Headband

Family: <a href="https://www.lovetheplant.com/family/chem-diesel">Chem Diesel</a>
Parents: Sour Diesel × OG Kush (commonly reported)

# Headband

Headband is a hybrid name commonly associated with bridging Diesel fuel and OG pine-lemon character. It circulated widely in the 2000s as clone and seed projects adopted the label for Chem/OG-leaning crosses. The nickname itself is cultural shorthand more than a guarantee of one identical genotype across every region.

The most commonly published parentage lists Sour Diesel × OG Kush. Records conflict: some products called Headband use different Diesel or OG cuts, and a few catalogs list alternate recipes. Confirm breeder notes when possible; otherwise note the common model and mark variants carefully. Unknown is the correct label when paperwork stops and marketing continues.

Why it mattered: Headband made the Chem × OG mashup an explicit retail story and fed later gas hybrids that wanted both fuel and pine-lemon language on one plant. Live relatives include [Chemdawg](/strain/chemdawg), [Chem 91](/strain/chem-91), [Sour Diesel](/strain/sour-diesel), [OG Kush](/strain/og-kush), [SFV OG](/strain/sfv-og), and [GG4](/strain/gg4) as a parallel gas flagship rather than a child.

Readers mapping families should open both Chem Diesel and OG Kush hubs because Headband sits on the bridge between them in teaching models. Terpene names often discussed include [Limonene](/terpene/Limonene), [Caryophyllene](/terpene/Caryophyllene), [Myrcene](/terpene/Myrcene), [Pinene](/terpene/Pinene), and [Humulene](/terpene/Humulene). Educational aroma chemistry only—no effects section.

Love The Plant keeps this entry educational: origin notes, published parent models, why the line mattered historically, linked relatives on the live strain list, and terpene names for aroma literacy. No medical claims, no invented lab percentages, and no forced pedigree where sources disagree—Unknown remains a valid and preferred label.