Purple Gorilla Feminised

Crack a properly cured jar of Purple Gorilla and limonene arrives first — that is the compound doing most of the aromatic work here, carried by caryophyllene and rounded off with linalool. Terpene expression is not fixed at the genetic level; it is something you either preserve or destroy in the last fortnight and the dry. This page is about keeping it.

Terpenes are volatile. That single fact explains almost every flavour disappointment growers report.

Late flower. Heat drives off the lighter aromatic compounds, so the last fortnight wants cooler nights rather than a push for size. Growers chasing the final few grams routinely trade away the thing that made the strain worth growing.

The dry. This is where most of the loss happens. Slow and cool, over a couple of weeks, in the dark, with air moving but never blowing on the flower. Fast drying strips limonene first, and it does not come back.

The cure. Sealed glass, opened daily at first, held somewhere stable. Caryophyllene and Linalool tend to surface over the following month as the harsher volatiles clear.

Everything above matters more than any bottled additive claiming to boost flavour. If aroma is your priority, the hybrid seeds range is where to browse the rest.

Reported effects cluster around relaxed, happy, euphoric. At 18% THC that is a meaningful figure rather than a decorative one, and the sensible approach with anything in this range is to start lower than you think and wait longer than feels necessary.

The 46/54 balance shapes where it lands: even-handed, with the dominant direction shifting by dose more than by time of day. Tolerance moves this more than any other variable, which is why two people describe the same jar differently.

Prefer something gentler? The CBD-forward strains range trades peak potency for balance.

Limonene leads, caryophyllene sits behind it, and linalool runs underneath.

Aroma is not fixed at harvest — it develops. Fresh flower leads hard with limonene; three or four weeks in sealed glass at a stable 16 to 18 degrees lets caryophyllene and linalool come forward as the sharper volatiles clear. Jars opened at week one and week five smell like different plants.

Who does well with Purple Gorilla? Growers who want to control plant size and harvest date, and have the vegetative space to use that control. Anyone past their first grow.

Still deciding? The indoor-friendly genetics list is the narrower place to start.

• Finishes in 50-60 days
• Under lights: up to 600 g/m2
• Grown out: up to 650 g/plant
• Height: Medium (150-245 cm)
• Difficulty: moderate