GG4, the strain the world still calls Gorilla Glue #4, is an indica-hybrid THCA flower from Chem’s Sister, Sour Dubb, and Chocolate Diesel genetics. This batch tests at 28% THCA, grown in the greenhouse tier. Browse the full THCA flower collection to compare tiers and sizes before you commit.
Quick Facts:
- 28% THCA / lab-tested batch
- Indica-Hybrid / 63/37 by lineage
- Greenhouse tier / hand-trimmed
- From $22 / 3.5g and up
21+ only. All products contain less than 0.3% hemp-derived Delta-9 THC in compliance with the 2018 Farm Bill.
What GG4 Is and Where the Name Came From
Gorilla Glue #4 earned its name the honest way: buds so resinous they gummed up scissors and trimmers during harvest. Growers joked about the glue, and the name stuck harder than the resin did. By 2014 the strain had taken first place at the Michigan and Los Angeles Cannabis Cups; a year later it won the 2015 High Times Jamaican World Cup. The genetics behind those wins, Chem’s Sister crossed with Sour Dubb and Chocolate Diesel, are three proven parents, and they explain why one strain can smell like pine, diesel, and damp earth all at once.
From Gorilla Glue to GG4: the Name Story
The adhesive company Gorilla Glue won a trademark dispute, so as of September 2017 the strain officially became GG4 or Original Glue, per Cannabis Business Times’ coverage of the dispute. Same genetics, new name — dispensaries just never stopped calling it Gorilla Glue. Search for either name and you’ll land on the same flower. On our menus and labels it’s GG4; in conversation, it’s still Gorilla Glue, and we’re not going to correct you.
The Lineage: Chem’s Sister × Sour Dubb × Chocolate Diesel
GG4 runs roughly 63/37 indica-to-sativa, flowers in 9–10 weeks, and has since parented its own line of heavyweights — Grease Monkey and Gorilla Cookies among them. That lineage matters when you shop. If you’ve liked Grease Monkey, you already know this family’s profile.
What 28% THCA Means (and What It Doesn’t)
28% THCA is not 28% THC. THCA is the raw, non-active form; heat converts it. Using the standard lab formula, 28% THCA works out to roughly 24.6% total THC once activated, per the conversion math published in Scientific Reports.
A 2025 study of 178 flower products bought at retail found fewer than 6 in 10 had THC labels accurate within 15%. Over-labeling was more common than under-labeling. This is exactly why every batch should come with a scannable COA — the certificate, not the sticker on the jar, tells you what you’re actually buying.
Greenhouse flower adds one more wrinkle. A 2025 greenhouse cultivation study found THC content varied several points between batches and between buds on the same plant — top colas test frostier than lower branches. It’s normal. The batch COA tells you what’s actually in your jar.
An Indica-Hybrid, Not a Coin Flip
Gorilla Glue #4 is an indica-dominant hybrid — roughly 63/37 indica-to-sativa by lineage. On this site it’s filed under indica-hybrid, and the shop’s effect categories for it lean Chill and Sleepy. If you want something more daytime-leaning, the hybrid category is the better browse.
If you want to know how we sort every strain on the shelf, our guide to THCA strain classification breaks down what indica, sativa, and hybrid labels actually mean — and why lineage alone doesn’t settle it. For the shorter version, we’ve also covered how those classifications work in practice.
Terpenes and Flavor: Pine, Pungent, Earthy
Crack a jar of GG4 and the first thing you notice is the pungency — pine up front, earth underneath, a diesel edge that never fully goes away. This batch lists myrcene and limonene as its dominant terpenes, which lines up with the crowd data: Leafly users rank caryophyllene, myrcene, and limonene as the strain’s top three, with pungent, earthy, and pine as the flavors that show up most. More than 5,500 user ratings average 4.6 out of 5 — a score built over a decade, not a marketing cycle.
Why the Buds Look Frosted
Dense light-green and purple buds, orange hairs, and a golden-white dusting of trichomes: per a 2021 review in Frontiers in Plant Science, both cannabinoids and terpenes are produced and stored in those glandular trichome heads. The frost IS the good stuff.
What GG4 Is Known For
As a category, GG4 sits in the Chill and Sleepy effect buckets, with Euphoric and Happy showing up in large user samples — Leafly counts over 5,500 ratings averaging 4.6 out of 5. Individual results vary with dose, tolerance, and setting.
We describe effects the way our budtenders do — in categories, not promises. “Sleepy bucket” means most users reach for this one in the evening. It doesn’t mean it will do anything in particular for you, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling you something.
Statements made on this website have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Information provided by this website or this company is not a substitute for individual medical advice.
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Greenhouse-Grown: What the Tier Means for Your Money
Federal data shows hand-trimmed flower grown under protection carries a median price around $425 a pound at the farm level, versus roughly $70.50 for open-field flower — and protected floral hemp value jumped 354% year over year, to $81.6M. Growers are voting with their square footage.
What you’re paying for in the Greenhouse tier: light control that open fields can’t offer, and hand trimming instead of machine bucking. Machine-trimmed buds lose trichomes to the blades. Hand-trimmed buds keep the frost. That’s the difference between a jar that smells like GG4 and a jar that smells like the plastic bag it shipped in.
At $22 for 3.5 grams, greenhouse flower sits between budget outdoor and premium indoor — exactly where a strain this resinous belongs. When it’s in stock, you’ll find GG4 in the greenhouse THCA flower tier alongside the rest of that tier’s lineup.
The Legal Picture, Without the Fine-Print Headache
Hemp flower with under 0.3% delta-9 THC is federally legal under the Farm Bill. THCA flower is hemp that’s high in THCA instead — same plant family, different compliance math. State rules vary: THCA does not ship to Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, or Rhode Island.
No medical card needed for any of it. You do need to be 21. Full details on what we can and can’t ship are in our shipping policy.
All products contain less than 0.3% hemp-derived Delta-9 THC in compliance with the 2018 Farm Bill.
Who GG4 Suits (and Who Should Browse Elsewhere)
GG4 is an evening strain for most people — the Chill and Sleepy buckets exist because thousands of users filed it there. If your plans involve being productive, coherent, or vertical, this probably isn’t your 9 a.m. flower, and we’d rather tell you that than sell you a jar you’ll regret at your desk.
Daytime-leaning shoppers should browse the hybrid category for more balanced options. If you already know you want full indica territory, the indica category goes further in that direction than GG4’s 63/37 split does.
How to Order and What Happens Next
GG4 is currently out of stock. The fastest way to grab it when it’s back is to check current availability on the GG4 product page — or browse the full THCA flower collection in the meantime, since greenhouse batches rotate.
Once you order: discreet USPS packaging, tracking sent to your email, and delivery typically about 2 business days after processing. Free shipping over $99. THCA does not ship to AR, ID, MN, OR, or RI.
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GG4 earned its reputation one frosty harvest at a time, and the greenhouse batch that tests at 28% THCA is worth the wait. While it’s between harvests, the full THCA flower collection has greenhouse, hybrid, and indica tiers ready to ship — lab-tested, COA-backed, no medical card required.
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