Gorilla Glue 4 x Lemon tree crosses Gorilla Glue 4 to Lemon Tree, one of the most-copied clones of the last fifteen years and the plant that made sheer resin a selling point against Lemon Skunk over Sour Diesel, selected out of a large hunt in the Santa Cruz mountains. Neither is a filler parent, which is why this pairing is worth a pack rather than a look. These are held cuts, not recreations. CSI's entire catalogue works that way, and it is the reason their crosses are worth chasing.

Gorilla Glue carries a 4 because selections get numbered to stay distinguishable once they leave the room they were made in. It marks this exact mother, and it is the part of the name worth reading closely.

Order matters in a cross name. In Gorilla Glue 4 x Lemon tree the Gorilla Glue 4 side supplied the seed and Lemon Tree the pollen, and the reciprocal - the same two plants the other way round - is a separate breeding decision with its own results.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Gorilla Glue 4. One of the most-copied clones of the last fifteen years and the plant that made sheer resin a selling point.
• Father: Lemon Tree. A Santa Cruz cross of Lemon Skunk and Sour Diesel, and the benchmark most lemon lines answer to. Its own cross is Lemon Skunk x Sour Diesel.
• How to read it. Everything below splits into what one parent gives and what the other does. Plants that take from both are the ones to keep.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

Two distinct smells, and a pack will give you both plus everything between.

• The Aroma. Heavy chemical and earth with a sour, piney edge from the Gorilla Glue 4 side, against sharp lemon and citrus over a fuel base from the Lemon Tree side.
• The Taste. Thick and coating with chemical-earth weight and sour pine up front, turning to zesty and sour turning heavier and more diesel-driven through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• Two different harvest dates. Around eight to nine weeks for Gorilla Glue 4, eight to ten weeks for Lemon Tree. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.
• Two noses, one pack. Gorilla Glue 4 contributes heavy chemical and earth with a sour, piney edge. Lemon Tree contributes sharp lemon and citrus over a fuel base. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Two frames in one pack. Gorilla Glue 4 is gets tall - a hundred to a hundred and thirty centimetres untrained - and stretches hard through the first two to three weeks; dense chunky colas under a resin coat heavy enough to leave fingers sticky; usually needs extra support. Lemon Tree is medium height, around ninety to a hundred centimetres indoors. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.
• They pull differently. Growers put Gorilla Glue 4 at heavy-handed rather than clear; strongly settling and Lemon Tree at bright and uplifting rather than heavy. Which end a plant lands on is the main variable.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Gorilla Glue 4 is gets tall - a hundred to a hundred and thirty centimetres untrained - and stretches hard through the first two to three weeks; dense chunky colas under a resin coat heavy enough to leave fingers sticky; usually needs extra support. Lemon Tree is medium height, around ninety to a hundred centimetres indoors.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Gorilla Glue 4 runs around eight to nine weeks, Lemon Tree eight to ten weeks. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Gorilla Glue 4 as heavy-handed rather than clear; strongly settling.
• The Body. Lemon Tree is reported as bright and uplifting rather than heavy, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. Their library is clones first and crosses second, which is why the names on their packs read like a list of plants rather than a list of products. Sold as authentic Humboldt CSI.