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O.G. Kushhybrid2 sources
Skunkhybrid1 source · disputed
Afghanihybrid4 sources · disputed
Hawaiianhybrid1 source · disputed
Thaihybrid2 sources · disputed
Maple Leaf Indicahybrid1 source · disputed
Power Planthybrid1 source · disputed
Mexicanhybrid1 source · disputed
Atomic NLhybrid1 source · disputed
Holland NL #6hybrid1 source · disputed
NL #1hybrid2 sources · disputed
NL #2hybrid3 sources · disputed
NL #5hybrid1 source · disputed
Unknown Ruderalishybrid2 sources · disputed
Afghani/Hawaiianhybrid3 sources · disputed
Shivahybrid1 source · disputed
Unknown Diesel Bagseedhybrid3 sources · disputed
Afghani #1hybrid1 source · disputedPheno of Afghani
Black Kush 98hybrid1 source · disputed
Skunk No.1hybrid1 source · disputedPheno of Skunk
Chem Dawghybrid4 sources · disputed
Super Skunkhybrid3 sources · disputed
Original Dieselhybrid11 sources · disputed
DNLhybrid11 sources · disputed
Sour Sagehybrid1 source · disputed
Unknown Strainhybrid1 source · disputed
N.Y.C. Dieselhybrid1 source · disputed
Sagehybrid1 source · disputed
Dieselhybrid2 sources · disputed
Northern Lightshybrid2 sources · disputed
East Coast Sour Dieselhybrid1 source · disputed

Parents

Sources name different parents — 6 versions recorded.

VERSION 1 · 11 SOURCES

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Shown first: named by 11 sources; the next version has 3.

Every version listed here was named by at least one published source. We don't declare a winner. The version named by the most different publishers is shown first, and source quality breaks ties. How we rate sources › Think a different version is right? Suggest a correction ›

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Sour Diesel

aka diesel sour, sour d, sour fuel, sour

1990 · East Coast USA

Diesel/Gas
8 back12 forward

THC 19-25%·CBD <1%

Ancestor of 3190 strains

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Disputed lineage

At least one parent for this strain is contested — sources disagree on its lineage.

  • Apothecary Genetics's page also names "Sour Diesel" as a co-parent; that name resolves to this strain itself and is not shown as a separate parent.
  • Katsu Seeds's page also names "Sour Diesel (Stoneys)" as a co-parent; that name resolves to this strain itself and is not shown as a separate parent.
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Children

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Chem Dawghybrid3190 descendants
Headbandhybrid27 descendants
Sour Applehybrid57 descendants
Death Starhybrid350 descendants
Lemon Treehybrid72 descendants
Super Sour Dieselhybrid2 descendants
Laughing Gashybrid0 descendants
Snoop Dogg OGhybrid0 descendants
Sour Grapeshybrid1 descendant
Sour OGhybrid5 descendants
Sour Papayahybrid0 descendants
Sour Patch Kidshybrid0 descendants
GMOhybrid157 descendants
O.G. Kushhybrid3190 descendants
Apple Fritterhybrid35 descendants
Gelonadehybrid6 descendants
Motorbreathhybrid40 descendants
Stardawghybrid47 descendants
Melonadehybrid23 descendants
Frostyhybrid2 descendants

3,170 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of Sour DieselStrongest: Gas, Funk, Earth.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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13 sister strains

Sour Bubbahybridfull sisterN.Y.C. Dieselhybridhalf sister3219 descendantsSour Applehybridhalf sister57 descendantsSour Tangiehybridhalf sister4 descendantsSour Jokerhybridhalf sisterSour Strawberryhybridhalf sisterSour’Kushhybridhalf sister171 descendantsSage and Sourhybridhalf sister3 descendantsSour Skunkhybridhalf sisterOrange Dieselhybridhalf sisterUltra Sourhybridhalf sisterBob Sagethybridhalf sisterSour and Sagehybridhalf sister