Lemon G x Lemon Party puts Lemon G over Lemon Party. One is the Midwest's answer to the Dutch and West Coast catalogues; the other is CSI's own lemon cut, which they identify as a Lemon Tree selection. Two very different plants, and the point of the cross is what sits between them. Both parents here are cuts CSI keep in their own room. That is the whole difference between this and a seed line named after the same strains.

Written this way, Lemon G is the mother and Lemon Party the pollen donor. Reversing a cross is not a formality; which plant carries the seed shapes what comes out of the pack.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Lemon G. The Midwest's answer to the Dutch and West Coast catalogues. Its parentage is not settled. One account gives Misty x G13, another calls it a G13 phenotype, and a third says the lineage is simply unknown. All three agree on the G13 connection and on the Ohio origin; nothing beyond that is safe to state. It reached California - Willits - before feminized seed of it existed at all.
• Father: Lemon Party. CSI's own lemon cut, which they identify as a Lemon Tree selection. Parentage: a cut of Lemon Tree.
• The point of the pairing. Neither parent needed rescuing. Putting them together is about what sits between them, not about fixing either one.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

The nose is where these two argue hardest.

• The Aroma. Sharp fresh lemon zest with a chemical edge to it - closer to lemon peel and cleaner than to lemonade - over a quiet pine and earth base from the Lemon G side, against sharp zesty lemon and sugary citrus - closer to candied lemon than fresh from the Lemon Party side.
• The Taste. The same hard citrus, with pine behind it up front, turning to citrus through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• What to budget. The documented side, Lemon Party, runs around sixty-five days, reported sixty to seventy. Set the room to that and let the plants correct you.
• Two noses, one pack. Lemon G contributes sharp fresh lemon zest with a chemical edge to it - closer to lemon peel and cleaner than to lemonade - over a quiet pine and earth base. Lemon Party contributes sharp zesty lemon and sugary citrus, described as overpowering candied lemon and super pungent. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Build. On the Lemon G side: sativa-dominant in build and behaviour. On the Lemon Party side: medium height, indoors or outdoors; flowers heavily coated in trichomes with vibrant orange pistils. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.
• Opposite ends. Lemon G is reported as relaxing first, then it turns: upbeat, giggly and euphoric, with enough cerebral push to be useful for creative work; Lemon Party as bright and lifting rather than heavy. The cross sits somewhere between and moves plant to plant.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Lemon G is sativa-dominant in build and behaviour. Lemon Party is a mid-sized plant that frosts over completely, with orange pistils cutting through the white.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.
• Flowering Time. Lemon Party runs around sixty-five days, reported sixty to seventy. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Lemon G as relaxing first, then it turns: upbeat, giggly and euphoric, with enough cerebral push to be useful for creative work.
• The Body. Lemon Party is reported as bright and lifting rather than heavy, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

7 feminized seeds per pack. Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. Humboldt CSI are preservationists before they are breeders - most of what they release is a clone somebody has kept alive by hand for years, put into seed so it stops depending on one grower staying in the game. That is what you are buying into here. Original Humboldt CSI stock.