CannaDB

Chemdog 91

strain editorial also known as: Chemdawg 91, '91 Chemdog

published by cannadb.org (did:plc:lrtzzib3ycggsodkfidzuorw)

Origin year
1991
Origin region
United States (origin contested)

Description

Chemdog 91 is the founding cultivar of one of cannabis's most influential modern lineages — the broader Chem family that seeded OG Kush, Sour Diesel, and a sprawling subset of the West Coast catalog. The strain takes its name from a story, told and retold across decades, in which a few seeds were obtained from a bag of unusually pungent flower at a Grateful Dead show in the early 1990s and grown out by the cultivator known as "Chemdog."

Lineage is genuinely disputed. Some sources cite a Nepalese landrace background; others claim Thai or Hawaiian ancestry; the originator himself has not produced documentation that resolves the question. What survives is the cut — passed hand-to-hand among cultivators in the years before seed banks digitized the catalog — and the unmistakable diesel-and-skunk terpene profile its descendants inherit.

This record exists as folklore-tier reference. It is published by CannaDB editorial because no living breeder can authoritatively claim Chemdog 91, and the genetics it gave rise to are too foundational to leave un-anchored in the lineage graph.

Lineage

  • unknown / contested

See full lineage graph →

Claims

Flavors

  • diesel
  • skunk
  • earthy
  • pine

Effects

  • cerebral
  • energetic
  • uplifting

Terpenes

  • caryophyllene
  • myrcene
  • limonene
Raw record

AT-URI: at://did:plc:lrtzzib3ycggsodkfidzuorw/org.cannadb.strain/chemdog-91

CID: bafyreie4jhezmpx6wodgphjrnlwkllukvkgg7vdjzb6z4ahy5lnfl7y6ia

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      "cerebral",
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  "createdAt": "2026-04-30T20:00:10Z",
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  ],
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  "parentNames": [
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