The Cali Connection Seeds: Swerve's OG and Kush Lines from LA

First thing to clear up: The Cali Connection isn't a catch-all name for California-style weed. It's one seed bank with one breeder behind it, and everything here traces back to his breeding rooms in Los Angeles. So if you searched "cali seeds" and landed here expecting a general West Coast selection, this page is narrower than that on purpose.

Swerve Has Been Breeding in LA Since 2008

The Cali Connection started in 2008 and still breeds in Los Angeles. Swerve runs in-house feminised lines, a Gold Line, and Swerve's Private Collection, which is outside genetics he brought in rather than bred himself. Bellini is a Gold Line pack, Purple Punch crossed with Gelato 45, finishing in 63-67 days with roughly 200-260g/m² indoors. The bank does autoflowering seeds elsewhere, but every pack on this shelf, one of the longest-standing brand corners in our cannabis seeds range, is feminised.

OG and Kush Genetics Run Through Nearly Every Pack

San Fernando Valley OG Kush is the parent you'll keep bumping into. Once you spot it in one pedigree, you start seeing it everywhere on this shelf.

The OG and Kush core

Larry OG Kush comes from a Larry clone crossed with a San Fernando Valley OG Kush F3. Tahoe OG Kush came third in Best Indica and first in Best Hash at the 2011 High Times Amsterdam Awards, then second as Best Hybrid at the High Times Medical Cup in Los Angeles. Buddha Tahoe OG, from Louis XIII crossed with SFV OG IBL, took third place at those same 2011 Amsterdam Awards. Louis XIII OG (Tahoe OG Kush x a Louis XIII OG Kush clone) is sweet and sour with pine underneath and wraps up in 9 weeks, but watch out for the bud weight late on, because those colas will fold over without staking. Alien OG, a female Tahoe OG crossed with a male Alien Kush, tests up to 28% THC and stinks of lemon and pine hard enough that one bag won't hold the smell. Grape OG, Grape Kush, LA Affie, Pre 98 Bubba, Deadhead OG, and Blackwater sit in the same family.

The Chem and Diesel side

Chem Valley Kush comes from a ChemDawg clone and a San Fernando Valley OG Kush V.II. 818 Headband, also sold as Sour OG, is Swerve's Original Sour Diesel crossed with his male SFV OG Kush IBL, and it won the hybrid category at the 2010 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup in Michigan. Purple Chem and 78 keep company on this side of the shelf.

Dessert Crosses for When You Want Sugar, Not Fuel

Italian Ice pairs Forbidden Fruit with Gelato 45: blueberry sweetness over hash and citrus, easy to clone, ready in 69-74 days. Fruit Tree (Forbidden Fruit x Purple Punch) gives up to 300g/m² in 65-69 days, with cherry and lavender notes on a musky base. Sugar Mill crosses Gorilla Glue with Wedding Cake for vanilla and citrus with a cool mint edge, returning 250-300g/m² indoors. Tiramisu, Mint Milano, Cherries Jubilee, Fruit Cup, Passion Berry, and Girl Scout Cookies round the sweet end out.

Training, Timing, and Getting Your Pack to the UK

Most of this shelf wants a bit of hands-on work. Top Italian Ice and Sugar Mill and they spread wide instead of putting everything into one cola, and a SCROG net or some LST does the same job for Fruit Tree. Flowering times are per strain, not shelf-wide: Grape OG and Grape Kush at 8-9 weeks, Louis XIII OG and Alien OG at 9. Orders leave us in plain, discreet packaging with fast UK shipping, and the rest of the catalogue is a click away if you want to compare Swerve's work against other breeders in our cannabis seed range. First pack from this bank? We'd take Grape Kush over Grape OG: same Grape Romulan flavour, and around 400g/m² instead of 300.