Lemon Tree x 79 Xmas Bud crosses Lemon Tree to 79 Xmas Bud, a Santa Cruz cross of Lemon Skunk and Sour Diesel, and the benchmark most lemon lines answer to against '79 Xmas Bud - a vintage pine-forward indica CSI put back into circulation. Neither is a filler parent, which is why this pairing is worth a pack rather than a look. 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.

79 identifies the Lemon Tree x used here. Numbered cuts come out of a population that was grown and sorted, and the number rides with the plant that was kept. Two crosses that both say Lemon Tree x are only the same cross if the number matches too.

Order matters in a cross name. In Lemon Tree x 79 Xmas Bud the Lemon Tree side supplied the seed and 79 Xmas Bud the pollen, and the reciprocal - the same two plants the other way round - is a separate breeding decision with its own results.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Lemon Tree. Lemon Skunk over Sour Diesel, selected out of a large hunt in the Santa Cruz mountains. That one comes from Lemon Skunk x Sour Diesel.
• Father: 79 Xmas Bud. The Christmas-tree smoke that went round North America at the turn of the 1980s. It traces to 1979, though whether that is when it was imported or when it was found is not settled, and its origin is given as a Pakistani landrace. Legacy growers in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California remember it as far better than the brick imports of the same years. CSI are the reason it is still obtainable.
• What to expect across a pack. Two distinct parents means real variation in frame, finish and nose. Select early and take cuttings off anything you would want again.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

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

• The Aroma. Sharp lemon and citrus over a fuel base from the Lemon Tree side, against conifer and pine, pinene and terpinolene led - the reason for the name from the 79 Xmas Bud side.
• The Taste. Zesty and sour turning heavier and more diesel-driven up front, turning to pine, and dense hashy Afghan-leaning flower behind it through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• What to budget. The documented side, Lemon Tree, runs eight to ten weeks. Set the room to that and let the plants correct you.
• Two noses, one pack. Lemon Tree contributes sharp lemon and citrus over a fuel base. 79 Xmas Bud contributes conifer and pine, pinene and terpinolene led - the reason for the name. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Build. On the Lemon Tree side: medium height, around ninety to a hundred centimetres indoors. On the 79 Xmas Bud side: an indica-style plant that grows in the shape its name suggests. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.
• Opposite ends. Lemon Tree is reported as bright and uplifting rather than heavy; 79 Xmas Bud as the heavy end. 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 Tree is medium height, around ninety to a hundred centimetres indoors. 79 Xmas Bud is an indica-style plant that grows in the shape its name suggests.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.
• Flowering Time. Lemon Tree runs eight to ten weeks. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Lemon Tree as bright and uplifting rather than heavy.
• The Body. 79 Xmas Bud is reported as the heavy end, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. The point of their catalogue is access - cuts that otherwise only move between growers who already know each other, put into a form you can actually buy. Authentic Humboldt CSI genetics.