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Comparison

OG Kush vs Sour Diesel

Headband is the documented bridge: Leafly identifies it as OG Kush × Sour Diesel.1

Side by side

OG KushSour Diesel
TypeHybrid2Hybrid3
Published lineage / linkParent of Headband (Leafly)1Parent of Headband (Leafly)1
Median THC (lab tests)20.87% (379 tests)421.68% (1,071 tests)4
Middle half (lab tests)18.06%–23.36%419.00%–25.30%4
Top terpenes (lab tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (127 tests)4β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)4
Published effect labelsHungry, relaxed, sleepy (Leafly)2Energetic, uplifted, talkative3
Published flavor labelsWoody, pine, earthy (Leafly)2Diesel, chemical, skunk3

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

Lab-tested THC: OG Kush vs Sour Diesel

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.4

The Headband connection

Sour Diesel has a sister guide at sourdiesel.com.3

Where menus list more

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 5, 2026 (OG Kush) and Oct 3, 2026 (Sour Diesel), 148 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed OG Kush flower on Weedmaps, against 156 stores for Sour Diesel; around New York the counts were 60 and 125.5

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Headband strain information. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  2. Leafly, OG Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 5, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Sour Diesel strain information. 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.