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.

Lemon Kush strain picture, credit seedfinder.eu

credit: seedfinder.eu · shown with credit, copyright unverified

Lemon Kush strain picture, credit images.hytiva.com

credit: images.hytiva.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified

Lemon Kush strain picture, credit allbud.s3.amazonaws.com

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/

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