The web site Leafly says OG Kush is a hybrid of Chemdawg and Hindu Kush, nevertheless it additionally states “we are able to’t be certain as a result of OG Kush first got here from bag seed within the early ’90s.” DNA Genetics, who sells OG Kush seeds, says that it’s a “bag seed from a Grateful Lifeless present.” If that is true, then there is no such thing as a precise Kush genetics anyplace in OG Kush, or perhaps there could possibly be, however no one is aware of as a result of Chemdawg additionally has unknown genetics and is attributed to being found at Grateful Lifeless present in 1991 (therefore Chemdawg 91).
The seedbank Dinafem tells the same story, additionally involving a reducing of Chemdawg when explaining how the “OG” acquired into OG Kush. Many competing theories exist as to what “OG” stands for, the most typical two are “unique gangsta” and ocean grown. Dinafem attributes the “unique gangsta” that means to the rap group Cypress Hill, however says that the ocean grown principle is extra extensively accepted by skilled growers and extra more likely to be true. In accordance with Dinafem, the ocean grown comes from a California grower named John who gave a reducing of Chemdawg to an LA-based grower named Putz, who crossed in a Lemon Thai/Pakistani Kush hybrid, and created OG Kush. The OG comes from somebody telling Putz that his buds tasted mountain grown, his reply was “this Kush is ocean grown” and the remainder is historical past.
Style and Terpenes
The signature scent and taste has been described as “an earthy pine and bitter lemon scent with woody undertones,” additionally as a “deep pine odor which captivates the nostrils and would possibly result in you getting excessive simply smelling it.” These descriptions lead one to imagine that the pressure would have elevated ranges of limonene and pinene, it’s also possible that it’ll have excessive quantities of myrcene since it’s the mostly discovered terpene in hashish.
Pressure fingerprinting achieved by Steep Hill Labs confirms that myrcene and limonene are the 2 major terpenes in OG Kush, adopted by β-caryophyllene after which pinene. Each limonene and pinene are recognized to provide uplifting and euphoric results and are possible a serious motive for the sativa-like results that some customers report feeling from OG Kush. Myrcene can have a sedating impact that hashish researchers assume could possibly be a serious part within the couchlock feeling some customers report from indica strains. The Reverend Dr. Kymron DeCesare, of Steep Hill Labs, has famous that “OG Kush is taken into account by most to be a robust couchlock flower at about 1.25 % myrcene.”
Is it an Indica or a Sativa?
Once more, this is determined by who you discuss to, and it could have lots to do with the truth that there are over a dozen strains generally offered on dispensary cabinets which are literally simply totally different phenotypes of OG Kush. Technically, totally different strains would have distinct genotypes, their very own genetics which make them distinctive.
If the genotype is identical, however there’s a totally different bodily expression, similar to a taller plant or a plant that turns into purple, that may be a totally different phenotype. The atmosphere wherein crops develop has an enormous function in what their phenotype will probably be, for instance, a phosphorous deficiency can stunt a plant’s progress making it seem extra like an indica relatively than taller like a sativa. Typically totally different phenotypes can even end in extra than simply bodily variations, similar to two Kush strains having radically totally different terpene/cannabinoid profiles.
In accordance with Dinafem, OG Kush is “75 % indica and 25 % sativa,” this may make it a fairly heavy indica, which many customers would anticipate to offer them a calming impact. Regardless of this, many OG Kush followers report that it produces sativa-like uplifting results, which might actually be true given the pure sativa Thai genetics crossed into the Lemon Thai Kush that’s doubtlessly a guardian of OG Kush. A lot of the discrepancy over whether or not or not OG Kush is an indica or a sativa might come from latest analysis which exhibits that we don’t actually know what’s a sativa, what truly is an indica and if these are even the phrases we must be utilizing.
In my almost six years working within the hashish trade, I’ve come throughout 16 totally different OG phenotypes being offered on cabinets subsequent to different OG phenotypes, named in another way and handled as totally different strains, with many sufferers and budtenders unaware that they had the identical genetics.
First, after all there’s OG Kush, after which in alphabetical order now we have Alpha OG, Boss OG, Butter OG, Ghost OG, Khalifa Kush, Larry OG, Lee Roy (the one one with out OG within the identify), Legends OG, Presidential OG, SFV OG Kush, Skywalker OG, Steve’s OG (50/50), Tahoe OG Kush, True OG Kush, and Triple X OG Kush.
I’ve additionally seen a few of these strains, particularly Butter OG and Skywalker OG, known as hybrids of different strains with OG Kush relatively than a unique phenotype, additional compounding uncertainty. On high of the totally different phenotypes, there are the legion of OG hybrids, together with quite a few back-crosses, similar to Hearth OG, which is OG Kush crossed with an SFV OG Kush pheno.
Just like the Chemdawg which gave rise to OG Kush, there’s extra thriller than certainty. However, folks do love a thriller, which can be one motive why it is likely one of the best-loved strains of all time.
