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Comparison

Cherry Diesel vs Durban Poison

Durban Poison is a pure sativa from the South African port city of Durban; Cherry Diesel is a balanced hybrid from MTG Seeds.1,2,3 Their lab terpene profiles both lead with terpinolene, which leads in only 5 of the 44 strains in our dataset with at least 10 tests reporting individual terpenes.4 In state labs Durban Poison tests higher: 19.45% median THC against 18.10% for Cherry Diesel.4

Side by side

Cherry DieselDurban Poison
TypeBalanced hybrid (AllBud: 50% indica, 50% sativa)2,5Pure sativa1
OriginMTG Seeds, Northern California3,6Durban, South Africa1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.10% (149 tests)19.45% (528 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.60%–19.79%17.33%–21.99%
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (35 tests)Terpinolene, β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene (235 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsAroused, relaxed, focused5Focused, energetic, uplifted1
Flavor (Leafly)Tree fruit, diesel, berry5Pine, earthy, sage1
Flowering8–9 weeks (Leafly)57–9 weeks (Leafly)1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Cherry Diesel vs Durban Poison

16% 18% 20% 22% 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 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 6 stores within 50 miles of Philadelphia listed Cherry Diesel flower on Weedmaps, against 1 store for Durban Poison; around Los Angeles the counts were 5 and 174.7

Durban Turbo, the sibling cross

MTG Seeds also crossed Durban Poison with its Turbo Diesel to make Durban Turbo, which SeedFinder lists with a flowering time of about 60 days, the same figure it gives for MTG’s Cherry Diesel.3,8,9 Leafly rates both Durban Poison and Cherry Diesel as mostly energizing.1,5 Durban Poison has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at durbanpoisonstrain.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Durban Poison strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. AllBud, Cherry Diesel marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. SeedFinder, Cherry Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, lineage and hybrids. 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.
  5. Leafly, Cherry Diesel (aka Cherry Turbo Diesel) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. MTG Seeds, MTG Seeds: cannabis seeds (home page). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.
  8. SeedFinder, Durban Turbo (MTG Seeds): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. SeedFinder, Turbo Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, breeder description and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.