Sour Diesel by Royal Queen

Type mostly sativaFlower ±84 daysCross Sour Diesel

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If there's one name that rings bells from the East Coast to the West, it's Sour Diesel, and Royal Queen Seeds brings their own feminized twist to this legendary fuel-soaked sativa. Now, real heads know the original 90s Sour D was a clone-only freak of nature, born from an accidental cross of Chemdawg 91 and a DNL. RQS built their version by crossing Original Diesel with a Northern Light x Shiva x Hawaiian hybrid to capture that classic structure and smell in seed form. Sure, purists will argue it’s not the exact '90s cut, but RQS Sour D is a vigorous, fast-growing beast that delivers killer results without the headache of sourcing a thirty-year-old clone.

In the garden, this plant is a straight-up stretcher, so you'd better have your canopy management dialed in before you flip her to 12/12. She’s a sativa-dominant powerhouse that takes a solid 10 to 11 weeks to finish, but the wait is totally worth it. The buds stack up chunky and spear-like, and by week eight, your carbon filter is going to be fighting for its life against that piercing, chemical gas aroma. Some phenos lean a little more toward a sharp, citrusy earthiness compared to the pure kerosene of the original cut, but they still reek in all the right ways.

When you finally cure it up and spark a joint, you get that undeniable, soaring head high that Sour Diesel is famous for. It’s electric, uplifting, and cuts right through whatever you've been smoking all day. While it might not be the exact clone your buddy grew in a New York basement in 1998, Royal Queen Seeds put together a rock-solid, easy-to-germinate tribute that yields heavy and smokes fantastic. It’s a perfect option for anyone looking to run a high-energy, gassy sativa that’ll keep your stash jars smelling loud.

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Breeder	Royal Queen
Type	mostly sativa
Flowering time	±84 days
Environment	Outdoors
Lineage	Sour Diesel
Descendants	Sour Banana, Sour Bananas, Candy Diesel, Auto Sour Diesel, Super Sour Diesel, Auto Sour Diesel, Sweet Harlem Diesel, CuRi, Sour Kush, The Bank - Sour Brasi, Diesel Train, Sour Krypt, Chemdog Sour Diesel, Bender, CBD Star, Blue Afghan x Sour Diesel, Alien Grenades, Flash Seeds - California Haze, Sour Hulk, Diesel, Ripcord, Lemon Tree, 517 Cronic, AJ Sour Diesel x Pre Soviet Afghani, Diesel Overdose, Turbo Diesel, West Coast Poison Diesel, Sour Diesel, Winter Coat, East Coast Cookies, Sour Brasi, Sour Chiesel, LA Diesel, ECSD x (OG x Chemdawg), Sour Diesel, Sin City Seeds - Power Diesel, Bio-Diesel, Buffalo Biesel, Sour Cherry, AJ’s Sour Diesel x Purple Punch, Petrol OG, Norton, Blotto OGK, Diesel Fire OG, Ajac, Sour Bubba, White Cavier, Connoisseur Genetics - East Coast Sour Diesel Haze, St Tropez Sour, DNA Diesel, 4 Times Sour, Mango Crunch, AutoBrooklyn Sunrise, Sour Sunset, Orange Diesel, Bruce Banner Redux, Van Apple Sour, Sour Strawberry OG, Double Diesel, THC Seeds - Sour Diesel, White Funk, Sour Diesel, Sour Velvet Soda, Loud Seeds - Sour Diesel, Alien D, Dr. Greenthumb - Iranian Diesel, Sour Chelumbian, Alpha Blue, Mr. Sour-R, CBD Chem Dawg, 7/8 Sour, Ceres Seeds - Lemonesia, Sour Pez, 3D, Hippie Therapy CBD, Supreme Diesel, T-Fly’s Diesel, AJ’s Sour Diesel x TGA Vortex, Tangerine Diesel, Unicorn Blood, Cristal Kush, MCF - Mouth Coating Fuel, Skyline Sour, Cry Baby, Sour Diesel Auto, Raspberry Diesel, Sour Diesel Autoflowering, Nirvana, Fuel, Dungeons Vault Genetics - Jersey Mike, Crayzie Cookies, Sour Cream, Sour Bubba, Diagonal OG, Sour Trop BX, Double Sour Diesel, Zombie Disco, Sour Plum, Goldenseed - Sour Diesel, DieselWreck Haze, Sour Diesel, Sensi #741, Aj Sour Diesel x Key Lime Pie, Headwrecker, White Diesel, Strawberry Scout Cookies, Chuck D, Sour Diesel, Sour Blackberry Diesel, Doctor Diesel, Joe Boxer, Turbo Diesel, SoCal Kerosene, CannaFuel CBD+, Blue Dragon, Sour Diesel, Black Magic x Sour Diesel, Sour Diesel, Fuel D.OG, Jungle Juice, Chizpa, West Coast Sour Diesel, Ghost Town Kush, Sour ThanoZ, New York Super Glue, Sour Dawg, Sour P., Underdawg OG, Sour Diesel Auto, Death Wish, The Weed Seeds Company - Stoned, Chemdog, Sour Cookies, Diesel Moonshine, Humboldt Headband, Sour OG, Sour Secret, Dominion Diesel, Afgoodie, SourKaBerry, Scrog CBD, Sour Banana Sherbet, Sour Gorilla, Gelaberry, Sour Candy, Sour Diesel, Sour Ripper, Athene, Sour Kush, Sour Snow, Head Band, Sour Sasquatch, Sour Sorbet, Nasty Woman, Snoop Dogg OG, Bazooka Bumble, Sour Lemon Diesel, Reeferman Sour Diesel, Colorado Diesel, Sour Poison, Hardcore Stomper, Blackberry Diesel, Stinky D, Voyager, Super Sour CBD, Humboldt Sour Diesel, Yabba Dabba Diesel, Royal Kush 7, Banana Diesel, OG Sour, Strawberry Snow Cone, Ketama Diesel, Pink Starburst, Headband, G.I. Joe, Sour 98, Sour Tropical D, Petroleum Jelly, Sour 2018, Strawberry Grape Smash, Original Sour Diesel, Hooch, Sour Dubb, Sour White, Strawberry Switchblade 2.0, Sour Strawberry, Sour Diesel x SCBDx, Killer Purps, L.B.S.D., ECSD x Tres Double Underdawg, Chocolate Pudding, Juggernaut, Diesel Maui Dawg, Sour-G, White Light Diesel, Ultimate Chem, West Coast Sour Diesel, Earth OG, Sappy Sour, Sour Diesel #2, Fruit Fight, Death-Star, Original Auto Sour Diesel, Sour AK, Sour Diesel Auto, Desert Diesel, Sunset Veritas, A.J. Sour Diesel, Deedee, Sour Deezal, Sour Diesel, Sonoma Sour Diesel, Spliff Seeds - Spliff Diesel, 303 Diesel, Crockett Family Farms - Crocketts Sour Tangie, Sour Diesel, True Sour Diesel, Chemdog, 3 Kings, To Be Renamed....., Sour Diesel, Sour Tsunami, African Strawberry Diesel, Astrolite, West Coast Sour Diesel x Girl Scout Cookies, Quebec CBD 20-1, 707 Headband, Headbanger, Kali Dog, Sour Diesel Auto, Sour Ryder ASB, Purple Diesel, Snow Diesel, Colin OG, Sour’Kush, Strawberry Champagne, Sour Orange Diesel, California Nugget, TGA Subcool Seeds - Go Time, Sour Diesel Bubba x Pre Soviet Afghani, ScareCrow Seeds - Pandaran, Sweet-N-Sour Pork, UltraSour, Ganja Rebel Seeds - ECSD x DSD, Royal Sour x Oil Spill, Notorious OG, Rare Dankness Seeds - Sour D*OG, ECHP, Bridal Panties, Sour Face, Piensa en Sour Diesel, Sour Slut, Sour Star, Sour Grapes, Original Loud, Sour Diesel x Grandaddy Purps, Gage Green Genetics - Haarlem, Hippieberry, Sober October, Blue Moonshine, ECSD x Durban, SoCal Seed Collective - Fire Headband, Tsunami Haze, Sour Diesel IBL, CannaVenture Seeds - Diesel Fire, High Tide, Vitamin C, Starduster, Chem De La Sour, 44DS, Cali Sour D, Lady Cane Sour Diesel, Sativa's Sour Diesel, Sour Diesel CBD +, Cornholio, 517 Diesel, AutoDaiquiri Lime, Scrog, Alpha Diesel, Super Sour Kush, Sweet n' Sour, Sour Turbo Diesel, Uncle Ebenezer, Diesel Berry, Sour Diesel, Sour OG, Diesel Kush, Eastern Rebellion, East Coast Cookie Wreck, East Coast Sour Diesel, AC Diesel, Diesel Dough, Sour Kush

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Ancestry Pedigree

Sour Diesel
Royal Queen

Sour Diesel
Breeder: Royal Queen
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Sour Diesel
Unknown or Legendary

Original Diesel
Unknown or Legendary

MassSuperSkunk
Unknown or Legendary

Super Skunk
Sensi Seeds

Skunk Nr1
Sensi Seeds

Skunk Nr1
The Seed Bank

Skunk Nr1
Cultivators Choice

Afghanistan Indica
Original Strains

Mexico Sativa
Original Strains

Colombia Sativa
Original Strains

Afghanistan Indica
Original Strains

Chemdog
Unknown or Legendary

Indica Sativa
Original Strains

DNL
Unknown or Legendary

RFK
Unknown or Legendary

Skunk
Unknown or Legendary

Skunk Nr1
Cultivators Choice

Northern Lights
Unknown or Legendary

Purest Indica
Clone Only Strains

Growing Sour Diesel: what to expect

As a sativa-leaning plant, plan for a big stretch after the flip (often 100–200%) — flip earlier than feels natural and keep training options ready. Sativa-leaning plants also generally prefer a lighter feed than heavy indicas. Growers familiar with Sour Diesel will recognize much of its behavior. Whatever the listing says, the cut in YOUR tent is the ground truth: log feedings, readings, and photos, and let the trends — not the label — drive decisions.

Sour Diesel FAQ

How long does Sour Diesel take to flower?

Sour Diesel typically flowers in around 84 days after switching to a 12/12 light schedule. Individual phenotypes vary, so judge harvest readiness by trichome color, not the calendar.

Is Sour Diesel an indica or a sativa?

Sour Diesel is listed as mostly sativa.

What are the parents of Sour Diesel?

Sour Diesel was bred from Sour Diesel by Royal Queen.

What environment does Sour Diesel like?

Standard cannabis bands work well: VPD 0.8–1.1 kPa in veg and 1.0–1.4 kPa in flower, with humidity stepping down from 65–75% as a seedling to 40–50% in late flower. See the stage-by-stage table on this page.

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