by Nebula Haze of GrowWeedEasy.com
GG4 x Zkittles was one of the cannabis plants in my recent grow, so I wanted to share my experience with these seeds for other home growers.
Those GG4 x Zkittles buds after harvest.
GG4 x Zkittles – short, predictable plants with dense buds.
- Easy to keep short & bushy – Minimal stretch (plants won’t get unexpectedly tall). That makes these seeds suitable for shorter grow spaces or beginner growers.
- Dense, top-quality buds – Grows long solid colas, and almost no airy “popcorn” buds. An efficient use of space because the plants get good yields for the size.
- Flexible harvest – Enters the harvest window and buds continue to improve and get bigger for 2-3 weeks. That gives you more flexibility to harvest buds when you want.
- “Low surprise” strain – Predictable growth from seed to weed. A classic flowering pattern makes it easy to read this strain as far as when to harvest. Beginner-friendly for learning harvest timing (here’s our book that shows you how to harvest any strain at the perfect time).
Don’t grow GG4 x Zkittles if you want big plants with the biggest yields possible or purple buds (for that, get Purple Ghost Candy)
The sprouted seeds (including two GG4 x Zkittles seeds) – Here’s the full grow journal.
Picked one seedling from each strain, and put them in the grow tent.
At harvest – 4’x4′ grow tent with two HLG Diablo 350 LED grow lights. GG4 x Zkittles is front left.
GG4 x Zkittlez by Seed Supreme
The GG4 x Zkittles plant made extremely dense buds. The plant stayed small overall.
Germination: Middling
- Only 2 of the 3 seeds sprouted.
- That being said, both seedlings grew well.
Plant Growth: No “Stretch”
- Grew normally in the vegetative stage.
- Responds well to being “topped”
- Didn’t “stretch” much after initiating 12/12
- Well suited to a smaller grow space.
Happy, bushy plant just before 12/12
Didn’t get that much taller after 12/12
Bud Development: Only “colas”, no little nugs
- Quick to develop buds, leafy at first
- Buds are long and solid (“colas”) as opposed to nuggets
- Buds got extremely dense after several weeks
Yields: Small to Medium
- Good yield for the final plant size, but smaller plants tend to yield less.
- Lowest yields in this grow, but still held its weight. If all five plants had grown 2.4 oz it would still be a 12 ounce harvest.
Grower Notes:
- Give it a little time for the biggest buds to finish maturing.
- Both of the plants we’ve grown had a surprisingly long “ready to harvest period”. They entered the harvest window quick, but buds continued to improve, harden, and get bigger for the next 2-3 weeks.
- Kind of nice to have a plant that can be harvested relatively fast and still get good buds, or allowed to mature to greatly increase yields, density, and potency.
GG4 x Zkittles buds were dense, with a fresh scent.
Perfect nug size after drying.
Our GG4 x Zkittles plant developed a little faster than average, but very “standard” looking bud development. Which makes it really easy to know when to harvest.
First hairs – day 12 from 12/12
Day 16 – Growing taller
Day 18 – still all hairs
Day 33 – starting to develop
Day 49 – Some hairs start to darken
Day 55 – Still fattening up
Day 59 – Getting close, but still too many white hairs
Day 67 – Beginning of the harvest window
You typically have about two weeks to harvest at this point.
Buds after being dried and trimmed
Buds were dense and smelled like a mix of pine and kush, with little “skunky” smell
