Chemdawg

Chemdawg is a flower named for a strain whose breeder, Chemdog, has grown and spread it since 1991, according to Leafly. Leafly and AllBud both list Chemdog as the strain’s other name.

The bag-seed story in Leafly’s breeder interview

Leafly’s interview with the breeder traces the strain to bag seed thought to come from Northern California, shared around at a Grateful Dead concert in Colorado.

Leafly’s grow notes for the strain say it prefers moderate fertilizer, trains well as a multi-branched plant or in sea of green, and has an average yield of 25 to 30 grams a plant.

Type and potency by source

Leafly’s category for the strain is hybrid; AllBud’s is indica-dominant hybrid, 55/45 in indica’s favour. A longer look at such labels is in our guide to type labels.

On Leafly the THC figure is about 18%, and the potency gauge sits above the site average. AllBud’s text puts the top of the range at 19% and calls it more potent than most strains. AllBud also says it is most popular in Nevada and Colorado and along the West Coast.

A cerebral head and a stony body

AllBud describes a clear cerebral high said to drive creativity, alongside a stony body high. Its tag list for users is creative, euphoria, happy and relaxing.

Leafly calls the strain very potent, its effects gauge reads mostly energizing, and its reviewers add creative, focused, happy, energetic, uplifted and giggly to the feelings they tag.

Smell, taste and terpenes

One AllBud reviewer describes a chem, diesel and earthy smell and a taste close to GG4 with more diesel. A second reviewer’s flavour list reads chemical, diesel, herbal and menthol.

On Leafly, caryophyllene tops the terpene results, followed by myrcene and limonene. Our limonene guide describes the citrus terpene that comes third.