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Comparison

Blue Dream vs Sour Diesel

Sour Diesel tests a little stronger in state labs, 21.68% median THC against 19.96% for Blue Dream, and tastes of fuel rather than berries. Its terpene profile leads with caryophyllene; Blue Dream's leads with myrcene.1,2

Side by side

Blue DreamSour Diesel
LineageDJ Short's Blueberry × Haze3Chemdawg × Super Skunk2
Median THC (state lab tests)19.96% (2,118 tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.62%–22.37%19.00%–25.30%
Top terpenes (median)β-Myrcene, α-Pinene, β-Caryophyllene (483 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)
Leafly's top effectsCreative, euphoric, happy4Energetic, uplifted, talkative2
FlavorBerry, blueberry, sweet4Diesel, chemical, skunk2
Popular sinceAround 20033Early 1990s2
Leafly orders, 2025#15#45

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.1

Lab-tested THC: Blue Dream 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 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.1

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, 293 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Blue Dream flower on Weedmaps, against 156 stores for Sour Diesel; around New York the counts were 129 and 125.6

Its own site

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

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Sour Diesel strain information. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  3. Leafly, The origin of Blue Dream, the Santa Cruz strain. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Blue Dream strain information. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Best-selling weed strains of 2025. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.