What Is the Pink Kush Strain?
Pink Kush is a heavy indica from the OG Kush family. It is one of the strains people mean when they talk about BC bud.
What makes it different is the gap between the smell and the high. Open a bag and you get vanilla, candy and roses, closer to a perfume counter than a grow room. Then it smokes like a proper kush: slow, heavy and built for the end of the day.
Break a bud open and the clue is there. Under the sweet top notes sits an earthy kush base that turns gassy once the bud is ground.
Is Pink Kush Indica or Sativa?
Pink Kush is an indica. Some strain databases, like Leafly's Pink Kush page, list it as an indica-dominant hybrid, which means the same thing in practice: the effects lean to the body, not the head.
It is not a sativa, and it is not the pick for a busy afternoon. If that is what you want, a sativa-leaning strain suits you better.
Pink Kush Effects: How It Feels
The effects are commonly described in three stages: relaxed, then euphoric, then sleepy. The first few minutes feel calm and happy, and the body gets heavier as it settles.
That slow slide is why it is a night strain. It is commonly used by people looking to unwind after work, sink into the couch and stay there. Some smokers also mention the munchies.
Everyone reacts differently, and how much you smoke matters more than the strain name. Those are reasons people give, not promised results.
How Strong Is Pink Kush?
Pink Kush is strong, but THC depends on the grower and the batch rather than the strain name. That is why the numbers on strain databases often differ from the label on a bag.
Ours is labelled at 28% THC for the AAAA flower and 26% for the smalls. The concentrates run much higher, at 87%.
If you are newer to weed, start with a small bowl or a few pulls of a joint, then wait before having more. With an indica this heavy, a little goes a long way.
What Does Pink Kush Taste and Smell Like?
Sweet vanilla and candy lead, with a floral, rose-like side. The base is earthy kush, and the smoke finishes smooth and sweet.
Pink Kush Terpenes
Terpenes are the aroma compounds that give a strain its smell. In Pink Kush the main ones are:
- Myrcene: herbal and earthy, the lead terpene and a big part of the kush base.
- Limonene: a light, sweet citrus lift behind the florals.
- Caryophyllene: a peppery, spicy edge on the exhale.
Our live rosin also lists linalool, a floral terpene that adds to the rose side of the nose.
What It Looks Like
The buds are dense and coated in trichomes, the sugary resin glands, with orange hairs that often take on a pink tint. The name is usually put down to that colour, though nobody has a firm record of who named it.
Where Does Pink Kush Come From?
Strain databases trace Pink Kush to OG Kush, and growers describe it as an OG Kush phenotype: a standout plant picked from that line and kept going from cuttings.
It is widely credited with becoming a BC staple as growers passed clones around the province. Who first grew it is not well documented, so treat any single origin story with care.
Today it sits with the other classics on our BC bud menu, and our BC Bud strains guide covers the wider story.
Pink Kush vs OG Kush and Purple Kush
- Pink Kush vs OG Kush: same family, different nose. OG Kush is commonly described as earthy, piney and fuel-forward, while Pink Kush is sweeter and more floral. Both lean relaxing.
- Pink Kush vs Purple Kush: both are heavy kush indicas, but Purple Kush is a separate strain from California with a grape and earth profile. Pink Kush is the vanilla and rose one.
Want more heavy evening strains? Our indica strains page lists every one in stock.
Ways to Try Pink Kush
We grow and make every Pink Kush product in-house in BC, so the same plants show up in a bag, a joint or a dab.
| Form | THC | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Pink Kush AAAA flower | 28% | $23 for 3.5g, $139.99 for 28g |
| Pink Kush smalls | 26% | $85 for 28g |
| Pink Kush pre-rolls | 28% | $49.99 for 10 x 0.7g |
| Pink Kush infused pre-rolls | About 50% | $84.99 for 10 x 0.7g |
| Pink Kush live rosin | 87% | $80 for 2g |
| Pink Kush live resin | 87% | $18 for 1g (live resin is 50% off for good) |
- You roll your own: the AAAA flower, or smalls if you grind everything anyway. Smalls are the same plants in smaller buds.
- You want it ready to light: the pre-rolls, or the infused pack, which adds THCA isolate to the same kind of cones.
- You dab: the live rosin is solventless, pressed from ice water hash. The live resin is extracted from fresh-frozen plants to keep the sweet nose.
