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Comparison

Cherry Diesel vs Sour Diesel

Sour Diesel sits two steps up Cherry Diesel’s family tree: MTG Seeds lists Turbo Diesel, one of Cherry Diesel’s parents, as Sour Kush × Sour Diesel.1,2 In state labs Sour Diesel tests higher: 21.68% median THC against 18.10% for Cherry Diesel.3 Their terpene profiles lead differently: terpinolene for Cherry Diesel, β-caryophyllene for Sour Diesel.3

Side by side

Cherry DieselSour Diesel
TypeBalanced hybrid (AllBud: 50% indica, 50% sativa)4,5Hybrid6
LineageCherry OG × Turbo Diesel, MTG Seeds2,5Chemdawg × Super Skunk6
Median THC (state lab tests)18.10% (149 tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.60%–19.79%19.00%–25.30%
Top terpenes (median)Terpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (35 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsAroused, relaxed, focused5Energetic, uplifted, talkative6
Flavor (Leafly)Tree fruit, diesel, berry5Diesel, chemical, skunk6
Flowering8–9 weeks (Leafly)577 days (Leafly)6

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

Lab-tested THC: Cherry Diesel vs Sour Diesel

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 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.3

Which is easier to find

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 4, 2026 (Cherry Diesel) and Oct 3, 2026 (Sour Diesel), 6 stores within 50 miles of Philadelphia listed Cherry Diesel flower on Weedmaps, against 17 stores for Sour Diesel; around Los Angeles the counts were 5 and 156.7

How they are related

MTG Seeds describes Turbo Diesel as a fast-growing, high-yielding version of its Sour Kush, and lists that Sour Kush as probably Sour Diesel × OG Kush, so Sour Diesel may appear twice in Turbo Diesel’s pedigree.1,8 Leafly rates both Cherry Diesel and Sour Diesel as mostly energizing.5,6 Sour Diesel has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at sourdiesel.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. SeedFinder, Turbo Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, breeder description and hybrids. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. SeedFinder, Cherry Diesel (MTG Seeds): strain info, lineage and hybrids. 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. Leafly, Cherry Diesel (aka Cherry Turbo Diesel) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Sour Diesel (aka Sour D, Sour Deez) strain information. 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, Sour Kush (MTG Seeds): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.