How to grow Amherst Sour Diesel

20% indica - 80% sativa
fueleuphoric
Amherst Sour Diesel bud — quarter view
THC 27%
Flowering 65 - 70 days
Yield 400 – 600 g/m²
Height 200-300cm

Taste

Fuel

Seb's take

Seb Silverback

Chemdawg and Amherst Super Skunk behind a lineage the breeder keeps deliberately vague — 70:30 Sativa-leaning, and unbothered by the mystery. At 27% THC the high is long, euphoric and considerable; give her the headroom outdoors and she will happily reach three metres. Indoors she stays modest and still delivers 400-600g/m² in 65-70 days.

Where it comes from

Chemdawg on one side, Amherst Super Skunk on the other, a diesel-and-funk pairing whose fuller genealogy Humboldt keep deliberately vague, calling the origin shrouded and leaving it there. What they will confirm is the 70:30 sativa lean and the parentage, and that much explains the character: Chemdawg lends the pungent fuel the diesel in the name refers to, and the Amherst Super Skunk the loud, resinous backbone. An elite East Coast recipe grown out on the West, and none the shyer for the move.

Nose & flavour

No flavour notes are logged, so I will keep to what the name and the parentage fairly imply rather than inventing specifics: a Chemdawg crossed onto a Super Skunk points squarely at diesel fuel and sour funk, loud and sharp. But that is deduction from the family, not a reading from the jar, take the sour and the diesel of the title as the honest guide until the flower confirms it.

The high

The record commits to one thing about the effect, and commits to it firmly: a long-lasting euphoria, which at 27% THC is not an idle claim. That is a formidable figure, and an 80% sativa carrying it will keep the head running for a good while, approach as you would a staircase in the dark, and let the first one settle before you reach for its measure. No further effects are listed, so I will leave the rest to the flower.

Growing it

A question of space above all. Outdoors, given her head, she becomes a three-metre giant, the record's own figure, and repays the room with an enormous harvest. Indoors she is more tractable, a medium plant of large, dense buds and heavy side branching that still runs 200 to 300cm if left unchecked, so training is wise. Flowering settles at 65 to 70 days for 400 to 600g/m². Feminized seed keeps the pack clean. Give her the room she asks for and she will not disappoint; deny it, and you will spend the season fighting her.

Learn to grow her properly:

Effects

Euphoric

Common questions about Amherst Sour Diesel

How long does Amherst Sour Diesel take to flower?

Around 10 weeks of flowering, by the breeder's numbers.

Is Amherst Sour Diesel an autoflower or a photoperiod strain?

A feminized photoperiod strain — flowering starts when you switch the lights, so the timing is yours to control.

How tall does Amherst Sour Diesel grow?

Around 300 cm. Plan your headroom before she plans it for you.

How strong is Amherst Sour Diesel?

The breeder lists THC around 27%. Among the strongest figures in the catalogue.