Description
Growing Tips for Chemdog #4
Chemdog #4 should only be grown by intermediate and master-level cultivators. Chemdog #4 marijuana plants will thrive both indoors and outdoors, but have an easier time growing indoors because of the grower’s ability to manage the climate. If you choose to grow indoors, you will have to replicate a steady environment similar to the climate of California in the summer. Chemdog #4 seeds produce plants that are bright green with little yellow and white hairs growing out of the bud structure. If you are going to grow outdoors, you will need to maintain a consistent temperature and humidity to grow these plants to harvest. Doing so will ensure that you grow potent and pungent buds from the top of the plants to the bottom. Having access to a greenhouse is the best way to give these plants the perfect outdoor climate they require without having to put up with unexpected outdoor variables. These plants grow medium to tall and can reach around 4-7 feet in height. Because the plants reach a maximum outdoor height of nearly 8 feet, you are going to have to constantly monitor the tops of the plants so that they do not grow too tall. The ideal temperature for these plants is around 68-80 degrees Fahrenheit and slightly cooler at night. Humidity levels should be kept around 30-50% during the vegetative growth stage and the flowering stage. Growing indoors will ensure that the moderate humidity levels and moderate temperatures are constant and maintained every day that the plants are in the growing stages. Sea of Green (SOG), Screen of Green (ScrOG), and Low-stress training (LST) are the most commonly used training techniques for Chemdog #4. Employing these techniques can increase your yields by focusing on the most potent and largest buds on the plant. The Chemdog #4 strain requires an 18-20 hour light cycle to reach the vegetative stage of growth. Changing the light cycle to a 12/12 cycle will help to induce the flowering stage of growth.
Yields, Flowering Time, and Harvest
- Flowering Time: Growing indoors, you can expect the Chemdog #4 strain to harvest after a flowering period of 60-70 days.
- Yields: While Indoor yields are around 600 grams per square meter, outdoor grows typically produce up to 600 grams per plant. These yields are absolutely massive and a solid harvest after a job well done.
- Harvest: Outdoor growers can plan on harvesting their yields around the end of October, depending on when the seeds were planted.
Chemdog #4: Chemical Taste and Smell
The Chemdog #4 terpene profile is directly responsible for how the plant smells and tastes, and the strong effects it has on its users. The most dominant terpene in this strain is caryophyllene, while myrcene, linalool, humulene, and pinene are the secondary terpenes.
- Caryophyllene: Most Dominant – Most commonly found in black pepper and cinnamon. Known as the spicy and peppery terpene.
- Myrcene: Secondary Terpene – Known as the “mother of all terpenes”, myrcene gives cannabis plants the earthy and pungent aroma they are known for.
- Pinene: Pine Needles – Commonly found in pine needles and conifer trees, this terpene gives off a piney scent when found in cannabis.
- Linalool: Floral Aroma – Linalool is a floral terpene and can be found in cannabis plants and lavender.
- Humulene: Super Earthy – Most commonly found in beer with high hop content.
This strain’s tendency toward considerable height genuinely impressed me, requiring active management but rewarding that attention with a dense, full canopy.
This was genuinely one of the more distinctive-smelling harvests I’ve had, that gassy, chemical note lingering nicely alongside earthy pine and citrus.
Reported effects were consistent with a two-phase profile, an initial clear, uplifting onset transitioning into pronounced physical relaxation.
Missed a couple training sessions here and there, and this plant just kept building an even canopy anyway without much complaint at all.
Kept up with this plant week after week, and it paid me back with a genuinely thick, productive canopy by the time flower ended.
Combining a screen setup with low-stress training gave this plant genuinely even light distribution, helping every bud site develop rather than just the top colas.
Smell’s genuinely intense in the best way, gassy enough for a garage, earthy enough to remind you it’s still a plant.
No complaints about the height, the smell, or the effort required, my only complaint is I didn’t grow this one years ago.
Chemdog #4 came with a reputation for demanding real experience, described as best suited for intermediate and advanced growers, and while I wouldn’t call it effortless, it turned out considerably more rewarding than the warning suggested. I have a spotty track record with taller strains, my plants usually end up leggy with disappointing yields, but this one grew into something genuinely full and productive, almost like a small, dense tree by the time flower wrapped up. Height was the real management task here, this plant stretched considerably, reaching well past what I’d budgeted for, so I stayed on top of the tops throughout to keep things in check. I combined a screen setup with low-stress training to get even light distribution across the canopy. Humidity stayed fairly constant through both veg and flower rather than stepping down. The buds finished bright green with distinctive pale yellow and white hairs threading through. Breaking one open released a genuinely gassy, chemical edge underneath the earthy pine and citrus. First smoke opened with a clear, uplifting buzz before gradually settling into a much heavier, deeply relaxed calm.
No burn, no fuss, just a plant quietly fixing my entire track record with tall strains while smelling like a chemical plant.