Lemon Cake Strain: Lemon Skunk x Cheese, Not Jack Herer

Lemon Cake comes from Heavyweight Seeds, which says it crossed Lemon Skunk with a dangerously powerful Cheese and rates the result 80% sativa and 20% indica. Leafly gives the same parents, files the strain under sativa and lists Lemon Pound Cake and Lemon Cheesecake as other names, and PAX also credits Heavyweight Seeds.

Not every jar called Lemon Cake is the same plant. AllBud describes a Lemon Cake bred from Lemon OG and Jesus OG, and New York retailer ZenZest lists Lemon OG x Cheese Cake, so ask which cut you are getting. None of these sources, including the breeder, lists Jack Herer as a parent; for lemon with Jack Herer genetics, see Lemon Jack below.

Heavyweight describes an unmistakable citrus tang blended with Cheese musk, and colas heavy enough that it advises extra support late in flowering. Leafly calls the aroma pungent citrus with a musky Cheese undertone, and its reviewers most often pick lemon, cheese and citrus. PAX says the name refers to lemon cake batter rather than frosted cake, and describes pale green dried buds with light orange-yellow hairs.

AllBud's Lemon OG version reads differently: sweet vanilla and bright citrus, with fluffy neon green buds. Leafly's lab data for Lemon Cake lists myrcene, caryophyllene and limonene as the top terpenes, and PAX lists myrcene, terpinolene, caryophyllene and humulene; the cannabis terpene guide covers how each one smells.

Heavyweight describes the high as cerebral and creative, uplifting rather than mind-numbing. Leafly rates its effects as mostly energizing, its reviewers most often tag it uplifted, energetic and focused, and PAX says many users pick it as a daytime strain. The most common negatives on Leafly are dizziness, feeling anxious and dry mouth.

An energizing reputation does not make it risk-free. Health Canada lists anxiety, fear or panic among possible short-term effects, and its advice on lowering your risks notes that higher amounts of THC can cause greater impairment and raise the risk of serious adverse effects, and that everyone's response to cannabis is different. For medical questions, talk to a doctor or pharmacist.

Heavyweight lists its seed line at 23% THC and 0.3% CBD. Leafly shows about 17%, and AllBud lists 19% to 20% for its Lemon OG version, so the number depends on the cut and the grower. Check the label, and note that Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines warn against deep inhaling and breath-holding, and against driving for at least 6 hours after use.

If you came looking for lemon with Jack Herer genetics, Lemon Jack is the one: Leafly lists it as Jack Herer x Lemon Kush, with a chemical-like lemon smell and focused, energetic effects. Jack Herer itself is a separate strain; Wikipedia's list of Cannabis Cup winners shows Sensi Seed Bank's Jack Herer taking the 1994 Cup. Within Lemon Cake's own family, Leafly lists Lemon Fuel and Twinkie OG among its offspring.

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