Cherry Diesel
Hybrid
Sour Kush × Sour Diesel
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
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At a glance
- Type
- Hybrid
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Sour Kush × Sour Diesel
- Flowering
- 60–70 d
- THC Range
- 15% – 24%
- CBD Range
- 0.1% – 0.58%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Terpinolene, Caryophyllene, Myrcene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Energetic
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Happy
Reported
Uplifted
Reported
- Dizzy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC15% – 24%
- CBDa0.08%
- CBD0.1% – 0.58%
- CBC0.03%
- CBG1%
- CBGa1.03%
- CBN0.07% – 0.24%
- Delta-8-THC0.01%
- THCV0.28% – 1.18%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
View all terpenes- TerpinoleneHigh
CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyModerate
MyrceneHerbal, EarthyLower
HumuleneWoody, HoppyLower- BisabololLower
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
3 reported uses
- 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 2PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 3Arthritis PainReported as a reason for use.—
Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.
View all reported usesGenetics & Origin
Sour Kush’s parents
Sour Diesel’s parents
Sour Kush
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Sour Diesel
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Cherry Diesel
Hybrid
Origin
Cherry Diesel is Turbo Diesel crossed with a Cherry strain, from MTG Seeds, though sources split on whether the cherry parent is Cherry OG or a strain simply called Cherry. Turbo Diesel supplies the fuel and the structure; the cherry side the color, the tart sweetness and a softer edge. It is the gentlest way into the Diesel family for someone put off by the straight version.
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- October
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- Moderate
Indoor
- Harvest
- 8–10 wk
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- Moderate
- Flowering
- 60–70 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Cherry Diesel is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a moderate yield with in about 8–10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around October.
Cultivation Notes
Cherry Diesel is fast and productive. It flowers in as little as six weeks on a bushy, multi-branched plant with tight internodes, and yields well, around 3 to 6 ounces per square foot. It finishes outdoors in October. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Night
Occasions:
- before cleaning or working out
About
Cherry Diesel is the Diesel family's answer to people who find straight fuel too harsh.
MTG Seeds crossed a Cherry strain with Turbo Diesel, keeping the diesel bite but wrapping it in tart cherry and a vibrant color. It is a balanced hybrid that leans relaxed despite its energetic reputation.
What to Expect
Cherry Diesel is calmer than the Diesel name implies. Leafly's breakdown leads with relaxed at 57 percent and happy at 56, then euphoric at 52, from a solid sample, with the relevance data pushing deep relaxation well up. The energetic side is real but short.
Dry mouth is the main note near 20 percent, with anxiety and paranoia both low. It is an evening strain more than a wake-and-bake.
Flavor and Aroma
Cherry Diesel is sweet, tart cherry over a diesel and earthy base, with a broader tree-fruit and berry character. The cherry and the fuel sit alongside each other rather than one covering the other. The flavor keeps both through the exhale.
Terpenes Explained
Cherry Diesel has a measured panel and Terpinolene leads it, though the reading varies widely between samples, from 0.14 to 0.67 percent. That is an unusual lead for a Diesel-family strain, which more often runs on Caryophyllene.
The cherry note and the diesel note both sit largely in compounds a standard panel does not report. Smell for the cherry and the fuel both present, since a batch that is all diesel has lost half the appeal.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Cherry Diesel THC is reported around 15 to 27 percent, with the lab sample near 18, so most batches land solidly strong rather than at the top. CBD is negligible. The wide range means a given batch could sit well below the high figure.
Cherry Diesel most often tests in the high teens to low twenties, so take the 27 percent claims as the exception, not the rule.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2018 Connoisseur Cup — entry recorded as “Cherry Diesel”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 1 unresolved entry shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Cherry Diesel 0
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Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 4 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
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