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Comparison

Cherry Diesel vs Cherry Gelato

Another shared fruit without a shared family: Cherry Gelato, also called Cherrylato, is Black Cherry Funk × Acai from a breeder Leafly calls unknown, and Leafly rates it mostly calming, against mostly energizing for Cherry Diesel.1,2 In state labs Cherry Gelato tests higher: 24.11% median THC from only 5 tests against 18.10% for Cherry Diesel.3

Side by side

Cherry DieselCherry Gelato
TypeBalanced hybrid (AllBud: 50% indica, 50% sativa)2,4Hybrid, 60% sativa (Leafly)1
LineageCherry OG × Turbo Diesel, MTG Seeds2,5Black Cherry Funk × Acai; breeder unknown1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.10% (149 tests)24.11% (5 tests); small sample
Middle half of THC results16.60%–19.79%20.97%–26.46%
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (35 tests)Too few tests report individual terpenes
Leafly’s top effectsAroused, relaxed, focused2Relaxed, euphoric, creative1
Flavor (Leafly)Tree fruit, diesel, berry2Berry, violet, sweet1
Leafly’s calming–energizing scaleMostly energizing2Mostly calming1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Cherry Diesel vs Cherry Gelato

16% 20% 24% 28% Cherry Gelato Cherry Gelato: median 24.11%, middle half 20.97%–26.46%, 5 tests 24.1% n=5 Cherry Diesel Cherry Diesel: median 18.10%, middle half 16.60%–19.79%, 149 tests 18.1% n=149 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Cherry Gelato has only 5 tests.3

Its own site

Lemon Cherry Diesel, a different strain again, is listed by Weedmaps in one version as a cross of Lemon Cherry Gelato.6 Cherry Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at cherrygelato.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Cherry Gelato (aka Cherrylato) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Cherry Diesel (aka Cherry Turbo Diesel) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Cherry Diesel marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. SeedFinder, Cherry Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, lineage and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps, Lemon Cherry Diesel strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.