Alien Cheese
- THC
- 14–24%
- Flowering
- 9 wk
- Effect
- Energetic
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Queso strain
Bred by 3rd Coast Genetics · Pure Michigan × UK Cheese
Strain facts
Checked Oct 21, 2026 · 4 sources
Queso is a hybrid that's intermediate to grow. It was bred by 3rd Coast Genetics from Pure Michigan and UK Cheese. Its THC is about 18% (sources say 13–20%), milder than 76% of the 2,347 strains in our database that list THC. It flowers in about 9 weeks (one source lists 8–10 weeks).
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- Type
- Hybrid
- THC
- About 18%13–20% across 3 sources
- Top terpenes
- Myrcene earthy, musky
- Caryophyllene peppery, spicy
- Humulene earthy, hoppy
- Lineage
- Pure Michigan × UK Cheese
- Breeder
- 3rd Coast Genetics
- Grow difficulty
- Intermediate1 source
- Flowering
- About 9 weeks8–10 weeks · 1 source
4 sources for this profile
- Weedmaps public strain listing
- Breeder information: 3rd Coast Genetics
Grow facts
- AllBud (strain database) THC
- Crop King Seeds (seed bank) CBD, difficulty, flowering, THC, yield indoor and yield outdoor
Grow facts come from the breeder first, then seed banks and strain databases. With 2 sources we show the range and the middle; with 3 or more, the range and the median, after leaving out values far from the rest. The breeder's own value is the anchor, unless it is far from every other source (outside their range and more than 20% from their median); then we show the full range and the median of all of them. A fact from a single source is marked "1 source", and a fact no source lists is left out. Yields are converted to one unit: indoor per square meter, outdoor per plant.
CTU writes every profile from these facts; we do not copy other sites' descriptions. Values that are a generic default in the source data are left out. Last checked Oct 21, 2026.
Source: CTU strain dataset (public strain listings and breeder info, checked by CTU), verified Oct 2026. Potency, flavor and effects vary by grower, batch and plant. Facts no source lists are left out.
How to grow Queso
The grow facts a breeder or public strain listing gives for Queso.
- Flowering time
- About 9 weeks8–10 weeks · 1 source. Slower than 51% of strains with a listed time
- Yield indoor
- About 200 g/m²1 source
- Yield outdoor
- About 100 g per plant1 source
- Difficulty
- Intermediate1 source. One of 884 intermediate-rated strains
Flowering window (weeks after the switch to 12/12)
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Sources: the breeder, seed banks and strain databases listed under sources, checked Oct 2026. Percentages compare with every strain in our database that lists the same fact.
About Queso
Queso is listed in public strain databases as a hybrid from the breeder 3rd Coast Genetics. Public lineage data lists it as a cross of Pure Michigan and UK Cheese.
Queso THC level
Queso’s THC is about 18% (sources say 13–20%), milder than 76% of the 2,347 strains in our database that list THC. Potency varies by grower, batch and lab, so read these numbers as typical values, not guarantees.
Queso aroma, flavor and terpenes
People most often describe the flavor of Queso as cheese, earthy, woody and citrus. Its top listed terpenes are myrcene (earthy, musky), caryophyllene (peppery, spicy) and humulene (woody, hoppy). Myrcene is the lead terpene for about 44% of the high-confidence strains in our dataset, so it is a common profile. Terpenes shape smell and taste; their levels change from batch to batch.
Reported effects of Queso
Commonly reported effects: uplifted, talkative, happy, euphoric and relaxed. These are user reports, not promises. Effects differ from person to person and depend on dose, setting and tolerance.
Queso family tree
Its parents, from published lineage.
Parents
Pure Michigan
UK Cheese
This strain
QuesoHybrid · 13–20% THC · 8–10 wk
Similar strains
Matched on shared parents, top terpenes, type and THC. Never on medical use.
Disco Biscuit
aka Disco Biscuits
- THC
- 22–28%
- Flowering
- 8–9 wk
- Terpene
- Caryophyllene
- Effect
- Uplifted
Head Cheese
aka OG Head Cheese
- THC
- 19–28%
- Flowering
- 9–10 wk
- Terpene
- Myrcene
- Effect
- Euphoric
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Honey Lemon Cheese
- THC
- 20–22%
- Flowering
- 9 wk
- Terpene
- Caryophyllene
- Effect
- Creative
Where to buy
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Grow it
Flowering time, height and difficulty from the sources, then the full method in the Growing course.
