Lemon Diesel

Leafly says Lemon Diesel finished in the top 10 at the 2010 Emerald Cannabis Cup. This flower is named for that hybrid, which both Leafly and AllBud trace to California Sour and Lost Coast OG. AllBud calls it indica dominant, weighing it at 70% indica to 30% sativa, and also writes the name as Lemon Sour Diesel.

Sweet lemon first, then diesel and black pepper

Leafly’s flavour tags run lemon, diesel and citrus, and Leafly describes the flavour as a sweet, fruity one with citrus and pepper notes. AllBud finds a sweet and sour citrus taste that ends in a peppery lemon-diesel exhale, and an aroma with a lemony diesel overtone that picks up spicy black pepper as the nugs burn.

Tapered, minty green nuggets

AllBud describes tapered, spade-shaped, minty green nugs, threaded with many thin orange hairs and dusted in tiny golden-amber trichomes. One Leafly reviewer describes light, bright green buds with long orange hairs.

A focused high with a relaxing finish

Leafly’s effect gauge leans energizing, and its reviewers tag focused, euphoric and uplifted most. In its words the effects are relaxing yet focused and coherent, though some people call the strain a creeper whose high arrives slower than expected. AllBud describes a high that begins almost as soon as you exhale, with lifted euphoria, creativity and focus, followed by a relaxing body feel. Its users tag euphoria, focus, giggly, happy, relaxing, sociable and uplifting.

Terpenes, strength and family

Leafly’s terpene data lists myrcene (herbal) ahead of caryophyllene and pinene. Growers give the flowering time as 9 to 10 weeks, and Leafly lists Orange Lemons and Oregon Lemons as strains descended from it.

THC is 17% on Leafly, with CBD at 0% and a potency ranked above average, while AllBud shows 18% to 20%. Inhaled cannabis, Health Canada says, may take half an hour to reach full strength, and it tells newcomers to begin with one or two puffs on a product at 10% THC or less.