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California Sour Diesel Strain

California Sour Diesel is a sativa dominant strain from Humboldt Seed Company. Breeders describe it as relaxing, couch-locking.

Type
Sativa dominant
Breeder releases
1

Genetics & Lineage

Parents
ParentNot publishedParentNot published
This strainCalifornia Sour Diesel

Parentage not published by the breeder. No single parent pair is established for this catalog entry. Areto does not estimate parents it has no report of.

Effects

Couch-lockingReported
RelaxingReported

Aroma & Taste

Aroma

Areto Research estimate
DieselSourPungentCitrus

Taste

Areto Research estimate
DieselSourCitrus

Breeder releases (1)

BreederTypeParentage
Humboldt Seed CompanySativa dominant—

Areto Research estimateNot published by the breeder. Areto Research estimated this with AI-assisted review of the strain’s name, reported parentage and commonly described traits; it is not a source, a lab result or a prediction for any product. Details marked “general guess” have low confidence. Each estimate is replaced as soon as a breeder publishes that detail.

Breeder research in progress

Source records checked: 2026-09-30. Research checked: 2026-09-30. Fields without supporting records remain unknown. Potency and terpene composition vary by product batch; use that batch’s COA for tested values. View sources.

Researched details

Support applies to the cited claim and release, not every product sold under this strain name.

Not established across all releases: aromas, retail classification, summary, reported effects, parentage, flavors, reported terpenes, reported type.

Indica, sativa and hybrid are retail shopping labels, not genetics. Parentage is breeder-reported and not DNA-verified. Use your product’s batch COA for tested potency. How Areto sources this page.

Direct breeder sources

  1. California Sour Diesel — official Humboldt release record. Accessed 2026-09-30.

Cultivar facts come directly from the cited breeders. A breeder’s description is a reported claim, not independent genetic verification or a test of your product batch. Community members’ personal experiences are separate from these facts. Corrections: genetics@areto.tech.