# Cherry Diesel

> Cherry Diesel, also called Cherry Turbo Diesel, is a balanced hybrid bred by MTG Seeds, a Northern California seed company, from Cherry OG and Turbo Diesel. It tests at a median total THC of 18.10% across 149 state lab tests of Cherry Diesel flower, with the middle half of results between 16.60% and 19.79%. It is not Lemon Cherry Diesel, a separate strain that Weedmaps lists under three different crosses, none of them made with Cherry Diesel.

Published by Official Cannabis (https://officialcannabis.net). Lab statistics: 149 state lab tests, median total THC 18.10%, middle half 16.60%–19.79% (Cannlytics cannabis_results, CC BY 4.0, analysis by Official Cannabis). Comparative THC rankings require at least 30 flower tests.

## Guide
- [Strain overview](https://cherrydiesel.com/): Cherry Diesel is MTG Seeds’ balanced Cherry OG × Turbo Diesel hybrid. Median THC across 149 state lab tests: 18.10%. Genetics, terpenes, effects.
- [Genetics](https://cherrydiesel.com/genetics/): Cherry Diesel is a balanced Cherry OG × Turbo Diesel hybrid from MTG Seeds. Which Cherry OG is disputed, and Lemon Cherry Diesel is a different strain.
- [THC and terpenes](https://cherrydiesel.com/potency/): Cherry Diesel flower tests at 18.10% median THC (16.60%–19.79%) across 149 state lab results, with terpinolene the top terpene in 35 tests. CBD is rare.
- [Lab report](https://cherrydiesel.com/lab-report/): Cherry Diesel data report covering 149 flower tests, with 22% at 20% THC or more and a 71% terpinolene terpene lead.
- [Effects](https://cherrydiesel.com/effects/): Leafly’s top effects for Cherry Diesel are aroused, relaxed and focused, and Leafly rates it mostly energizing. Downsides: anxiety, dry mouth, dry eyes.
- [Growing](https://cherrydiesel.com/grow/): Cherry Diesel flowers in about 8–9 weeks, per Leafly, Weedmaps and MTG Seeds. Breeder specs, plant shape, outdoor notes and the seed versions, side by side.
- [Where to find it](https://cherrydiesel.com/near-me/): Cherry Diesel flower on Weedmaps on Oct 4, 2026: 15 stores in 4 of 27 US markets, most near Philadelphia. Store counts, prices and look-alike names.
- [History](https://cherrydiesel.com/history/): MTG Seeds’ Cherry OG × Turbo Diesel, its Sour Diesel and OG Kush roots, and what lab records and menus show: a sourced timeline of Cherry Diesel.
- [FAQ](https://cherrydiesel.com/faq/): Short, sourced answers about Cherry Diesel: indica or sativa, THC, taste, terpenes, CBD, who bred it, and Lemon, Royal and Sour Cherry Diesel.

## Lab report: key findings
- For Cherry Diesel, the central THC interval is 16.60%–19.79%, only 3.19 points, which makes it the 5th-tightest spread out of 52 comparable strains.
- Only 22% of 149 Cherry Diesel flower tests reached 20% THC or more; 0% reached 25% and 0% reached 30%.
- In terpene-panel tests, terpinolene led 71%, while β-caryophyllene led 29%; the subset comes from Nevada.
- The nearest terpene-profile matches for Cherry Diesel are Trainwreck (82%), Jack Herer (81%) and Super Lemon Haze (79%).
- Annual median THC for Cherry Diesel was essentially flat, changing −0.35 points from 2020 to 2022.
- In the Weedmaps pull, Cherry Diesel flower was listed by 15 stores and only 4 of 27 markets, leaving it 56th out of 58 strains tracked.
Full analysis, tables and method: https://cherrydiesel.com/lab-report/

## Comparisons
- [Cherry Diesel vs Sour Diesel](https://cherrydiesel.com/vs/sour-diesel/): Cherry Diesel vs Sour Diesel, its grandparent through Turbo Diesel: median THC 18.10% vs 21.68% in state lab tests, plus terpenes, effects and flavor.
- [Cherry Diesel vs Chemdawg](https://cherrydiesel.com/vs/chemdawg/): Cherry Diesel vs Chemdawg, the root of its diesel side: state-lab THC (18.10% vs 22.94% median), terpenes, lineage and reported effects compared.
- [Cherry Diesel vs OG Kush](https://cherrydiesel.com/vs/og-kush/): Cherry Diesel vs OG Kush, which MTG Seeds’ listings place in both of its parents: state-lab THC (18.10% vs 20.87% median), terpenes, effects, flavor.
- [Cherry Diesel vs Durban Poison](https://cherrydiesel.com/vs/durban-poison/): Cherry Diesel vs Durban Poison, both led by terpinolene in state lab tests: median THC 18.10% vs 19.45%, lineage, effects, flavor and MTG’s Durban Turbo.
- [Cherry Diesel vs Tropicana Cherry](https://cherrydiesel.com/vs/tropicana-cherry/): Cherry Diesel vs Tropicana Cherry: two cherry-named strains with unrelated parents, compared on lab THC (18.10% vs 17.98% median), terpenes and effects.
- [Cherry Diesel vs Cherry Gelato](https://cherrydiesel.com/vs/cherry-gelato/): Cherry Diesel vs Cherry Gelato: an energizing MTG Seeds cross against a calming Black Cherry Funk × Acai hybrid, compared on lab THC, lineage and flavor.

## Data
- [Lab test CSV](https://cherrydiesel.com/data/cherry-diesel-lab-tests.csv): one row per test (state, date, lab, product, THC, CBD, terpenes)
- [Full text for LLMs](https://cherrydiesel.com/llms-full.txt)