It's okay guys. I still don't have a cut of gg#4.
Can we agree on where to source a legit cut? Bugs optional.
There is only one way to get a legit cut of GG#4. You have to go to Dan Kone. All of the other Cup winning, sticky as hell, 3 pound per light growing, brain freezing, stone cold couch locking, top shelf elite cut priced GG4 producing cuts are fake, fake, fake. Dan has said this many times, except he also says that he didn't say that...many times. it's part of the whole enigma wrapped in a veneer of bullshit thing.
Availability of the cut of true gg4 is dependent on you knowing someone in your area/community who has a cut that they got from someone who got it from someone... ... who got it from the breeder. that close personal knowledge is the key part of knowing it is the real thing.
there are clone vendors in some areas that say they have it but there is a question of reliability in any of those as one of the original provisos in getting a cut was a promise not to allow it to get into the hands of dispensaries. beyond that question of violating the trust of the breeder who released the cut without any personal gain, there are the practical concerns in going to large scale clone vendors and dispensaries about transmission of pests that could contaminate and ruin your whole grow. Not to mention, you have no way of knowing the truth to their claim that it is GG#4--you just have a $10-15 plant in a 4" pot and 3 months or so of growing to find out if they are lying/wrong.
it's a dilemma. how do you get to know someone who has the cut well enough to trust them and for them to trust you well enough to give you the cut? no clue. there are other message boards that have a large group of gg4 growers and you can pick up quite a bit from reading those (yes they are huge, just start with the first 20 or so pages and the last 30 or 40 pages initially.) you'll get an idea who is a reasonable voice about the cut.
Another option is to go to the High Times Cannabis Cups and similar events as many reputable growers and vendors have cuts available at those events. Plenty of people who post on the GG4 forums were at the recent Cup selling gg4 clones for a charity cause, so you can follow thru on that if you are near the San Fran, Denver or the Michigan Cups.
Just use your street smarts. Mom was right: Just because someone on the internet rabidly insists they are the bestest expert on something, like gg4, doesn't mean they are. It usually means they aren't. Trust me, I know. I am the expert on this