC: 8 tests 21–22% THC: 6 tests 22–23% THC: 9 tests 23–24% THC: 18 tests 24–25% THC: 24 tests 25–26% THC: 61 tests 26–27% THC: 71 tests 27–28% THC: 47 tests 28–29% THC: 16 tests 29–30% THC: 1 tests 30–31% THC: 0 tests 31–32% THC: 0 tests 32–33% THC: 0 tests 33–34% THC: 0 tests 8%12%16%20%24%28%32% median 25.93% Total THC, % by weight
Each bar counts tests in a one-point THC band; the shaded band is the middle half of results. 288 tests of Blue Cheese flower from 4 states, 2015–2024.5

Full lab data: by year, by state, terpenes and the downloadable dataset →

From the lab report

  • Blue Cheese sits between GMO Cookies and LA Kush Cake on median total THC, placing 2nd among 58 strains we compared.5
  • 91% of Blue Cheese flower tests were at 20% total THC or higher, and 68% were at 25% or higher; none reached 30%.5
  • For Blue Cheese, 1.26% was the terpene median in the higher-THC third, compared with 1.33% in the lower-THC third.5

Read the full Blue Cheese lab report →

A 2006 cup placing and a small US footprint

At the 2006 High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, Big Buddha Seeds' Blue Cheese placed third in the Sativa Cup, the same year the company's Big Buddha Cheese won the Indica Cup, and SeedFinder also lists a third place among sativas at the 2006 IC 420 Growers Cup.6,11,12 Big Buddha calls Blue Cheese its "most popular multi award winning" strain.13

It does not appear in the US sales rankings we checked: Leafly's best-selling strains of 2025, Headset's 2020 strain sales report and The Marijuana Herald's state-by-state list of top sellers published in September 2026.14,15,16

Leafly shows 2,857 user ratings for it, and AllBud says it is fairly easy to find in Colorado and on the West Coast and harder to find elsewhere.1,2 On Oct 3, 2026, Weedmaps menus listed its flower at 44 stores around Los Angeles and at no more than 4 stores in any other market we checked.17

Blue Cheese next to similar strains

Lab-tested THC: Blue Cheese and the 6 strains on our comparison pages

16% 20% 24% 28% Blue Cheese Blue Cheese: median 25.93%, middle half 24.27%–26.87%, 288 tests 25.9% n=288 Blueberry Blueberry: median 21.91%, middle half 18.40%–25.23%, 411 tests 21.9% n=411 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Hindu Kush Hindu Kush: median 17.91%, middle half 17.03%–18.89%, 17 tests 17.9% n=17 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Same state lab dataset and matching rules for every strain.5 See the comparisons.

Where it is sold

MarketStoresMenu itemsMedian eighth
Los Angeles, CA 44 92 $18.00 (n=23)
Portland, OR 4 4 $24.59 (n=4)
Newark, NJ 3 4 $47.73 (n=4)
Detroit, MI 2 2 $25.00 (n=1)
Seattle, WA 2 2 $30.00 (n=1)
Baltimore, MD 1 1 $40.00 (n=1)

Stores within 50 miles listing Blue Cheese flower on Weedmaps, Oct 3, 2026.17

In Germany, where it is a prescription medicine, weed.de lists 1 pharmacy product made from Blue Cheese; in-stock flower starts at €3.99 a gram.21

All 27 markets, Germany and how we counted →

Genetics at a glance

Family tree

  • BlueberryIndica; credited to DJ Short; late 1970s
  • Cheese (UK or Exodus Cheese)Skunk #1 phenotype; England, late 1980s or early 1990s

Blue Cheese

  • Triple CheeseBlue Cheese × Cheese (Barney's Farm)
  • Double CheeseBlue Cheese × Cheese (Big Buddha Seeds)
  • Purple CheeseBlue Cheese × Purple #1 × Lowryder
  • Blue Cheese AutomaticBlue Cheese × Automatic
  • BluchiBlue Cheese × Biker Kush
  • AirheadzBlue Cheese × Plushberry
Parents and offspring as reported by Leafly, SeedFinder and the breeders.2,13,18,19,20

Which Cheese? Straight cross or backcross? The full genetics page →

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The Blue Cheese universe

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Sources

  1. AllBud, Blue Cheese marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Blue Cheese strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Weedmaps, Blue Cheese strain page. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Exodus Cheese strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Blue Cheese (Big Buddha Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. Zamnesia, Big Buddha Seeds: seller breeder page. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  8. Dinafem, Blue Cheese (feminized). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  9. Barney's Farm, Blue Cheese (feminized). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  10. Royal Queen Seeds, Blue Cheese (feminized). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  11. Wikipedia, Cannabis Cup. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  12. SeedFinder, 19th High Times Cannabis Cup 2006: winners. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  13. SeedFinder, Blue Cheese Automatic (Big Buddha Seeds). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  14. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  15. Headset, Are cannabis strains still important? Digging into strain sales data (2020-03-31). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  16. The Marijuana Herald, The top-selling marijuana strain in all 23 states with legal recreational sales (2026-09-18). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  17. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  18. SeedFinder, Blue Cheese (Big Buddha Seeds): lineage and hybrids. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  19. Leafly, Triple Cheese strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  20. Leafly, Purple Cheese strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  21. Weed.de, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weed.de pharmacy-product snapshot (1 exact matched products; complete; read Oct 3, 2026). Previously captured catalogue of 2,150 product pages; exact listed-strain match.. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.