Skunk #1 From Seed

[Kalbhairav]

The parent varietals that were used to create Skunk#1 were selected from massive gene pools; for example, the Colombian was one of a 1000 plants. They were all very special individuals which were then worked and inbred heavily over time. Sam the skunkman really did his work well back then.. A massive undertaking..

 

[siftedunity]

I don't think there is an original skunk per say... there are clones around with the more distinctive features I guess. quite a lot of the uk lines are skunk based like the exodus, psychosis etc. but then some of these are like 20yrs old. im not sure you will find that kind of thing in seed form.

 

[Rumblefish]

How about re-creating the original Skunk yourself?
Columbian Gold x Acapulco Gold/Afghani


Cheers.

Wouldn't it be easier to get a couple of packs of the Skunkmans Skunk/Haze and make F2 seed from them and go pheno hunting?
This is a skunk leaning Skunk/haze

 

[Gelado`]

The Skunk I grew from Seedsman was pretty potent and a great plant overall. I just grew 1 fem.

This. Just grew a Seedsman Skunk 1 (just the one) and I got a few male flowers that I pulled in week four or so. It took a long time to finish and the calyx-to-leaf ratio was low--it was a serious PITA to trim. The high, smell (a little skunky, but more sweet, like canteloupe and baby powder) and resin content are amazing though. The high is so pleasantly positive (with some body too) that I'd run it again (I took a clone), even with all the trimming needed. Good stuff!

Damn, that's a lot of parentheses!

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

Wouldn't it be easier to get a couple of packs of the Skunkmans Skunk/Haze and make F2 seed from them and go pheno hunting?
This is a skunk leaning Skunk/haze
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What was the flowering time on that plant? Could you give some details about the smell and high?

I've got a bunch of those seeds but never grow them because I know they have some crazy flowering times. The one I did grow went 21 weeks not too practical for pheno hunting.

 

[Jhhnn]

I don't think there is an original skunk per say... there are clones around with the more distinctive features I guess. quite a lot of the uk lines are skunk based like the exodus, psychosis etc. but then some of these are like 20yrs old. im not sure you will find that kind of thing in seed form.

I think that Skunk has been preserved as a seed line rather than as a clone line by people like the Flying Dutchmen with some back crossing & a lot of selection over the years. That's why it's uniform from seed, and why it'll breed relatively true for home growers. It's not like a lot of what's for sale, F1 hybrids whose progeny are anything but uniform.

It means you don't have to buy more seeds or keep clones to grow good skunk anytime you want, once you've grown a seed crop.

I recently met a guy who grows skunk from seed, and has for several generations. His plants are quite uniform in appearance with solid potency. He's moved all over the country, finally settling in Colorado some years ago, and he's taken his skunk with him everywhere, through times when he wasn't growing at all. "Same as it ever was" is what he says about his skunk. That can't be a bad thing.

 

[AlterEgo860]

the pure was a good one.. lots of more sweet then skunky phenos.. but if ur looking for something that smells like an ACTUAL SKUNK.. try a super skunk.. over skunk 1.. a lot of breeders bred out that skunk smell in order to avoid detection while growing indoors.

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

I honestly don't believe roadkill skunk smells exist in dutch skunks. With all the skunk that has been grown if it existed it would be regularly available with skunk being pretty much a true inbred line.

It would have to be an old skunk line from N. America that never got tweaked in AMS.

The best skunk smelling weed I ever had was mexican mids from about 8-9 years ago. It was undeniably skunk and would make the whole car smell like a skunk was in the back seat.

 

[Lung.Butter]

I've heard g13 labs super skunk is pretty good, think I'm gonna try a pack of those as my next skunk.

 

[Jhhnn]

The Skunk genetics have been worked in several different directions over the years, both in N America & Europe. I see the smell as a secondary feature, because I like the high from a good Skunk.

A few Skunks have been preserved as true breeding seed lines, something I support in general. One of those is The Pure, another apparently cantaloupe skunk, supposedly a very old line. Somehow, I gotta try growing it in the near future, getting some seeds of my own.

 

[siftedunity]

I thought cantaloupe skunk was named so because it had a fruity smell?

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

I don't know the specifics on the lineage but Med-Mans Roadkill Skunk #2 is excellent smoke. Not the biggest yielder but very potent, stinky and very good high.

 

[Jhhnn]

I thought cantaloupe skunk was named so because it had a fruity smell?

That, but it's supposedly an old line parallel to the dutch skunks. At least that's the claim from the insane seed posse at one of the Canadian vendors.

Ordered some. Not sure about delivery or when it'll be their turn. The wife loves cantaloupe, so, well, you know.

I'm very interested in stable true breeding seed lines. With them, small growers can largely disconnect from the commercial world of cannabis, if they want to. You don't have to be a breeder dealing with unstable genetics, either. You just need to be able to pick strong individuals to create the next generation when you need it. Seeds are portable across time & distance in ways that cuts can't be, as well, requiring almost no care.

Which doesn't mean it'll be the most potent or trendy, but if you find something you really like, you can grow your own seeds whenever you want with fairly consistent results.

Although I have yet to grow it, skunk #1 should be one of those lines.

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

Cantaloupe skunk description says its low odor, I'd be curious to hear some grow details about it when you grow them out.

 

[Guyute54]

About to see what I can find in some older sensi seeds skunk #1. Probley won't germ. But also have some of HTC skunk IBL seeds in the stash. Grew the HTC skunk a few years back I only remember growing it because I was looking through old pics. So I'm guessing it wasn't that great.

 

[Jhhnn]

As I understand it, skunk is a very old line dating back 30 years. It's a seminal variety, ancestral to many modern varieties. I'd expect for there to be some divergence among the different breeders' Dutch skunks at this point, several generations into it. Some have probably been better at preserving/ improving the lineage, too.

 

[Cannavore]

The father line bodhi used in Skunk 91 is true rks. Cuts, f-gens, and crosses are beginning to make their way out there.

 

[Farm Hero]

Nice thread, sad that it is hard to find good stable seed of this master strain of cannabis. One of the reasons we decided to get into this project. We had trouble finding reliable seed, so we decided to make our own and the results were excellent. The sativa skunk #1 has been our sole project for the last 4 years. Soaring, happy, creative, active high were some of the goals among something that produced well, had decent flavor and was finished under 10 weeks.

Some first time smokers are knocked out for a few minutes, what we call a skunk nap. Others have mentioned a bit of paranoia, yet no red eyes or hunger with what we are calling Moon Cheese. She was the obvious keeper out of around 3 dozen seeds sprouted. Here is a link to pictures of her:

https://www.icmag.com/modules/ICStrainguide/index.php?eop=showstrain&id=2959

If you can get your hands on the US exodus cut of "uk" cheese, I recommend using her as your base female because she is a true breeding female. She is old, but she does not make male pollen no matter how much you stress her. Great start for breeding.

For the male, I recommend getting some genuine white "black" widow seeds and finding the most sativa male you can come across. This was exactly what was done to produce the Moon Cheese in only the first round of seeds, we've subsequently done further "F" crosses and also backcrossing to the original Cheese mother to find several other legit-keeper phenotypes.

This cross is amazing for someone seeking a huge genome to search for keepers. Almost everything is very potent, just varying bud shapes and plant sizes. The cheese breed has a tendency to produce such things as podular buds, with foxtailing, occasional purple pistils, roadkill skunk odors all the way to various fruits, like citrus, banana, cherry and apricots. The white widow part of things lends amazing crystal coverage with superb potency/production.

It seems we could find unique keeper plants for years within the seeds of the very first cheese/white widow cross.

It takes some time investment, but making your own stable seeds to produce plants that perform the best within your grow system is well worth the effort.


Long live sativa skunks!

 

[siftedunity]

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[HidingInTheHaze]

The father line bodhi used in Skunk 91 is true rks. Cuts, f-gens, and crosses are beginning to make their way out there.

Sometimes I wonder if Chem 91 has skunk in it's lineage like a skunk S1 or a skunk hermed and knocked up something else. If you look at the old SSSC catalog Skunk #1 pic, it looks similar to Chem 91 and Sour Diesel. I know skunk was really popular back then so it could be possible. I know ECSD has has Super Skunk in it's lineage so that could be why the genetics of those strains is so strong. It would be cool if someone tried to recreate ECSD today using the same strains but thats for another thread.

Has anybody found true roadkill pheno's of C91xRKS yet? I looked the other day but didn't see anyone saying they had RKS.

I would like to try Bodhi's roadkill projects at some point. I know he himself doesn't seem to like it. I remember some thread around here when he said it was too funky and not high enough in potency or something like that.

I used to get skunk herb when I was younger, I don't remember much about the high just that skunk piss smell.


SSSC Catalog skunk #1