Overview
Black Lime Reserve, also known as Black Lime Special Reserve, was bred by Aficionado Seeds from a cross of Northern Lights, Purple Kush, and Chemdawg Special Reserve. It took second place overall at the 2014 High Times Cannabis Cup and is known for a bright citrus-lime aroma layered over an old-world, peppery kush base. The effects begin with mental energy and focus before shifting into full-body relaxation. The buds themselves tend to be compact and golf-ball-shaped, coated in a thick blanket of resin that makes them a popular choice for hash and extraction.
Strain Helps With
Black Lime Reserve is often used for migraines, stress, and chronic pain, with users reporting its shift from mental clarity into physical relaxation as especially useful for symptom management throughout the day. Its balanced onset makes it approachable for both daytime relief and evening wind-down, depending on dose, and some patients also report it helps ease digestive discomfort or queasiness.
Terpenes
The profile is led by limonene and caryophyllene. Limonene delivers the citrus-lime brightness the strain is named for and is linked to mood elevation. Caryophyllene adds peppery spice and anti-inflammatory associations. Pinene also plays a supporting role, contributing a fresh, piney edge that rounds out the aroma, and some tested cuts show a notable presence of terpinolene as well, adding an extra layer of sweet, sparkling citrus.
Parents
Black Lime Reserve comes from a cross of Northern Lights, Purple Kush, and Chemdawg Special Reserve. Northern Lights and Purple Kush contribute dense structure and deep relaxation typical of classic indica lines, while Chemdawg Special Reserve adds the pungent, chemical-citrus sharpness that gives the strain its distinctive lime-pepper signature. This layered pedigree is part of why the strain performs so well in solventless hash and rosin production.
