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Comparison

Hindu Kush vs Blue Dream

These sit at opposite ends: Blue Dream is a sativa-dominant Blueberry × Haze hybrid that users call creative and happy, while Hindu Kush is a landrace indica they call sleepy.1,2 Blue Dream tests higher: 19.96% median THC across 2,118 tests, against 17.91% for Hindu Kush from only 17 tests, a small sample.3

Side by side

Hindu KushBlue Dream
TypePure indica landrace2,4Sativa-dominant hybrid1
LineageNone named: a landrace from the Hindu Kush range4Blueberry × Haze1
Median THC (state lab tests)17.91% (17 tests); small sample19.96% (2,118 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.03%–18.89%17.62%–22.37%
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests for a profile (1 of 17 with terpene values)β-Myrcene, α-Pinene, β-Caryophyllene (483 tests)
Leafly top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry2Creative, euphoric, happy1
FlavorEarthy, woody, spicy/herbal2Berry, blueberry, sweet1
Flowering45–50 days (Sensi Seeds’ line)5About 67 days (Leafly average)1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Hindu Kush vs Blue Dream

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 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 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Hindu Kush has only 17 tests.3

A shared offspring

The two have been crossed: Leafly lists a legacy strain called Pinnacle as Blue Dream × Hindu Kush, a 50/50 hybrid at 20% THC that is generally not available.6 Blue Dream has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at bluedream.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, 19 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Hindu Kush flower on Weedmaps, against 293 stores for Blue Dream; around New York the counts were 5 and 129.7

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Blue Dream strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Hindu Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Sensi Seeds, Hindu Kush regular seeds. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Pinnacle strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.