Grape Kush

This flower carries the name of Grape Kush, a strain that Leafly‘s description calls DJ Short’s Grape Kush and sums up as a productive hybrid with sharp, fruity aromas.

Pre-98 Bubba Kush crossed with Romulan Grapefruit

Leafly’s genetics box gives Grape Kush two parents, Pre-98 Bubba Kush and Romulan Grapefruit, and names two strains bred from it in turn, Grape Gelato and Grape Valley Kush. Leafly classes it as a hybrid, a label explained alongside indica and sativa in our guide to what strain-type labels mean.

Grape on the first hit

Grape, berry and sweet are the flavours Leafly users tag most often. Two reviews there say it outright: one from April 2023 says the first hit tasted like grape, and one from October 2023, by someone who tried the strain as a live sugar concentrate, praises its dank grape taste.

Myrcene ahead of pinene

Grape Kush’s terpene profile on Leafly opens with myrcene, then pinene, then limonene, which has an explainer of its own in our guide to limonene.

About 21% THC by Leafly’s count

Leafly puts the strain’s THC near 21%, with CBG near 1%, and its potency rating has Grape Kush above average for THC. Leafly calls the effects long-lasting and powerful, a euphoric feeling in the head with a relaxed body, and on Leafly the two effects reported most are relaxed and euphoric. Across 176 ratings on Leafly, the strain averages 3.9.

That THC figure is more than double the 10% ceiling Health Canada recommends for a first smoke. Its lower-risk page would also cap that first try at 1 or 2 puffs, adding that smoked effects can keep building for half an hour. Anyone who has smoked should stay away from the wheel for 6 hours at the very least under the agency’s lower-risk guidelines.