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Comparison

Sour Diesel vs Green Crack

Both are known as energizing: Leafly users call Sour Diesel energetic, uplifted and talkative, and Green Crack energetic, focused and talkative.1,2 Sour Diesel tests higher in state labs, 21.68% median THC against 19.52%, and tastes of fuel rather than mango and citrus.2,3

Side by side

Sour DieselGreen Crack
TypeHybrid that leans sativa1,4Sativa2
LineageChemdawg × Super Skunk (disputed)1,5Skunk #1 × an unknown indica2
Median THC (state lab tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)19.52% (1,236 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.00%–25.30%16.79%–21.73%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (167 tests)
Most-reported effectsEnergetic, uplifted, talkative1Energetic, focused, talkative2
FlavorDiesel, chemical, skunk1Citrus, mango, earthy2
Flowering77 days (Leafly)17–9 weeks2

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

Lab-tested THC: Sour Diesel vs Green Crack

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 Green Crack Green Crack: median 19.52%, middle half 16.79%–21.73%, 1,236 tests 19.5% n=1,236 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

On Oct 3, 2026, 156 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Sour Diesel flower on Weedmaps, against 88 stores for Green Crack; around New York the counts were 125 and 56.6

Skunk on both sides?

If the Super Skunk account of Sour Diesel is right, both strains descend from Skunk #1: Leafly lists Super Skunk as Skunk #1 × Afghani and Green Crack as Skunk #1 × an unknown indica.2,7 Green Crack has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at greencrack.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Sour Diesel strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Green Crack strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Sour Diesel marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. High Times, 25 years of Chem Dog (2016-09-07). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Super Skunk strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.