Hybrid / STRAIN PROFILE
Chemdawg
A cultivar of genuinely unknown parentage that nonetheless sits behind a large part of the modern market.
Reported effects
Potential downsides
Commonly reported by consumers, not measured. Effects vary with the person, the batch and its chemistry — the link between terpene profile and effect remains clinically unproven.
THE FLAVOUR PROFILE
Flavour & aroma.
LINEAGE
The family tree
- —Reported parentUnknown
CdThis strainChemdawg
Direct children
About Chemdawg
A cultivar of genuinely unknown parentage that nonetheless sits behind a large part of the modern market.
Chemdawg’s origin story involves seeds found in purchased flower at a concert in the early 1990s. Whatever the truth of it, no verified parentage exists.
Its significance is downstream: it is a parent of both OG Kush and Sour Diesel, which between them account for a great deal of what followed.
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