The Official Cannabis Independent strain guides
Sour Diesel No 04 Shop
The Official Cannabis collection · sheet 04No 04 · Sour Dieselvs OG Kush

Comparison

Sour Diesel vs OG Kush

Both are tied to Chemdawg, but users describe them differently: Leafly users call Sour Diesel energetic and uplifted and OG Kush relaxed and sleepy.1,2 Sour Diesel tests higher in state labs, 21.68% median THC against 20.87%, and the two were crossed to make Headband.3,4

Side by side

Sour DieselOG Kush
TypeHybrid that leans sativa1,5Hybrid2
LineageChemdawg × Super Skunk (disputed)1,6Chemdawg × Hindu Kush, with Lemon Thai in Leafly’s origin story2
OriginNew York, 1990s6Florida, early 1990s; in Los Angeles from 19962
Median THC (state lab tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)20.87% (379 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.00%–25.30%18.06%–23.36%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (127 tests)
Most-reported effectsEnergetic, uplifted, talkative1Hungry, relaxed, sleepy2
FlavorDiesel, chemical, skunk1Woody, pine, earthy2

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

Lab-tested THC: Sour Diesel vs OG Kush

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 OG Kush OG Kush: median 20.87%, middle half 18.06%–23.36%, 379 tests 20.9% n=379 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.3

Headband and the Chem family

Leafly describes Headband as a cross of OG Kush and Sour Diesel, and High Times ranks OG Kush first and Sour Diesel third on its list of the 25 greatest strains of all time.4,7 OG Kush’s other listed parent, Hindu Kush, has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at hindukush.com.2

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Sour Diesel strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, OG Kush 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. Leafly, Headband strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Sour Diesel marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. High Times, 25 years of Chem Dog (2016-09-07). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  7. High Times, 25 greatest strains of all time (2014-10-09). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.