State to state variation.

[Buzz cook]

I'm in Washington state. Started smoking again as soon as it was legal.
Since that time I've settled into a few favorites, GG4 formerly Gorilla Glue #4 is near the top.
I haven't bought out of state yet for a few reasons. But when I do will I find that flower with the same name/strain will be pretty much the same from state to state? Will there be consistency across state lines?

[MiHale]

1. More than you think...but not really...

My granddaughters boyfriend was a commercial cannabis grower with his dad here in Michigan. He got a great city government job and had to leave the biz.
The industry would love nothing more than to have conformity across a strain. Plant 100 seeds…get 100 identical plants. Hard to accomplish. Ahh…cloning!….much better….however different conditions lead to slight variations in plant development even in the same greenhouse. In hybrids even F4 plants sometimes try to exhibit characteristics of the original strains. As you can see variations are completely normal.

In addition…there are numerous Seed Banks from which you can purchase the seeds to start. The different banks represent many different Breeders that supply the Bank. Each Breeder may have bred the same strain…but with their technique. So now I can purchase Gorilla Glue from a hundred different Banks from a hundred different Breeders. It’s amazing that there is any consistency at all. Then we get to different Growers…seed or clone?

Their greenhouse grew both ways…started some strains from seed…some clones. Some of those clones ‘Mother Plants’ from which the clones are taken are years old, I’ve seen one Mom that was 7 years old. Huge plant capable of giving hundreds of clones over the years. There probably are no seeds left from which that Mom sprouted. In the intervening years slight variations may have taken place in the strain.

So it may be close…but expect some variation.

[womanofthehills]

2. There are differences from seed to seed of all strains

I grow GG #4 and each plant is slightly different. That’s why some growers clone when they like one variation over another.

[Emile]

3. I been reading about the 5 Alive strain. Sounds

like a strain I like to try growing. Short height, high THC and makes you giggle 🤭.