Strawberry Shortcake
Hybrid
Strawberry Cough × Sour Diesel (IBL)
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Hybrid
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Strawberry Cough × Sour Diesel (IBL)
- Flowering
- 46–53 d
- THC Range
- 18% – 23%
- CBD Range
- 0.23% – 0.69%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Caryophyllene, Limonene, Myrcene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Creative
Reported
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Focused
Reported
Happy
Reported
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC18% – 23%
- CBD0.23% – 0.69%
- CBG1%
- CBN0.05% – 0.28%
- THCV0.22% – 1.01%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyReported- LimoneneReported
MyrceneHerbal, EarthyReported
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1StressReported as a reason for use.—
- 2DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 3PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 4InsomniaReported as a reason for use.—
- 5ADHD/ADDReported 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
Strawberry Cough’s parents
Sour Diesel (IBL)’s parents not recorded
Strawberry Cough
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Sour Diesel (IBL)
Type not recorded
Parent Strain
Strawberry Shortcake
Hybrid
Origin
Strawberry Shortcake is a Juliet selection crossed with Strawberry Diesel, though the pairing rests on a small number of sources. Strawberry Diesel supplies the berry and the fuel edge; the Juliet cut adds the sativa structure and the resin. It is a flavor-driven cross, built around the strawberry rather than any particular effect.
2 lineage claim sets recorded. The one shown is attributed to Dark Horse Genetics; the others are in the tabs above, each with its own source.
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- October
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- High
Indoor
- Harvest
- 10 wk
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- High
- Flowering
- 46–53 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Strawberry Shortcake is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a high yield with in about 10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around October.
Cultivation Notes
Strawberry Shortcake finishes flowering in about 65 to 72 days and produces heavy resin, which makes it popular with hash makers. Yields are large enough that growers stake or tie the branches. It finishes outdoors in October. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Afternoon
Occasions:
- before creating
About
Strawberry Shortcake is a berry-flavored sativa that our data briefly mistakes for a CBD strain.
It crosses a Juliet selection with Strawberry Diesel, and every source describes an uplifting, THC-forward high. A stray CBD reading of 22 percent in our records is a data error, not a second chemotype.
What to Expect
The effect data on Strawberry Shortcake is light but leans relaxed and creative, with happy and euphoric behind. Sources describe it as more energetic than that, an uplifting daytime lift, so the felt profile probably sits somewhere between the two.
Recorded downsides are only dry mouth and dry eyes, both mild, with a rare anxious note. It is a reasonable pick for a low-drama afternoon strain, less so if you want something clearly stimulating.
Flavor and Aroma
Strawberry Shortcake is sweet and fruity with a clear strawberry note and a spicy, earthy undercurrent. It is dessert-named but not purely candied, with the Diesel side adding a little bite. The taste follows, sweet berry with a peppery finish.
Terpenes Explained
Strawberry Shortcake has no measured terpene data, only Myrcene, Caryophyllene and Limonene listed by name. Nothing quantifies the fruit.
As with most berry-named strains, the strawberry comes from aroma compounds below a standard panel's range, so the jar is the only real test. Look for a smell that is clearly strawberry rather than a vague sweetness.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Strawberry Shortcake THC is reported around 17 to 23 percent, with the lab sample near 16, so most batches land moderate to strong. The CBD figure in our data ranges up to 22 percent, which is a clear error; sources agree there is no meaningful CBD here.
Treat the CBD number in any listing for this strain as a mistake and buy it as the moderate-THC sativa it is.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2017 Dope Cup Washington — entry recorded as “Strawberry Shortcake”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 1 unresolved entry shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Strawberry Shortcake 0
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How we verify businessesExperience Evidence & Sources
Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.
Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 5 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
One recorded conflict
2 lineage claim sets disagree. All are retained with their sources; none is presented as settled.
Source summaries only. Evidence bodies are not published on this page.
Methodology and sourcesReader Reviews 0
Reader experiences, not verified data. Nothing here feeds the effect percentages above.
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