TL;DR
- Lean: Indica-leaning hybrid, 22 to 28 percent THC
- Flavor: Grape candy and mixed berry over creamy gelato and gas
- Effect: Bright fruit-tinged opener, heavy body sink. Couch-friendly without pinned.
- Best for: Evening sessions, movies, music, video games, long reads
- Bottom line: Project 4516 cream and gas with a Zkittlez #5 grape candy front, the loud one
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Strain Overview
Blood Money is what happens when you take Grandiflora’s creamy, gas-heavy Project 4516 and pollen-chuck it with a hand-picked Zkittlez #5 mom. The Project 4516 side gives you the gelato backbone and the heavy back-half settle. The Zkittlez side throws grape candy and mixed berry on top of it. You end up with a smoke that opens like a fruit cup and finishes like a Cookies-line nightcap.
The “Blood Money” name has been used by a few different programs over the years, so the lineage on the label is the only thing that matters. The cut we ship is the Project 4516 x Zkittlez #5 specifically. If another shop’s Blood Money lists different parents, it is a different plant.
Quick Facts For Smokers
| Price | $69 (free 2-day shipping) |
| THC | 22-28% |
| Dominant terpenes | Caryophyllene, limonene, myrcene, linalool |
| Lineage | Project 4516 x Zkittlez #5 |
| Breeder | Grandiflora-adjacent, GSRH cut |
Quick Facts For Growers
| Flowering time | 8-9 weeks indoor |
| Yield | 400 to 500 g/m squared under 1000W equivalents |
| Stretch | 1.5x to 1.75x |
| Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Climate | Indoor, light dep, outdoor |
Lineage and History: Two Heavyweights, One Slip
Project 4516 is the gelato-and-platinum end of the Grandiflora catalog. It built its reputation on creamy, gassy structure and a body settle that pulls shoulders down inside fifteen minutes. Zkittlez was bred by Terp Hogz as a Grape Ape, Grapefruit, and a third undisclosed parent, and it has been winning Emerald Cup placements long enough to deserve the trophy shelf.
Zkittlez #5 is the grape-leaning pheno from that line. Color expression is reliable, terps are loud, and the fruit translates cleanly through a cross. Pair it with Project 4516 and you get a plant that reads like the best parts of both: dense gas-leaning bag appeal with a candy-grape top note that hits before the cream and the fuel show up.
Blood Money is the GSRH cut. We hold the mother in tissue culture, screen every batch for HLVd, and ship rooted clones rather than fresh cuts. You get the actual plant on the label, not a pheno hunt with a borrowed name.
Flavor and Aroma
Crack a jar of well-cured Blood Money and the room goes purple. Grape candy hits first, followed by mixed berry, then a layer of vanilla sherbet sitting on top of an earthy gas note that anchors the whole thing. There is a faint funky-fuel undertone from the Project 4516 side that keeps the smoke from going one-dimensional, and a peppery kick at the back of the nose from the caryophyllene.
On the inhale, sweet and fruity. Grape, berry, a tropical sparkle. Mid-palate the cream and the gas show up: gelato sweetness, a slightly bitter fuel cut, that pepper wake-up at the back of the tongue. The exhale is long, lightly herbaceous, and finishes with a creamy-gassy lingering note that pulls the smoke back into Project 4516 territory.
Live rosin from this cut leans into the fruit and the cream. Flower from a clean piece pulls the gas and the funk forward in the second half of the bowl. Both are good. The flower is the move if you want the full picture.
Effects and What to Expect
Blood Money opens lifted and lands heavy. The first ten to fifteen minutes are bright, fruit-tinged, and mood-forward, the kind of headspace that softens whatever was on your shoulders when you sparked. By minute twenty, the body settles in. Warm, physically heavy, the kind of full-body sink that makes a couch feel like it owes you money.
Most of the experience runs talkative early and drifty late. The peak runs ninety minutes to two hours and tapers gently. The Project 4516 side shows up most clearly in the back half: deeper body, quieter headspace, willingness to drift toward sleep if you let it.
This is a 5 PM to 10 PM strain. Solo it pairs with movies, music, video games, a long evening read. In a small group, the early phase is conversational and giggly, the late phase pulls everyone toward the couch. Couch-friendly without being pinned. Wind-down territory without being knockout. A solid evening pick.
Growing Blood Money
She is a moderate grow that rewards intermediate cultivators. Indoor flip to chop runs 8 to 9 weeks, with most growers pulling around day 60 to 65. Outdoor she finishes early to mid October in temperate zones. Stretch is moderate, 1.5x to 1.75x, and she takes well to topping at the 4th node followed by a SCROG or trellis pull.
Left untrained, Blood Money throws a single dominant cola with a strong cluster of secondaries underneath. Train her well and she fills a tray with fat, gassy mid-tier colas that all finish at the same time. Yields land at 400 to 500 g/m squared under 1000W equivalents in dialed rooms. Outdoor scales up significantly with sun and a long season.
She runs heavy on calcium-magnesium and tip-burns fast past EC 2.4 in early flower. Hold her at 200-250 ppm Cal-Mag through stretch and the first three weeks of flower, then back off. Mold resistance is moderate. By week 6, the bracts pack tight enough that humidity discipline matters. Keep flower RH under 50% in the back third or you will throw a fit when you find rot in the densest interior bracts.
A 10 to 15 degree day-night swing in weeks 7 and 8 brings out the purple flecking the Zkittlez #5 side carries and sharpens the grape candy. Do not skip the cure. A 14-day dry at 60 degrees and 60% RH followed by a 4-to-6-week jar cure is what makes the grape candy and the gas integrate. Early-pulled jars taste flat compared to month-two jars. The patience pays.
Buy Blood Money Clones ($69, the loud one)
Order Blood Money clones today. Free 2-day shipping to all 50 states.
Verified Project 4516 x Zkittlez #5 cut
Rooted, screened for HLVd, ready to plant the day they arrive
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If You Like Blood Money, Try
- White Runtz: another Z-family anchor, similar candy front with its own twist.
- Dirty Girl Runtz: stays in the Runtz lane, dispensary-friendly bag with a different finish.
- Honey Runtz: a Runtz cousin, swap the candy expression for a different fruit-candy lean.
FAQ
Is Blood Money indica or sativa?
Indica-leaning hybrid. Project 4516 pulls the back half heavy. Zkittlez #5 keeps the front half lifted and fruit-forward.
How long does Blood Money take to flower?
8 to 9 weeks indoor, most growers chop around day 60 to 65. Outdoor finishes early to mid October.
What does Blood Money smell and taste like?
Grape candy and mixed berry on the front, creamy gelato and earthy gas in the middle, a long funky-fuel finish on the exhale.
Is Blood Money the same as Project 4516?
No. Project 4516 is the parent. Blood Money is Project 4516 crossed with Zkittlez #5, which adds a fruit-and-candy front to the cream-and-gas b
