OG Kush strain: every version compared

Which OG Kush should you grow?

The right OG Kush comes down to space and patience.

Photoperiod or autoflower? Photoperiods give you the full plant and the biggest listed yield (Barney's Farm, to 702 g/m²), but you run the lights, 18/6 to grow, flipped to 12/12 to flower, across 54–60 days of bloom. Autoflowers finish on their own clock from seed, 63–80 days, with no flip to time; listed THC on them, 17–26%, sits close to the photoperiods. Never timed a flip before? An auto takes that worry off the table.

Feminized or regular? Feminized seeds give you only females, so there are no males to spot and pull mid-grow. The two regular OG Kush lines here are for breeding or taking cuttings.

OG Kush photoperiod (feminized and regular)

The photoperiod versions are the full OG Kush: run on a timer, 18 hours of light to grow and 12 to flower, which repays the effort in fuel-scented, resin-heavy flower. Flowering is quick, in 54 to 60 days, with listed THC up to 27%. Heights are listed at 120–400 cm and swing widely between breeders.

OG Kush autoflower

The OG Kush autos finish on their own clock, so there is no flip to time, though, as the height note below makes clear, automatic does not always mean small here. There are 11 autos here. Seed-to-harvest times run from 63 days at the quickest, a figure two versions share, World Wide Cultivars and Fast Buds, to about 80, at the most patient. The autos are not all compact: heights are listed at 40–200 cm. Listed THC on them runs 17–26%, close to the photoperiods, and most keep the earthy, piney, fuelled nose. Some autos list Ruderalis, others an auto line (Super Auto, Haze 2.0 Auto, Chunkadelic Auto), and Herbies say their auto tilts sativa, growing taller as a result. If you want OG Kush without a light schedule, begin with the autos, and pick the height to match your tent.

CBD OG Kush

3 OG Kush versions are bred the other way: THC eased back, CBD brought up to sit closer to it. On this page they land around 7 to 10% THC with CBD up near 8 to 14%, and Dinafem describe theirs as more cerebral than physical, a gentle, euphoric lift, with a woody, lemony, spice-toned smoke. They suit someone who wants the character at a gentler level. That is what growers report, not a promise from us. The grow sits in a similar range to the rest; the difference is in the chemistry, not the calendar.

How OG Kush grows

OG Kush is a big, varied family, and the first thing to settle is that an auto does not mean a small plant here. Several of the autos stretch hard: four are listed at 180 cm, as is the CBD auto, and Humboldt's at 200. Humboldt put it bluntly: give her the headroom rather than assume an auto stays small. Heights across the whole family run 40–400 cm, and the tallest listing, a regular, is at 400 cm. So read the height column, and plan to tie down or stake the taller phenotypes before they take the decision out of your hands.

The nose is the next thing to plan for. OG Kush is pungent in the proper sense, fuel, pine and skunk, and it carries, so plan for the smell if you share walls. That strength in the aroma comes with resin to match: Barney's warn the resin will gum up your scissors, and Herbies say to keep your scissors clean.

For all that, the modern cuts can be an easy grow. Dinafem call theirs incredibly low-maintenance, listed at 70 days from seed, and advise starting her in at least ten-litre pots with about 30% coco coir mixed in. Fast Buds rate theirs an easy, low-maintenance grow for anyone just starting out, hardier than its parent, asking little beyond keeping the damp off her. Pick your size carefully, plan for the smell, give her a roomy pot, and the famous name is a manageable run.

Where OG Kush comes from

OG Kush's beginnings are not fully settled. One telling names the trio Chemdawg, Lemon Thai and Hindu Kush, the combination behind one of cannabis's most recognisable hybrids. Others list it more simply as a Lemon Thai and Pakistani line meeting Chemdawg, which lands in much the same place: a pungent, fuelled, indica-dominant plant. Its West Coast origins are told more than one way, and the breeders here reflect that spread rather than settling it. The CBD-forward versions cross in a CBD line. Breeders quote her mostly indica-dominant, usually 70 to 80%, with a couple of versions listed sativa-leaning. Each version below carries the origin its breeder gives, unsettled as that leaves it.