STRAIN : sour diesel BREEDER : unknown/conflicting stories and accounts HEIGHT : medium to tall WEIGHT: above average FLOWERING TIME IN DAYS : 77-84+days INDICA/SATIVA: hybrid TASTE NOT BURNT/BURN: the unburned dry hit taste of joint is a deep diesel fuel layered in notes of skunk with underlying subtle lemon notes. BURNT: it’s the unburned taste now on fire. The way weed is supposed to be; flavor matches the nose. I get classic diesel. The added deepness of the skunk really comes out in the burn when your chest expands. Little to no ‘sweet’ in this version. The indoor bulb-grown versions tend to express sweeter, almost grapefruit fuel like terpene profiles. This is a full-body profiled organic sun-grown expression. DRIED BUD/ CRUMBLED APPEARANCE: classic neon green kind colored buds with salmon to burnt red colored pistils. Speed of high/onset: effects are felt in an instant, increase through use, and continue to gain for a good bit after. DURATION OF HIGH: this particular (sungrown version) high lasts several hours—very much roller coaster ride-like in effects. There’s a noted climbing or accelerating; pulsating sensation headed upward… my pulse matches up with any number of these random events one might encounter through such physical activity. QUALITY/ TYPE OF HIGH: real sour diesel grown well is truly unique and euphoric, some say even bordering on a like experience. I myself
Sour Diesel
WORDS JAY PLANTSPEAKER PHOTO @ERIK.NUGSHOTS
For many a seasoned smoker, real-
report is known or referred to as the
Medicinal qualities: uplifting and great
deal sour diesel is the benchmark
‘Plantspeaker cut.’ It is an original cut.
for depression. Not so great for someone
when it comes to one having an
Brought to Oregon direct from New York
who is excitable or with heart conditions,
extraordinary smoking experience.
some 24plus years ago now by a man
prone to panic attacks, etc.,
Not the easiest of varietals to grow, a late
we’ll refer to simply as “George.” He
Creatively speaking, both artists and
triggering plant outside with a longer
has held the cut from then up to now.
musicians love sour d. Speaking to how it can
than average finishing time relative to
So why it may be referred to as “The
enhance a mood or the working chemistry
the modern-day poly hybrid craze, it’s
JP” or “Plantspeaker cut” nowadays
of a situation or event into something far
not that she ever really disappeared.
due to the meticulous manner in which
greater….That’s the power of Sour.
Rather she’s been grown out by older
it’s grown and cared for over the last
ORIGINS: New York, mid to late 1990s. To
appreciative heads in connected circles
many years, it’s really all props to
this present day, the legendary sour diesel
for the most part until the last couple
George, and I’m glad that I’ve now had
falls into what I refer to as “the class of
of years when a sour diesel resurgence
the moment to make that fact clear.
legendary strains.” If you have ever smoked
seems to have taken off again.
She’s the real deal sour. Simply put, do
weed or are familiar with the smoking
The cut of Sour we’re looking at in this
her right; she’ll change your life.
culture, you’ve likely heard the name.
FALL 2 021
have to agree. I personally like my sour how I like my coffee. Straight. She’s a real pick me up.
