Lemon OG is sold by DNA Genetics as Lemon OG Kush: a Las Vegas cut of Lemon Skunk crossed with The OG #18. DNA calls it the most lemony of its OG Kush crosses, and the plant backs that up — lemon oil and fuel sitting over earth and pine. It opens clear and finishes physically heavier.
Where It Comes From
DNA Genetics was founded in Amsterdam in 2004 by Don Morris and Aaron Yarkoni — the D and the A — after they brought California hybrid genetics to the Netherlands, where seed could be produced legally and commercially. Lemon OG Kush reflects that transatlantic route directly.
Both parents are American clone selections, and DNA packaged them into a feminized seed release built for a commercial indoor cycle: eight to nine weeks of flowering, indoors or out, at a stated 450 to 550 grams per square meter. That is a working grower's plant rather than a collector's item, and it is a large part of why the line traveled as far as it did.
The Cross
DNA Genetics is the breeder. The Las Vegas Lemon Skunk parent comes from the citrus side of the Skunk family and carries sharp lemon peel and sweet skunk. The OG #18 is a selected OG Kush expression associated with DNA, bringing earth, pine, sour fuel, dense resin and the heavier physical weight. The line runs roughly 60 percent indica to 40 percent sativa and has only ever been sold feminized.
Naming varies by catalog. DNA's own copy shortens the cross to Lemon Skunk x The OG #18, while seed catalogs keep the Las Vegas designation on the Lemon Skunk cut. Same plants, different shorthand — the longer version is simply more specific about which Lemon Skunk went into it.
The whole cultivar is built around two things: lemon oil and gasoline. Broken up, the flower pushes sour fuel and sweet skunk harder than the intact bud suggests. Underneath the citrus sit earth, pine and classic Kush depth. One phenotype runs brighter and sweeter, another leans deeper into OG fuel, and neither one is wrong.
DNA's cultivation notes highlight a high calyx-to-leaf ratio, and indoor growers report hard, compact, resin-heavy buds. Outdoor runs come in more ordinary on yield while holding potency. Finished structure still varies with phenotype and environment, and no single THC figure applies across every Lemon OG harvest — an older catalog number is not a current batch's chemistry.
What It Left Behind
DNA Genetics has a heavily decorated record overall, with the company citing more than 200 awards across two decades and 14 High Times Cannabis Cup wins. None of that belongs to Lemon OG in particular. Its influence is as a widely grown seed line rather than a trophy strain — the kind of plant that shows up in a lot of rooms instead of on a lot of stages.
The High Rise Take
Lemon OG is DNA Genetics' Las Vegas Lemon Skunk x The OG #18: the most citrus-forward member of its OG family, with fuel and earth underneath and a lift that turns into weight. Judge each batch by its lab panel, package date and grower — the seed line travels widely and expresses differently.