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Comparison

Guava vs Chemdawg

The older Guava is Chemdog family: Top Dawg Seeds says it came out of the first release of Star Dawg in 2011, and Stardawg is Chem 4 × Tres Dawg.1,2 Guava IX, a Stardawg × Guava cross, is the most common near-miss name our lab matching keeps out of Guava’s count.3,4 Guava tests about the same in state labs: 23.52% median THC from only 92 tests, a small sample, against 22.94% for Chemdawg.4

Side by side

GuavaChemdawg
TypeSativa-leaning hybrid (Cookies Fam Guava, per Leafly); Flavour Chasers’ seed version is mostly indica5,6Hybrid; mostly energizing7
LineageA Gelato phenotype (Cookies Fam); also a 2011 Stardawg phenotype and Stardawg × Afghani seeds1,5,6Thought to be Northern California bag seed; grown and spread by Chemdog since 19917
Median THC (state lab tests)23.52% (92 tests); small sample22.94% (668 tests)
Middle half of THC results21.32%–25.73%19.25%–25.37%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (20 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (389 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsTalkative, focused, energetic5Euphoric, relaxed, tingly7
FlavorApricot, tree fruit, tropical5Chemical, diesel, pungent7
FloweringAbout 63 days (Flavour Chasers); 8–10 weeks (Weedmaps)6,87–9 weeks7

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Guava vs Chemdawg

18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Guava Guava: median 23.52%, middle half 21.32%–25.73%, 92 tests 23.5% n=92 Chemdawg Chemdawg: median 22.94%, middle half 19.25%–25.37%, 668 tests 22.9% n=668 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Guava has only 92 tests.4

From Chem 4 to Guava

Top Dawg Seeds told High Times that Tres Dawg is Afghan × Chem D and Star Dawg is Chem 4 × Tres Dawg, “two different Chems crossed to Chem 4”, and named Guava among the four popular versions of Star Dawg.1 Leafly’s Stardawg Guava page lists Chemdawg #4 as its parent, and Leafly’s list of the 100 best strains includes Stardawg among those for feeling uplifted.9,10 Chemdawg has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at chemdawg.com.

Which is easier to find

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 4, 2026 (Guava) and Oct 3, 2026 (Chemdawg), 78 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Guava flower on Weedmaps, against 79 stores for Chemdawg; around New York the counts were 35 and 39.11 Most items in Guava’s count carry longer names, such as Guava Casquitos or Passion Orange Guava (see where to find it).11

More comparisons

Sources

  1. High Times, The High Times interview: Top Dawg Seeds (T.H. Caeczar) (2016-10-12). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Stardawg (aka Stardog) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Guava IX strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Guava (Flavour Chasers): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Chemdawg (aka Chemdog) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps, Guava (aka Guava Burst) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Stardawg Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.