Any experience with Gorilla Glue #4?

Jeffro420

Jeffro420

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Hello I recently got a cut of some GG#4. The guy swore it was legit. I don't know much about the strain but I do know that it stretched more than any other I have ever grew in the first 2 weeks of flower. I'm wondering how long does this strain flower for? I'm use to 8 weeks but it seems like it's not progressing very fast. I have 6 in my room that are just into week 2 and they have very small buds.....normal. My buddy has 1 in his room that is day 26 and the buds are bigger but not very impressive so itbhas me worried because I'm only 12 days or so behind him. He has 6 strains in his room and the gorilla glue has the smallest buds and seems almost a week behind. The resin production is great though. I included a few pics. The first pic is a overall view of the plant. The next is a close up. Then the 3rd pic is just another strain in the room for size comparison. Any info on gorilla glue or input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
 

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SSHZ

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I am currently finishing up a G.G. #4 hybrid grow, you can find it here:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/gorilla-cookies-by-expert-seeds.941147/

My hybrid is as follows: G.G. #4 X (Girl Scout Cookies X Trainwreck) so it will be definitely a bit different than the straight G.G. If you compare our plants, they probably look pretty similar. It's not a strain that produces particularly large buds, but there should be a lot of them and they should be quite dense which should help your weight overall. The name of the game with this strain is resin production, which is definitely top shelf quality. I started cutting around 9 weeks, today is exactly 10 weeks and I still have 5 plants (of 24) flowering- figure you'll go to at least 9 weeks for proper finishing, maybe longer. Read my thread, there is a lot of info in there. Either way, it seems to be the "HOT" strain right now. I already bought another G.G. hybrid for my next crop, that's how happy I am with it. People notice the lemon/coffee stink right away and you won't find a strain that has a better bag appeal.......
 
Jeffro420

Jeffro420

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SSHZ said:
I am currently finishing up a G.G. #4 hybrid grow, you can find it here:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/gorilla-cookies-by-expert-seeds.941147/

My hybrid is as follows: G.G. #4 X (Girl Scout Cookies X Trainwreck) so it will be definitely a bit different than the straight G.G. If you compare our plants, they probably look pretty similar. It's not a strain that produces particularly large buds, but there should be a lot of them and they should be quite dense which should help your weight overall. The name of the game with this strain is resin production, which is definitely top shelf quality. I started cutting around 9 weeks, today is exactly 10 weeks and I still have 5 plants (of 24) flowering- figure you'll go to at least 9 weeks for proper finishing, maybe longer. Read my thread, there is a lot of info in there. Either way, it seems to be the "HOT" strain right now. I already bought another G.G. hybrid for my next crop, that's how happy I am with it. People notice the lemon/coffee stink right away and you won't find a strain that has a better bag appeal.......
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I'll check it out. The plants have hundreds of bud sites on each plant so I can see that. Thanks.
 
Jeffro420

Jeffro420

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They definitely get huge for plant structure. This pic is after week 1 in my room on one of them. They stretched a little more than this the last few days. They are in 7 gallon pots and it's next to a fan sitting on a 5 gallon bucket for size reference.
 

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SSHZ said:
I am currently finishing up a G.G. #4 hybrid grow, you can find it here:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/gorilla-cookies-by-expert-seeds.941147/

My hybrid is as follows: G.G. #4 X (Girl Scout Cookies X Trainwreck) so it will be definitely a bit different than the straight G.G. If you compare our plants, they probably look pretty similar. It's not a strain that produces particularly large buds, but there should be a lot of them and they should be quite dense which should help your weight overall. The name of the game with this strain is resin production, which is definitely top shelf quality. I started cutting around 9 weeks, today is exactly 10 weeks and I still have 5 plants (of 24) flowering- figure you'll go to at least 9 weeks for proper finishing, maybe longer. Read my thread, there is a lot of info in there. Either way, it seems to be the "HOT" strain right now. I already bought another G.G. hybrid for my next crop, that's how happy I am with it. People notice the lemon/coffee stink right away and you won't find a strain that has a better bag appeal.......
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Gorilla Cookies? Isn't that just Gorilla Wreck #4 by cannaventure (GG#4 x CookieWreck) ?
 
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SSHZ

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Actually, it's Gorilla Cookies by Expert Seeds out of Ireland.......But yes, it is GG#4 X Cookie Wreck (GSC X TW). Supposedly them have an elite clone of C.W. It looks like this, just cut this week and still drying.

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Dr. Who

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I run it constantly. Yours does look like #4. But, looks can be......

It does run long, at least I run it real long. Say 10+ weeks and then longer if need be.
For both of you. Your budding is right along sched. It seriously increases after week 4 to 6 and then at 6-7 it begins to bulk.
You will need support for the branching! The buds get quit big and real dense. That will have the branching bending to the ground.
I got lax on a plant this last run and lost a main and 3 lower branch's to "break off". It actually cracked so hard it would not recover - totally my fault, as I went on vac. and my helper tried to straighten it, and it should have stayed "down" to "heal" like a super crop.

Be aware that this strain (a pure cutting) - for me. Falls into that land of "not ambering" at the finish. One of the ways it tells me it's done.....is by complete change to cloudy tric's and some (good type) foxtailing.

Here are 2 pics. First is a year + old. it was the first run in an isolation area to be sure the clone was virus/etc. free. It ran in a high N/slow release soil that I use for "first run" plants and LONG running Sativa's. It was warm in the tent also. That is why the Fox tails are so pronounced.
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The second pic is from June of this year and show 2 plants at ? weeks(I don't count - meaningless to me. They are done when they are done....). Considering that it was taken on the 16th and that I began harvesting it just about 2 weeks ago (the second tier harvest of the lower budding, now about ripe. Will be completed this monday) - So you can figure that I gave the lowers about another 14-16 days to finish. The pic was 5 weeks from harvest.
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Keep in mind this plant is a heavy feeder! Tolerant of high NPK values and responds well to elevated K levels - like 6% over normal. Really bulks her up...

This was taken from a harvest in Feb.
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I can not stress to you enough to run this long - Longer then you think! Or your final potency will suffer....

This also really stands strong with a proper long cure of at least 6 weeks after drying properly. Mine gets 8....

If you run it right, dry and cure it right. You'll be amazed - if it's real #4!

The one I got is one bad ass bitch!
 

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adower

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I have a verified glue cut. It looks like it yields horrible but wait until you hit week 6-10. It puts on a lot of weight.

Look for the leaf curl trait and make sure you support it. The side branches will only be as thick as a straw.
 
Jeffro420

Jeffro420

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Dr. Who said:
I run it constantly. Yours does look like #4. But, looks can be......

It does run long, at least I run it real long. Say 10+ weeks and then longer if need be.
For both of you. Your budding is right along sched. It seriously increases after week 4 to 6 and then at 6-7 it begins to bulk.
You will need support for the branching! The buds get quit big and real dense. That will have the branching bending to the ground.
I got lax on a plant this last run and lost a main and 3 lower branch's to "break off". It actually cracked so hard it would not recover - totally my fault, as I went on vac. and my helper tried to straighten it, and it should have stayed "down" to "heal" like a super crop.

Be aware that this strain (a pure cutting) - for me. Falls into that land of "not ambering" at the finish. One of the ways it tells me it's done.....is by complete change to cloudy tric's and some (good type) foxtailing.

Here are 2 pics. First is a year + old. it was the first run in an isolation area to be sure the clone was virus/etc. free. It ran in a high N/slow release soil that I use for "first run" plants and LONG running Sativa's. It was warm in the tent also. That is why the Fox tails are so pronounced.
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The second pic is from June of this year and show 2 plants at ? weeks(I don't count - meaningless to me. They are done when they are done....). Considering that it was taken on the 16th and that I began harvesting it just about 2 weeks ago (the second tier harvest of the lower budding, now about ripe. Will be completed this monday) - So you can figure that I gave the lowers about another 14-16 days to finish. The pic was 5 weeks from harvest.
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Keep in mind this plant is a heavy feeder! Tolerant of high NPK values and responds well to elevated K levels - like 6% over normal. Really bulks her up...

This was taken from a harvest in Feb.
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I can not stress to you enough to run this long - Longer then you think! Or your final potency will suffer....

This also really stands strong with a proper long cure of at least 6 weeks after drying properly. Mine gets 8....

If you run it right, dry and cure it right. You'll be amazed - if it's real #4!

The one I got is one bad ass bitch!
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Thanks for all the info! Your nugs look amazing.
 
psychadelibud

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Bringin' up an old thread... But why start a new one? :bigjoint:

Anyway... This is my first time running the legit gg4 cut. They are in week 3 of flower and lookin' mighty fine and also gonna be some great yielders!

My question is, I have read so many places on different forums that she is best taken at 64 days. Then I find this thread and see a recommendation of 10 weeks plus... Well that is a big difference. Both of these suggestions seem to come from very reputable growers as well which also confuses me. But then again I have seen it recommended 95% 64 days and bout 5% 10 weeks plus.

Which is it folks??? And please explain why? :confused:
 
Lordhooha

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psychadelibud said:
Bringin' up an old thread... But why start a new one? :bigjoint:

Anyway... This is my first time running the legit gg4 cut. They are in week 3 of flower and lookin' mighty fine and also gonna be some great yielders!

My question is, I have read so many places on different forums that she is best taken at 64 days. Then I find this thread and see a recommendation of 10 weeks plus... Well that is a big difference. Both of these suggestions seem to come from very reputable growers as well which also confuses me. But then again I have seen it recommended 95% 64 days and bout 5% 10 weeks plus.

Which is it folks??? And please explain why? :confused:
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Take it when you look through your loop and have the desired combination of milky and amber trichromes.
 
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adower

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If you like the fuel smell take it at 8-9 weeks. If it goes longer it turns into a musty chocolate smell.
 
psychadelibud

psychadelibud

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I like the fuel smell... I never let my buds over ripen or even close. Once I start seeing the first signs of amber they get chopped.

I used to go by that back around 8 years ago... Everyone on the forums was saying take them when they are 10% to 30% amber for the best results. I tried and then word was going around that the quality wasn't there any more. I knew what was causing it, so I dropped that method quick and went back to harvesting at 100% cloudy when THC is at its maximum. I mean who wants buds full of CBN anyway? It is not a pleasant effect. Then there was no more complaints from that point forward once I switched back to harvesting at 100% cloudy.

I think I will take her at around 65 days or so.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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psychadelibud said:
Bringin' up an old thread... But why start a new one? :bigjoint:

Anyway... This is my first time running the legit gg4 cut. They are in week 3 of flower and lookin' mighty fine and also gonna be some great yielders!

My question is, I have read so many places on different forums that she is best taken at 64 days. Then I find this thread and see a recommendation of 10 weeks plus... Well that is a big difference. Both of these suggestions seem to come from very reputable growers as well which also confuses me. But then again I have seen it recommended 95% 64 days and bout 5% 10 weeks plus.

Which is it folks??? And please explain why? :confused:
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If it's real deal - 10 weeks or so. It will not amber.... I ran one out some time back in an attempt to get amber.....finally saw only a cpl and she was so near trich drop, it was not good...She also did a little banana throwing on some lowers. Got a report from 1 person of 3 beans from his Meds. They did like it though.....I don't run any that long anymore, it was just a test...

This is from an early cut only version....Before they did any S1's , so I can't speak on their S1 bean versions. Kick ass pheno!

Running her long, gets her to potential land....Higher THC tests from the 10 week.....In my case.
 
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