What is East Coast Sour Diesel?
Leafly lists ECSD, also known as East Coast Sour Diesel, as a sativa with Sour Diesel as its parent. AllBud calls it a sativa-dominant hybrid, about 70% sativa and 30% indica, and Weedmaps files it under hybrids, so the fair summary is a sativa-leaning strain.
Weedmaps calls its history messy. ECSD is a legacy Sour Diesel selection that spread through clone trading rather than clean breeding records; some people use the names ECSD and Sour Diesel interchangeably, while others treat ECSD, AJ's Sour Diesel and other surviving cuts as separate. Weedmaps lists Chemdog and Super Skunk as the parents, and notes that the breeder Dr. Greenthumb has kept an ECSD seed line since the mid-2000s, though it says that is not proof he created the original cut.
Look, smell and taste
Weedmaps describes light to forest green flowers with orange pistils and a thick layer of resin. The smell is the headline: Leafly describes a crisp sour lemon smell and taste, and Weedmaps describes diesel fumes, sour citrus, earth and pine, sometimes with chemical funk, pepper and skunk.
AllBud calls the scent pungent and diesel-like, with a spicy, sweet flavour that recalls burning wood, pine and wood varnish and leaves a lingering lemon aftertaste. Leafly reviewers' top flavours are diesel, chemical and pungent, and Leafly's lab data puts myrcene first, followed by caryophyllene and limonene.
Effects people report
Leafly reviewers most often report feeling energetic, uplifted and focused. Leafly rates the effects as mostly energizing and calls ECSD a fast-acting attitude lifter that new consumers should approach with caution, and Weedmaps describes an energetic, focused, talkative high with an early euphoric lift and some relaxation underneath.
AllBud says the cerebral effects arrive within seconds, followed by a strong body rush that can leave people euphoric, edgy and stoned for hours, and advises new users to start with small amounts. The negatives Leafly reviewers mention most are dry mouth, dry eyes and dizziness. Health Canada advises starting low and going slow, and its lower-risk guidelines say not to drive for at least 6 hours after using cannabis.
How strong is East Coast Sour Diesel?
Leafly lists 19% THC and 1% CBG and rates ECSD higher in THC than average. AllBud gives 19% to 22% and Weedmaps 20% to 28%, adding that Dr. Greenthumb reported one selection at 27%. The number varies by grower and batch, so go by the lab result on the label.
Similar strains
Weedmaps connects ECSD to these strains, each with its own profile:
- Chem Dog (Chemdog): one of the two parents Weedmaps lists.
- Super Skunk: the other listed parent.
- Durban Poison: a pure sativa Weedmaps lists as similar.
- Strawberry Cough: another strain on Weedmaps' similar list.
Buying East Coast Sour Diesel
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