mystery strains

Hey guys, reasonably experienced gardeners here. We are in need of some help from the audience. My wife and I rolled the dice on our first grow this year on a misplaced unlabeled seed and after a few small, unfortunate but unavoidable incidents that caused a total of 3-4 weeks extra time in...

so someone gave a seed that they claim was Cherry OG, how would I know if it is or not .. do I want to it’s in flowering or what lol..

So here goes, I've completed a few grows now with mixed results, so I have decided to start a journal to keep track of what I'm up to. So I have a 4x4 for flower, 3x3 for veg, and a 2x2 for seedlings and cuttings. In the 4x4 I have the 315w cmh dual spectrum a 5 inch filter and exhaust fan...