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Comparisons

Cherry Diesel compared

How Cherry Diesel stacks up against six strains: three from its own family tree, a South African sativa, and two network strains that share its cherry name, using the same state lab data for every strain.1,2,3,4

Lab-tested THC: Cherry Diesel and 6 comparisons

16% 20% 24% 28% Cherry Gelato Cherry Gelato: median 24.11%, middle half 20.97%–26.46%, 5 tests 24.1% n=5 Chemdawg Chemdawg: median 22.94%, middle half 19.25%–25.37%, 668 tests 22.9% n=668 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Durban Poison Durban Poison: median 19.45%, middle half 17.33%–21.99%, 528 tests 19.4% n=528 Cherry Diesel Cherry Diesel: median 18.10%, middle half 16.60%–19.79%, 149 tests 18.1% n=149 Tropicana Cherry Tropicana Cherry: median 17.98%, middle half 15.63%–20.08%, 265 tests 18.0% n=265 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC; same dataset and rules for every strain. Strains with fewer than 100 tests are marked as small samples.4
StrainMedian THCTestsTop terpene
Cherry Diesel 18.10% 149 Terpinolene (35 tests)
Sour Diesel 21.68% 1,071 β-Caryophyllene Cherry Diesel vs Sour Diesel
Chemdawg 22.94% 668 β-Caryophyllene Cherry Diesel vs Chemdawg
OG Kush 20.87% 379 β-Caryophyllene Cherry Diesel vs OG Kush
Durban Poison 19.45% 528 Terpinolene Cherry Diesel vs Durban Poison
Tropicana Cherry 17.98% 265 β-Caryophyllene Cherry Diesel vs Tropicana Cherry
Cherry Gelato 24.11% (small sample) 5 Too few tests (1) Cherry Diesel vs Cherry Gelato

Sources

  1. SeedFinder, Cherry Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, lineage and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. SeedFinder, Turbo Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, breeder description and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. SeedFinder, Cherry O.G. (MTG Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.