TL;DR
- Lean: Indica-leaning hybrid, 22 to 28 percent THC
- Flavor: Citrus candy and tropical sherbet over creamy gas
- Effect: Bright lifted opener, deep body settle. Sociable early, drifty late.
- Best for: Late afternoon, evenings, music, art, long movies, video games
- Bottom line: The bright sister to Blood Money, Project 4516 cream and gas with a Zkittlez #3 citrus front
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Strain Overview
Gas Money is the citrus-leaning sister to Blood Money. Same Project 4516 backbone. Different Zkittlez pheno on the other side. Where Blood Money pulls grape and berry up front, Gas Money throws a brighter, sherbet-and-tangerine top note on top of the cream-and-fuel base. The smoke runs a little louder out the gate and lands in the same heavy, comfortable evening place.
A few unrelated plants have circulated under “Gas Money” or “Gaz Money” tags, including a DNA Genetics release that is a different cultivar entirely. The Gas Money in the GSRH catalog is the Project 4516 x Zkittlez #3 cross. If a different shop’s listing has different parents, it is a different plant. The lineage on the slip is the only protection a buyer has, and ours is what we say it is.
Quick Facts For Smokers
| Price | $99 (free 2-day shipping) |
| THC | 22-28% |
| Dominant terpenes | Caryophyllene, limonene, myrcene, humulene |
| Lineage | Project 4516 x Zkittlez #3 |
| 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: The Bright One in the Family
Project 4516 is the gelato-and-platinum heavyweight from the Grandiflora program. It carries Cookies family weight, OG Kush settle, and a creamy gas profile that has anchored a whole generation of crosses. Pair it with a Zkittlez and you get a louder, more colorful version of itself.
Zkittlez was bred by Terp Hogz as a Grape Ape, Grapefruit, and a third undisclosed parent. The line throws a handful of phenos worth keeping. Zkittlez #5 leans grape. Zkittlez #3 leans citrus and sherbet. Both are loud. The #3 cut is what you want if you like a Zkittlez that hits closer to candied tangerine than candied grape.
Gas Money is the GSRH cut of the Project 4516 x Zkittlez #3 pairing. Mother held in tissue culture, kept in off-site quarantine until cleared, screened for HLVd before any cuttings leave. You get the verified plant, not a borrowed name.
Flavor and Aroma
Open a jar and the citrus shows up before anything else. Tangerine, candied orange peel, a sparkle of tropical sherbet, all sitting on top of vanilla cream and a base layer of earthy gas. Behind that is a clear funky-fuel note from the Project 4516 side, plus a faint herbal-spice undercurrent that gives the smoke depth. Some phenos throw a cheese note from the Grateful Puff branch. Most just lean into pure citrus candy.
On the inhale, sweet and bright. Citrus zest and candy fruit hit the front of the tongue with a layered vanilla sparkle riding underneath. Mid-palate, cream and fuel show up: gelato sweetness, a slightly bitter gas cut, that peppery caryophyllene wake-up at the back of the palate. The exhale is long, lightly herbaceous, and finishes with the creamy-gassy lingering note that anchors the smoke in Project 4516 territory.
Live rosin from this cut pushes the citrus and the cream. Flower from a clean piece pulls the gas and the funk forward in the back half of the bowl. The flower is the play.
Effects and What to Expect
Gas Money opens lifted and lands heavy. First ten to fifteen minutes the head change comes in bright, lightly creative, mood-forward. By minute twenty, the body shows up. Warm, deeply relaxing, noticeably heavier than a daytime hybrid, the kind of full-body settle that releases shoulder tension and tilts you toward a couch without taking your alertness with it for the first hour.
The peak runs ninety minutes to two hours and tapers into a calm, drifty tail. Sociable and giggly early, drifty late. The candy and citrus on the front of the smoke gives way to a quieter, slower headspace. The Project 4516 influence shows up clearly in the back half: heavier body, quieter head, willingness to drift toward sleep if you let it.
Sweet spot is roughly 4 PM to 10 PM. Music, art, video games, a long movie. In a small group, the early phase is conversational, the late phase pulls everyone toward the couch. Couch-friendly, never sedative-locked. A solid evening hybrid that earns its rotation slot.
Growing Gas Money
She is a moderate grow. Intermediate cultivators handle her on the first run. Flip to chop indoor is 8 to 9 weeks, most growers pulling day 60 to 65. Outdoor finishes early to mid October. Stretch through the flip is 1.5x to 1.75x. She wants a clean topping at the 4th node followed by light LST through veg.
Left untrained, Gas Money builds a strong central cola with a tight cluster of secondaries underneath. Train her well and she gives you a uniform canopy of fat, gassy mid-tier colas. Yields run 400 to 500 g/m squared under 1000W equivalents in dialed rooms. Outdoor scales up substantially with sun.
She is heavy on calcium-magnesium and tip-burns fast past EC 2.4 in early flower. Run 200-250 ppm Cal-Mag through stretch and the first three weeks of flower. A clean defoliation pass at days 21 and 42 keeps airflow under the canopy. Hold flower RH below 50% in the back third or the dense interior bracts will throw a fit on you.
Cool finishes earn the color and the terps. A 10 to 15 degree day-night swing in weeks 7 and 8 brings out light to moderate purple flecking from the Zkittlez #3 side and meaningfully sharpens the citrus candy. The cure is not negotiable. A 14-day dry at 60 degrees and 60% RH followed by a 4-to-6-week jar cure is what lets the citrus and the fuel integrate.
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If You Like Gas 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 Gas Money indica or sativa?
Indica-leaning hybrid. Project 4516 pulls the back half heavy. Zkittlez #3 keeps the front lifted and noticeably bright.
How long does Gas 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 Gas Money smell and taste like?
Citrus candy and tropical sherbet on the front, creamy gelato and earthy gas in the middle, a long funky-fuel finish on the exhale. Brighter than Blood Money. Gassier than a pure Zkittlez.
Is Gas Money the same as DNA Genetics’ Gaz Money?
No. DNA’s Gaz Money is a different plant on a Runtz line. The Gas Money we ship is Project 4516 x Zkittlez #3 from the
