Old School Skunk, who's found it???

GrassBurner

GrassBurner

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I remember getting a hold of some fire back in the day that reeked of pure skunk. I loved it because I could smoke out the garage, and Mom would just complain that there was a skunk near the house :lol: Double edged sword though, had to drive like a grandma and take backroads all the way home, cops could smell you driving by :bigjoint:
 
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decrepit digits

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Skunk #1 did have the skunk smell originally, but every generation from the original lost some smell it wasnt bred out on purpose. I am pretty sure the original skunk plant was a male bred to many females of different strains, someone told me it was found in a 1500 foot long row in northern cali. I am almost 100% sure the original was from the aloha state something about that place you cant reproduce. We all started changing the name as the smell grew weaker, but it was never about the smell, it was the potency that mattered and it carried into everything it was crossed to and still can if you have strong ones. The smell still pops up but is muted or only appears at a certain point, or in the smoke. This summer someone was burning some at a outdoor party and the non smoker next to me exclaimed I hope that skunk stays away from here. Yes they were calling skunk meigs county twords the end of there heyday.
 
colocowboy

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decrepit digits said:
Skunk #1 did have the skunk smell originally, but every generation from the original lost some smell it wasnt bred out on purpose. I am pretty sure the original skunk plant was a male bred to many females of different strains, someone told me it was found in a 1500 foot long row in northern cali. I am almost 100% sure the original was from the aloha state something about that place you cant reproduce. We all started changing the name as the smell grew weaker, but it was never about the smell, it was the potency that mattered and it carried into everything it was crossed to and still can if you have strong ones. The smell still pops up but is muted or only appears at a certain point, or in the smoke. This summer someone was burning some at a outdoor party and the non smoker next to me exclaimed I hope that skunk stays away from here. Yes they were calling skunk meigs county twords the end of there heyday.
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It’s actually documented that they bred the smell out.
 
SFnone

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the smell of the older skunk was almost dripping wet, it was so loud. you could smell it immediately if you were in the near vicinity. that is the difference between the current skunks and the older ones. chems for example, have a skunkiness, but if you crack a jar it isn't all that noticeable from 20 ft away. the old-school skunk was. the last time I had it was in the early 2000's. my buddy knew a grower, and just walking up to the guy's property was amazing. the smell was almost like a wall. a wall that penetrated the nostrils and nasal cavity. that is why they bred the smell out... it was too loud for illegal growers. I never thought it would disappear so completely... the smell just "felt right", but the high was great too... it really was good weed. I'm sure it will resurface again at some point... it's hard to say if sk1 was really it or not, because people were shipping weed in from all over the place at one point... it might end up being something that came out of some mystery bagseed.
 
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decrepit digits

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Ya' thats what I would claim too if I didnt know what happened to the stench. Documented by someone other than sam? I was smokin different skunks in so cali in 79 and the smell was all ready fading not gone mind you but it varied alot and the growers there were not trying to breed the smell out. To get rid of something like that on a large scale would be next to impossible once the cat was out of the bag. The smell spreads in a way that is unique, the one I still know of, if you cut even the tinyest clone the smell just fills the room like the whole plant releases the smell not just that toothpick size stem but it is not skunk smell, that only comes out on the third day of drying then dissapears again. The strongest smelling ones are the oldest cuts still alive cheese shoreline trinity rene chem ect as soon as you breed them the smell usually gets weaker.
 
colocowboy

colocowboy

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decrepit digits said:
Ya' thats what I would claim too if I didnt know what happened to the stench. Documented by someone other than sam? I was smokin different skunks in so cali in 79 and the smell was all ready fading not gone mind you but it varied alot and the growers there were not trying to breed the smell out. To get rid of something like that on a large scale would be next to impossible once the cat was out of the bag. The smell spreads in a way that is unique, the one I still know of, if you cut even the tinyest clone the smell just fills the room like the whole plant releases the smell not just that toothpick size stem but it is not skunk smell, that only comes out on the third day of drying then dissapears again. The strongest smelling ones are the oldest cuts still alive cheese shoreline trinity rene chem ect as soon as you breed them the smell usually gets weaker.
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So you didn’t watch this hash church? It’s long but Sam says it out right, I guess a conspiracy is sexier?!
 
Fibromyoucha

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colocowboy said:
Agreed, never heard the “RKS” thing until forums trying to decide what “real” old school skunk was. I remember my mentor postulating it being an Afghan Pakistani cross but with some kind of sativa in there. He thought Acapulco. There is a real danky taste in that Acapulco that you get hints of in a lot of modern stuff.
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This post of yours makes me sonder cause i was just wondering if i could find the lineage of this strain i grew this past summer.. randomly give seed by old hippies and i know i can but it makes alot of sense But its not that road kill from way back.. it even looks gold in the jar..and i thought skun was a indica but the leaves that were on my plant were odly sativa in looks.. it was outside and i took clones and found spider mites.. so i didnt bring it in.. now im kicking my self for not. And 4 seeds in over a lb. Ugh.. i have one growing now just hoping..
 
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conor c

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jimihendrix1 said:
Yes, its had the crap bred out of it, and is more bottle necked vs McCormicks/Mel Franks. This stuff has only been bred 3 times since 88. Mr nice Shit is also different. I hear is back crossed to an Afghani. Ive also grown it. Some is good. Not as stable as the original is the big thing. Different selections, from different growers.
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No just the way nevil writes the lineage is what makes people think its so shit is just skunk selected more to the afghani side of things its still sk1xsk1 just selected his way
 
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decrepit digits

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One persons opinion does not a conspiracy make, mine or anothers. Its just my opinion based on research and experience. And I dont follow how one person can breed a smell out of a population after it has already been spread around, and if it was bred out before any seeds were spread around why call it skunk at all? The skunk smell is unstable and has been for quite some time.
 
colocowboy

colocowboy

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decrepit digits said:
One persons opinion does not a conspiracy make, mine or anothers. Its just my opinion based on research and experience. And I dont follow how one person can breed a smell out of a population after it has already been spread around, and if it was bred out before any seeds were spread around why call it skunk at all? The skunk smell is unstable and has been for quite some time.
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Well how about start by listening to the man who did it tell you how he did it and why! Instead of taking random information and trying to shove it up on us? You talk like you know everything why are you even here? Go listen to Sam talk about running 20000 plants at a time working with Rob Clark and literally writing the book on breeding cannabis in the 70’s. So much you could learn if you would do actual research and listen!
 
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BeastLebanese

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SFnone said:
the smell of the older skunk was almost dripping wet, it was so loud. you could smell it immediately if you were in the near vicinity. that is the difference between the current skunks and the older ones. chems for example, have a skunkiness, but if you crack a jar it isn't all that noticeable from 20 ft away. the old-school skunk was. the last time I had it was in the early 2000's. my buddy knew a grower, and just walking up to the guy's property was amazing. the smell was almost like a wall. a wall that penetrated the nostrils and nasal cavity. that is why they bred the smell out... it was too loud for illegal growers. I never thought it would disappear so completely... the smell just "felt right", but the high was great too... it really was good weed. I'm sure it will resurface again at some point... it's hard to say if sk1 was really it or not, because people were shipping weed in from all over the place at one point... it might end up being something that came out of some mystery bagseed.
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You hit the nail on the head with that description!! Last time I got some it was around 2004, was introduced to a new connect, it was by far the skunkiest bud I've ever encountered in my life. Nothing could touch this stuff, it somehow smelled more skunk than a skunk itself, if that's even possible. The pungency and penetration of the terps from those buds was like a high in itself.
 
Craigson

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Dividedsky said:
I will say a friend from Maine came down from like 8 years ago. He was at my neighbors house breaking out bags in the garage my buddies wife came out and was like, o shit a skunk sprayed and started spraying air freshener. I think some of the chem, sours, ogs and cheese strains stank like skunk to people the don't puff.
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Almost all weed smells like a skunk to a non smoker or casual smoker
 
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