CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · LEMON KUSH
Lemon Kush
4 independent sources put THC at 18%; 1,374 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14 to 24.4%; 19 recorded parents; 38 recorded descendants. It placed in results from The Emerald Cup, Copa Cannábica del Plata (Revista THC / Convención Cannábica del Plata) and High Times Cannabis Cup (United States).
Lemon Kush is a hybrid cannabis strain bred by Keller Kind Genetics. Lab tests put its THC between 14 and 24.4% (the middle 80% of 1,374 flower samples), with CBD around 0.1%. The terpenes most often reported are myrcene, limonene, Beta Caryophyllene. Recorded parents: 215 Superbud × Afghan × Afghani × Afghani Kush × Chitral × Chitral Kush × Hindu Kush × Lemon G × Lemon Joy × Master Kush × Matanuska Mist × Og Kush × Original Og × Afghanistan, Hindu Kush × Chitral Hindu Kush × Hindu Kush, Chitral × Lemon Jo × Pakistani Lemon Kush × Landrace Afghani Kush Male. Stated flowering time 56 to 63 days. 5 cup placings on record, 1 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 4 independent sources
● type: hybrid
18%
THC, most-agreed claim
4 independent sources
14–24.4%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 1,374 samples
19
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
38
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
1/5
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
16
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 18% | 4 | or_prr00150, seedcity_local, bank_zambeza, seedfinder |
| 20.6% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 20% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 20.8% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 24.6% | 3 | or_prr00150, replication_data, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 14.3% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 6.9% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 14.4% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 14.5% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 14.9% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 15.3% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 15.4% | 2 | or_prr00150, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
Lab range 14 to 24.4% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 1,374 flower lab samples, median 19.7%; CBD 0 to 0.3% over 337 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: myrcene, limonene, Beta Caryophyllene, Alpha Humulene, Alpha Pinene, Linalool
2,724 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 131 non flower, 955 quality flagged, 0 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 120 cm | 3 | alchimia, truenorth, cannaconnection |
| 100 to 130 cm | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 80 to 120 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 100 to 150 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 120 to 180 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 152 to 244 cm | 1 | cropking |
| 170 to 230 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | seedcity, seedcity_local, alchimia, master, seedfinder |
| 63 to 70 days | 4 | cannaconnection, seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 55 days | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 63 days | 2 | seedfinder, alchimia |
| 56 to 70 days | 1 | cropking |
| 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 64 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 67 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 215 Superbud | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Afghan | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
| Afghani | 1 | leafly_parent_slugs:leafly_flat_enrich |
| Afghani Kush | 1 | strain_fact:allbud |
| Chitral | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Chitral Kush | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia |
| Hindu Kush | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Lemon G | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,seedfinder |
| Lemon Joy | 1 | summary:lineage |
| Master Kush | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Matanuska Mist | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| Og Kush | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Original Og | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Afghanistan, Hindu Kush | 1 | summary:parents |
| Chitral Hindu Kush | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
| Hindu Kush, Chitral | 1 | seedfinder:parents |
| Lemon Jo | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Pakistani Lemon Kush | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Landrace Afghani Kush Male | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
38 descendants through recorded links, including Cherry Poppers Seeds Barney S Farm, Cbd Terra Italia, Cherry Poppers, Dereks Stash, Cherry Poppers Feminized Seeds, Lemongrass Auto Feminized Seeds, Cbd Lemon Seeds From Herbies Seeds, Lemon Grass.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Copa Cannábica del Plata (Revista THC / Convención Cannábica del Plata) | (not stated) | 1st | unverified |
| 2019 | Jack Herer Cup | Best Sativa Flower | winner | unverified |
| 2017 | The Emerald Cup | Flowers | 11th | verified |
| 2017 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | BEST SUNGROWN | 3rd | unverified |
| 2016 | Lift & Co. Canadian Cannabis Awards | list 20 on archived page (category heading not rendered) | unverified |
No seed-bank award claims on record.
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
16 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: images.hytiva.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: allbud.s3.amazonaws.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: Lemon Kush, lemon kush feminized seeds bulk seeds, lemon kush feminized seeds canuk seeds, alien-genetics/lemon-kush, kush-cannabis-seeds/lemon-kush, zambeza/lemon-kush, humboldt-seed-company/lemon-kush, plantation-premium-seeds/lemon-kush, united-cannabis-seeds/lemon-kush, variety-of-cannabis/lemon-kush, 018NY6XC00VT33JV62JPP3SVT9, Cali Lemon Kush, LemonKush
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dossier lemon-kush · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Lemon Kush strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/lemon-kush/