Sour Diesel, also referred to as Sour D and East Coast Sour Diesel (or ECSD), is a popular strain with a rocky history.
Online sources claim that Sour Diesel rose to fame in New York in the mid-1990s as a result of breeder AJ (short for A**hole Joe) accidentally pollinating a Chemdog 91 female with Super Skunk pollen he brought back from Amsterdam. The final product, Sour Diesel, reportedly got its name because it strained business ties among growers as it circulated through New York’s black market for marijuana.
According to online sources, the strain grows tall both indoors and outdoors and produces average yields of colas that are rounded, sticky, and medium in size after 42 to 56 days of flowering.