Stardawg

1. Summary

Stardawg is a seed strain from Top Dawg Seeds (JJ NYC). The breeder has given a detailed account on a 2021 podcast. JJ crossed Chem D with an Afghan male from Sensi Seeds, then backcrossed twice to Chem D, producing Double Dawg and then Tres Dawg, which he treated as a male "representation of the Chem D". He then crossed Tres Dawg with a Chem #4 cut he had just obtained. That cross "eventually became a star dog".¹ High Times (Danko 2016) independently prints the same formulas: Tres Dawg = Chem D × Double Dawg and Star Dawg = Chem #4 × Tres Dawg.² The lineage is therefore verified as the breeder's statement and corroborated.

Two keeper phenotypes are documented:

• The "Corey" cut, which JJ found among the first four or five seeds.
• Stardawg Guava, found by Andre Grossman, a High Times-affiliated photographer. It became an HT office strain and won 1st Sativa at the 2012 Denver Medical Cup (The Clinic on Holly).¹³

Kyle Kushman's phenotype placed 2nd at the San Francisco Medical Cup. JJ dates this to 2010 and High Times to 2011.¹⁴

2. Identity

• Names/aliases: Stardawg, Star Dawg, Stardog, Stardawg Guava, Corey cut, Star Dawg IX; not "Top Dawg" (a Barney's Farm/Amnesia Cup strain of 2007–2009).¹³⁵
• Type as reported: listed both as sativa (Guava, Denver 2012) and as indica (Seattle 2013 Cup); hybrid.³⁶
• Era: late 2000s.
• Breeder: JJ NYC (Top Dawg Seeds; JJ Edwards per a Craft Growers Network episode title).¹⁷
• Propagation: seed, plus keeper clones (Corey, Guava).

3. Genetics & lineage claims

• 3a. Stardawg = Chem #4 × Tres Dawg; Tres Dawg = (Chem D × Sensi Afghan) BC2 to Chem D (via Double Dawg) — verified (breeder, 2021) and well-supported (HT 2016 agrees).¹²
• 3b. JJ chose the Sensi Afghan over the Sensi Hindu Kush because it was "not very dominant in taste and smell", thick-stemmed and single-cola.¹

4. Timeline and awards

• Late 2000s — Tres Dawg, then Stardawg seeds; the Corey cut selected.¹
• 2010-12 — HT reviews Top Dawg's Chemdog Sister (contact: Top Dawg Seeds at thcfarmer.com).⁸
• 2010 or 2011 — Kyle Kushman's Stardawg: 2nd Hybrid, SF Medical Cup (year conflict).¹⁴
• 2012 — Denver Medical Cup: 1st Sativa, Stardawg Guava (The Clinic on Holly). Dawg's Waltz (Tres Dawg × Purple Urkle) tops Denver for THC.³⁹
• 2013 — Denver: 3rd Medical Sativa, Stardawg Guava (The Clinic Colfax). Seattle U.S. Cup: Star Dawg 2nd Indica (Evergreen Patient Network); Tres Dawg 2nd Sativa (Fweedom Collective).¹⁰⁶
• 2017 — I-95 = (Triangle Kush × Legend OG) × Star Dawg (Top Dawg / Money Mike), HT Top 10.¹¹
• 2020s — DNA Kosher Dawg = StarDawg (Guava) × Kosher Kush; DNA Generation X18 uses Banana Stardawg.¹²

5. Historical descriptions

Chem-fuel; the Guava cut is fruitier. JJ says today's Guava is "more chem four-ish", while the original Stardawg Guava was "more kind of 91-ish… a little more fuel-y, sour-y".¹³

6. Cannabinoid & terpene profile

Caveat: strain names are not reliable chemotype identifiers.

The caryophyllene-dominant profile matches the Chemdawg label pattern, consistent with the all-Chem pedigree.

7. Community sentiment

• Potent chem-fuel — common, positive.³¹⁶
• Guava cut prized (HT office strain) — common.¹

Overall score: 80/100 (an estimate). Reddit not sampled.

8. Open questions

• The year of Tres Dawg and Stardawg creation (JJ's podcasts give no year in the excerpts read).
• The SF Medical Cup year (2010 vs 2011).

9. Sources