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Comparison

Jack Herer vs Sour Diesel

Leafly lists Sour Diesel as Chemdawg × Super Skunk, so this is a popular hybrid comparison rather than a documented Jack Herer family relationship.1

Side by side

Jack HererSour Diesel
Type and lineageSativa label; Haze hybrid × (Northern Lights #5 × Shiva Skunk) account2,3Hybrid; Chemdawg × Super Skunk1
Median total THC19.59% (910 tests)421.68% (1,071 tests)4
Middle half of THC results17.13%–22.00%419.00%–25.30%4
Leading lab terpenesTerpinolene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (413 tests)4β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)4
Published aroma or reportPine, woody and earthy; Leafly users report focused, energetic and creative2Diesel, chemical and skunk; Leafly users report energetic, uplifted and talkative1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Jack Herer vs Sour Diesel

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 Jack Herer Jack Herer: median 19.59%, middle half 17.13%–22.00%, 910 tests 19.6% n=910 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

The practical distinction: Sour Diesel

Leafly lists Sour Diesel as Chemdawg × Super Skunk, so this is a popular hybrid comparison rather than a documented Jack Herer family relationship.1

What the comparison can and cannot show

The lab rows compare matched flower records, not a guarantee about any one product. Jack Herer has 910 matched tests from 9 states; the comparison row states the other strain's own test count.4 No parent-child relationship between these two strains was verified in the opened sources.1,2

Which is easier to find

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 5, 2026 (Jack Herer) and Oct 3, 2026 (Sour Diesel), 147 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Jack Herer flower on Weedmaps, against 156 stores for Sour Diesel; around New York the counts were 79 and 125.5

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Sour Diesel strain information. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Jack Herer strain information. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  3. AllBud, Jack Herer marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  5. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 5, 2026. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.