Lemon Party x Chemdog #4 sits between Lemon Party and Chem 4: a Lemon Tree pick CSI keep in house, and one of the loudest citrus plants anyone runs on one side, one of the founding phenotypes out of the 1991 Chem seed lot on the other. 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 Party is the mother and Chem 4 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 Party. CSI's own lemon cut, which they identify as a Lemon Tree selection. Built from a cut of Lemon Tree.
• Father: Chem 4. One of the founding phenotypes out of the 1991 Chem seed lot. That one comes from one of thirteen seeds from the 1991 Grateful Dead bag.
• How to read it. Everything below splits into what one parent gives and what the other does. Plants that take from both are the ones to keep.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

The two halves stack rather than blend, which is the whole reason to run it.

• The Aroma. Lemon-forward from the Lemon Party side, against the Chem fuel and sour earth, with its own sharper edge from the Chem 4 side.
• The Taste. Citrus up front, turning to fuel and earth on the inhale, turning sour through the exhale.

What each side brings

• Timing splits the pack. One parent wants around sixty-five days, reported sixty to seventy, the other seven to eight weeks, and up to ten by phenotype. Expect the fast plants down well before the slow ones are ready.
• The smell is a negotiation. Sharp zesty lemon and sugary citrus, described as overpowering candied lemon and super pungent on one side against diesel fuel and chemical funk over sharp earth on the other. Neither wins outright in every seedling.
• Structure varies hard here. Medium height, indoors or outdoors; flowers heavily coated in trichomes with vibrant orange pistils from one parent; stretches once flipped; medium height with strong lateral branching and tight internodes when crossed out from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• They pull differently. Growers put Lemon Party at bright and lifting rather than heavy and Chem 4 at alert and head-forward. Which end a plant lands on is the main variable.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Lemon Party is mid-sized indoors or out, frosting over completely with orange pistils through it. Chem 4 is Chem-family build - open and stretchy rather than compact.
• Vegetative Phase. Top or train before you flip rather than chasing the canopy afterwards.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Lemon Party runs around sixty-five days, reported sixty to seventy, Chem 4 seven to eight weeks, and up to ten by phenotype. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Lemon Party as bright and lifting rather than heavy.
• The Body. Chem 4 is reported as alert and head-forward, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. What they sell is preservation work: old clones reversed into seed so the line survives past whoever is currently keeping it alive. Authentic Humboldt CSI genetics.