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Lab data

Lemon Kush potency: THC and CBD from 29 lab tests

In only 29 state lab tests, a small sample, Lemon Kush flower had a median total THC of 15.53%, with the middle half of results between 14.70% and 17.00%.1 CBD is low, and only 2 of the 29 tests reported individual terpene values, too few for a terpene profile.1

Small sample: only 29 matched tests. Treat the figures on this page as indicative, not definitive.1

15.53%median total THC (small sample)
14.70%–17.00%middle half
11.05%–18.91%middle 80%
0.0%of tests at 25% THC or more
29tests · 7 labs

THC distribution

Total THC across 29 tests

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One-point THC bands; shaded: middle half of results. 29 flower tests, 2015-11-06 to 2022-12-12.1

THC by year

Too few tests per year to show a trend: no year has 20 or more tests (2015: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 10, 2020: 3, 2022: 12).1

THC by state

StateTestsMedian THC
Michigan1215.85%

States with at least 10 tests. Labs, testing rules and sampling differ by state, so compare states with care.1

Terpene profile

Only 2 of the 29 matched tests report individual terpene values, too few for a profile (we chart terpenes reported by at least 10 tests).1

How Lemon Kush compares

Lab-tested THC across 17 well-known strains

16% 20% 24% Wedding Cake Wedding Cake: median 23.01%, middle half 20.24%–25.70%, 3,085 tests 23.0% n=3,085 Blueberry Blueberry: median 21.91%, middle half 18.40%–25.23%, 411 tests 21.9% n=411 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Gelato Gelato: median 21.49%, middle half 18.90%–24.63%, 1,845 tests 21.5% n=1,845 OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Super Lemon Haze Super Lemon Haze: median 20.84%, middle half 18.41%–23.48%, 1,543 tests 20.8% n=1,543 Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Strawberry Cough Strawberry Cough: median 20.00%, middle half 15.88%–23.00%, 231 tests 20.0% n=231 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 Girl Scout Cookies Girl Scout Cookies: median 19.72%, middle half 17.80%–21.92%, 567 tests 19.7% n=567 Jack Herer Jack Herer: median 19.59%, middle half 17.13%–22.00%, 910 tests 19.6% n=910 Green Crack Green Crack: median 19.52%, middle half 16.79%–21.73%, 1,236 tests 19.5% n=1,236 Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Trainwreck Trainwreck: median 18.65%, middle half 16.67%–21.42%, 248 tests 18.6% n=248 Granddaddy Purple Granddaddy Purple: median 17.87%, middle half 15.00%–21.55%, 512 tests 17.9% n=512 Lemon Kush Lemon Kush: median 15.53%, middle half 14.70%–17.00%, 29 tests 15.5% n=29 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Every strain processed with the same matching rules from the same dataset.1

How published THC figures compare

Strain databases publish a single figure or a range: Leafly lists 19%, Weedmaps says Lemon Kush often tests "in the 20% range", and AllBud gives 17% in its facts box but "26% THC content" in its description.2,3,4 Wikileaf reports that the lab Analytics 360 measured flower labeled Lemon Kush at 15–26%.5 Seed sellers advertise 18% (Zambeza), 17–20% (Plantation Premium Seeds), 17–26% (United Cannabis Seeds) and 15–25% for Female Seeds’ line at Alchimia.6,7,8,9

In our small sample, 90% of Lemon Kush flower tested below 18.91% and the highest result was 20.42%, so every single-figure claim above sits over nine tenths of the results, and only the lower ends of the ranges overlap them.1 The gap may be real or an artifact of the sample: 22 of the 29 tests come from 2019 and 2022, Michigan (12), Hawaii (7), Washington (7) supply most of them, and different breeders’ plants share the name.1,10

Terpenes cannot be checked either. Leafly lists myrcene as the dominant terpene, followed by pinene and caryophyllene; Weedmaps and AllBud credit the lemon flavor to limonene, as does Humboldt Seed Company for its version.2,3,4,11 Only 2 of the 29 tests reported individual terpene values, so this site shows no terpene profile.1

CBD claims also run above the tests: AllBud lists 1% CBD and United Cannabis Seeds 0–2%, while Plantation Premium Seeds calls its version "Not CBD rich".4,7,8 In our tests, 7 of the 16 tests that reported CBD found none, none reached 1%, and the highest was 0.05%.1

Download the data

The 29 matched tests behind this page, one row per test: state, test date, lab, product name, product type, total THC, total CBD and terpenes.

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License: CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Source: Cannlytics, cannabis_results (CC BY 4.0), analysis by Official Cannabis.” The data were filtered and aggregated from the original.

Limits of this data

  • Coverage is thin and dated. MI (12), HI (7), WA (7), NV (2), MA (1) supply all 29 tests, 22 of them from 2019 and 2022; the latest is from 2022. Oregon and Rhode Island results carry no product names and could not be matched.
  • Washington tests count only when the strain field and the product name both name the strain; 48 Washington flower results with only a generic product name were left out. Hawaii’s results record no lab, so 7 tests have no lab attached.
  • Some labs report higher THC than others, so we publish medians and middle ranges rather than maxima. One lab supplied 50.0% of the tests that record a lab (7 labs in total).
  • We matched names strictly: 251 results under near-miss names, led by "Lemon Kush Headband" (119 results) and "Super Lemon Kush" (54), are excluded and counted, and duplicate certificates are removed. Terpenes: only 2 of the 29 tests reported individual terpene values (Nevada); Washington, Michigan and Hawaii labs report none.

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Lemon Kush aka Cali Lemon Kush weed strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Weedmaps, Lemon Kush strain page. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Lemon Kush marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Wikileaf, Lemon Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Lemon Kush (Zambeza): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. SeedFinder, Lemon Kush (Plantation Premium Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  8. SeedFinder, Lemon Kush (United Cannabis Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  9. Alchimia, Lemon Kush (Female Seeds): retailer listing. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  10. SeedFinder, All Lemon Kush strains (8 breeders). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  11. SeedFinder, Lemon Kush (Humboldt Seed Company): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.