Auto Kong 4

Lineage and Genetics

Auto Kong 4 is a cross between GG4 (Gorilla Glue) x Pandora. This strain was created by backcrossing an original GG4 cutting from the U.S. with Pandora, one of Paradise Seeds’ original autoflowers known for its speed and stability. The result is a potent and versatile strain available in two phenotypes—one sativa-leaning and the other indica-dominant—both offering remarkable performance and yield.

Aroma, Flavor, and Effects

The indica-dominant phenotype delivers a sweeter scent, while the sativa-leaning variety brings out a sharper lemon-acidic profile more in line with traditional GG4. The flavor is a complex blend of sweet fuel with a pleasantly sour kick, and a resin production that is truly off the charts.

Auto Kong 4 delivers a powerful and euphoric high. While deeply potent, the effect is not overwhelming. The initial rush is uplifting and cerebral—thanks to the GG4 lineage—followed by a relaxing physical state induced by Pandora’s calming genetics.

Medical users value this strain for its fast-acting body relaxation and the mental clarity it offers. It’s an ideal choice for managing chronic pain and stress without inducing sedation.

Cultivation and Yield

Indoors, Auto Kong 4 is a robust and easy-to-manage plant that produces enormous colas dripping with resin. It thrives in controlled setups and benefits from training to maximize yield. The trichome production is so intense that buds are sticky to the touch and packed with orange pistils.

Indoor Yield: 450 g per m²

Outdoors, this autoflower adapts well to a range of environments between 50º n.L. and 50º s.L. The sativa phenotype can reach up to 150 cm in height, while the indica version stays shorter at around 120 cm, both yielding heavy, sticky nuggets perfect for summer harvests.

Outdoor Yield: 50+ g per plant

Growing Experience

Released in the summer of 2019, Auto Kong 4 was the highly anticipated autoflower addition to Paradise Seeds’ popular Tommy Chong’s collection. Unsurprisingly, big things were expected of this ‘beast’ of strain plant, which comes with the seal of approval from the cannabis legend himself.

Auto Kong 4 is the result of breeding an original cutting of GG4 (formerly known as Gorilla Glue) from the USA, which Paradise Seeds backcrossed and combined with its classic Pandora auto plant. Unusually for Paradise, this plant was advertised as having two phenotypes – with distinctive Indica and Sativa elements.

During a northern European summer (51 – 52° latitude) in a region with particularly high humidity, Auto Kong 4 showed impressive resilience and performance.

Germination and Vegetative Stage

Two beans were cracked in early April and placed in a glass of chlorine-free water and germinated within two days. As the northern European Spring still had a touch of winter about it, the seedlings spent three weeks under LEDs (18/4) to give them a head start.

Both showed rapid growth and were planted out at a height of 18cm and 22cm, direct in pre-prepared ground. Both plants displayed rapid growth from the start, with healthy deep green colored leaves with a distinctive ‘jagged’ appearance to the edges.

During the veg stage it became apparent that these two seeds were indeed different phenotypes, with the Sativa dominant pheno taking off like a rocket in the May sunshine.

Flowering Stage

At around day 33, both plants started to flower (standing at heights of 63 cm and 43 cm). They continued to display impressive growth, exhibiting a distinctive upside down umbrella shape, with the plants’ main stem rising upwards from a radius of upwardly pointing side branches.

The main stem of the Sativa phenotype accelerated into a tall central spire with 6 generously equipped side branches radiating from the base. Over the coming weeks, flower development on this ‘spire’ was rapid, the top third filling out with dense colas. Buds concentrated around the stem formed an upward spiral so thick that the cluster resembled one big bud while side branches pumped out numerous smaller, but very weighty, buds.

Meanwhile, the Indica phenotype stretched far less while showing a similar reverse umbrella shape. Its main stem produced a huge bulbous head inside a spiky sugar leaf crown with a superb formation of puffer fish buds, all swollen and spiky, covering the main stem below.

Both plants seemed to go into trichome overdrive as the two month period approached, and this was accompanied by a delicious sweet lemony aroma, underscored with notes of perfume and even a hashy hint from the Sativa pheno, while the Indica pheno’s scent was less sweet but far deeper in its limonene tones.

In the last 10 days both plants really filled out, the minimal leaf cover exposing those bud sites to maximum sunshine. As the trichome frost intensified so too did the brightness of the orange pistils sprouting from big fat buds, now extending like chubby gorilla fingers.

Harvested after 73 days of flowering, the plants were 94cm (Sativa phenotype) and 63cm (Indica phenotype) in height. The combined yield from both plants was 168 gms.