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Comparison

Green Crack vs Sour Diesel

Both rate as mostly energizing on Leafly, but Sour Diesel, a Chemdawg × Super Skunk hybrid, tastes of diesel where Green Crack tastes of citrus and mango.1,2 Sour Diesel tests higher in state labs: 21.68% median THC against 19.52% for Green Crack.3 In our terpene data, Green Crack leads with β-myrcene and Sour Diesel with β-caryophyllene.3

Side by side

Green CrackSour Diesel
TypeSativa1Hybrid2
LineageSkunk #1 × unknown indica (Weedmaps: × Afghani)1,4Chemdawg × Super Skunk2
Median THC (state lab tests)19.52% (1,236 tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.79%–21.73%19.00%–25.30%
Top terpenes (median)β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene (167 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)
Top effects (Leafly)Energetic, focused, talkative1Energetic, uplifted, talkative2
FlavorCitrus, mango, earthy1Diesel, chemical, skunk2
Leafly orders, 2025Not in the national top 85#45

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

Lab-tested THC: Green Crack 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 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, 88 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Green Crack flower on Weedmaps, against 156 stores for Sour Diesel; around New York the counts were 56 and 125.6

Its own site

Sour Diesel has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at sourdiesel.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Green Crack strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Sour Diesel 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. Weedmaps, Green Crack strain page. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Best-selling weed strains of 2025. 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.