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Comparison

Cherry Diesel vs OG Kush

OG Kush runs through both of Cherry Diesel’s parents in MTG Seeds’ listings: Cherry O.G. is Purple Afghan–OG Kush × OG Kush–Cherry Bomb, and Turbo Diesel’s Sour Kush parent is probably Sour Diesel × OG Kush.1,2,3 Leafly rates OG Kush mostly calming and Cherry Diesel mostly energizing.4,5 In state labs OG Kush tests higher: 20.87% median THC against 18.10% for Cherry Diesel.6

Side by side

Cherry DieselOG Kush
TypeBalanced hybrid (AllBud: 50% indica, 50% sativa)5,7Hybrid4
LineageCherry OG × Turbo Diesel, MTG Seeds5,8Chemdawg × Hindu Kush (Leafly)4
Median THC (state lab tests)18.10% (149 tests)20.87% (379 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.60%–19.79%18.06%–23.36%
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (35 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (127 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsAroused, relaxed, focused5Hungry, relaxed, sleepy4
Flavor (Leafly)Tree fruit, diesel, berry5Woody, pine, earthy4
Flowering8–9 weeks (Leafly)556 days (Leafly)4

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.6

Lab-tested THC: Cherry Diesel vs OG Kush

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 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.6

Cherry OG, Cherry Kush and OG Kush

Leafly lists Cherry Kush as Purple Afghani × OG Kush and links the words “Cherry OG” in its Cherry Diesel description to that entry; its separate Cherry OG page names Afghani and Lost Coast OG as parents.5,9,10 OG Kush itself was first cultivated in Florida in the early 1990s and reached Los Angeles in 1996, according to Leafly.4

More comparisons

Sources

  1. SeedFinder, Cherry O.G. (MTG Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. SeedFinder, Sour Kush (MTG Seeds): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. SeedFinder, Turbo Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, breeder description and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, OG Kush (aka Premium OG Kush) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Cherry Diesel (aka Cherry Turbo Diesel) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. AllBud, Cherry Diesel marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. SeedFinder, Cherry Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, lineage and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Cherry Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Cherry OG (aka Cherry OG Kush, OG Cherry) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.