Sour Diesel
Marketed as sativa. That label describes how it is sold, not its chemistry — the research is clear that it does not predict much.
Also sold as Sour D, Sour Deez.
Across 703 laboratory results, Sour Diesel tested between 14.4% and 23.2% THC, with a median of 18.5%. Most sites print a single number here. The spread is the more useful fact.
Laboratory chemistry
Every figure is a median across real lab results, with the middle 80% of those results beside it. A wide range means the same name tested very differently batch to batch.
| Cannabinoid | Median | Middle 80% | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| THC | 18.5% | 14.4% to 23.2% | 703 2 sources / about typical |
| CBD | 0.06% | 0.00% to 0.24% | 347 2 sources / about typical |
| CBG | 0.50% | 0.26% to 1.14% | 628 2 sources / about typical |
| CBN | 0.00% | 0.00% to 0.06% | 341 2 sources / about typical |
| CBC | 0.05% | 0.00% to 0.11% | 463 2 sources / above typical |
| THCV | 0.00% | 0.00% to 0.18% | 220 2 sources / about typical |
| Terpene | Median | Middle 80% | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrcene | 0.34% | 0.12% to 0.78% | 352 2 sources / about typical |
| Limonene | 0.30% | 0.09% to 0.59% | 350 2 sources / above typical |
| Caryophyllene | 0.39% | 0.12% to 0.70% | 352 2 sources / above typical |
| Terpinolene | 0.00% | 0.00% to 0.04% | 351 2 sources / about typical |
| Pinene | 0.11% | 0.05% to 0.26% | 352 2 sources / about typical |
| Linalool | 0.07% | 0.02% to 0.17% | 350 2 sources / about typical |
| Humulene | 0.14% | 0.05% to 0.29% | 350 2 sources / above typical |
| Ocimene | 0.00% | 0.00% to 0.06% | 346 / about typical |
| Bisabolol | 0.05% | 0.00% to 0.15% | 336 2 sources / above typical |
| Nerolidol | 0.03% | 0.00% to 0.34% | 346 / about typical |
Reported genetics
Chemdawg 91 × unknown
disputed
Only the Chemdawg 91 side is broadly agreed. Competing accounts give Original Diesel x DNL, a straight Chemdawg 91 x Massachusetts Super Skunk, or an accidental hermaphrodite pollination. The cross was accidental; AJ is credited with selecting and preserving the East Coast cut, making the real ESD a clone preservation rather than a bred line.
Source: seedfinder.eu
What this page does not tell you
- Whether the jar in your hand matches these numbers. Strain names are not standardised, certified or regulated. Research has found samples sharing a name that were as chemically distant from each other as samples with different names.
- How it will make you feel. This site holds no effect data, because no source publishes per-strain effect rates under a licence that permits reuse. An empty column is better than a borrowed guess.
- Anything medical. These are measurements, not claims about what cannabis does to a condition.
Sources
Where two sources cover the same analyte, the figure above is pooled over their combined samples rather than averaged — a median of two medians is not a median. Each source's own sample count is shown in the table.
- Smith, Vergara, Keegan & Kane (2022), The phytochemical diversity of commercial Cannabis in the United States, PLOS ONE · lab · CC0-1.0
- Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, Lab Library · lab · Public record, no stated restriction
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