Looking for the skunkiest roadkill smelling strain...
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Humble_Budlings
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Most people I know think the RKS mythology is basic bull. You know what smells like skunk? NL1. NL5. Chem. OG. Sour Diesel. Etc etc. Then there are strains that smell like straight skunk at a distance from the garden b/c the other terpine and flavinoids don't travel as far for some reason. Example, AK 47. Then there's the fact that unaccustomed noses literally only smell skunk on all weed. Example, neighbor complains of skunk smell adjacent to ice cream cake grow.
I will be running 3 balkhi strains next year looking for the chem family roots... It would be really hard to pheno hunt for something hypothetical with unknown properties, no?
thisbuds4u101
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Skunk #1. Created it in the mid 70’s in Cali from Afghan and Acapulco Gold very extreme smell Won 88 cannabis cup in Amsterdam with this. You’ll rarely find anything more rank.
thenotsoesoteric
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Skunk bud definitely ain't a myth but is a dinosaur. Meaning its extinct. Im sure there are old heads holding cuts but none available commercially.
The skunk has been bred out of modern plants, imo. The 2001 skunk #1 i grew was unmistakably skunk. Shit smelled a block away from the small basement grows we had and luckily we never got busted. Bit since then nothing I've grown has been that stinky.
Some close but never as pungent.
The skunk has been bred out of modern plants, imo. The 2001 skunk #1 i grew was unmistakably skunk. Shit smelled a block away from the small basement grows we had and luckily we never got busted. Bit since then nothing I've grown has been that stinky.
Some close but never as pungent.
thisbuds4u101
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Yes I happen to be one of those old heads in 75 I was sweeping floors learning everything I could about weed at Sacred Seed from two of the greatest growers in modern day history. I was there when Skunk #1 was created. And yes there are a few of us who still hold on to the original strain.
thisbuds4u101
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Your exactly right only is old hippies still have the strain.
Dividedsky
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Skunk post...love these
Dividedsky
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Legend has it Aaron hernandez held the rks lol.
GreenBean 420
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AG seeds Skunk #1
curious if anyone grown out a pack of 10 and had any luck pheno hunting for some RKS quality terps? I’ve read no RKS butstill great smells. Curious to what other have discovered w these beans
curious if anyone grown out a pack of 10 and had any luck pheno hunting for some RKS quality terps? I’ve read no RKS butstill great smells. Curious to what other have discovered w these beans
Rurumo
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I'm with Eso, every once in a while someone announces an RKS project or sells some supposed RKS seeds from the "original" breeder or whatever and they always turn out disappointing. You end up with a few mildly skunky but mainly fruity plants at best, typical Skunk #1. A breeder I know is working on his own RKS project from some old 80s seeds, so I'll try again if he says they're the real deal. So sad how RKS drove itself to extinction during the black market era, she would have been extremely popular today.
StonedAgeGrower
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The everlasting search for RKS continues...
Everyone who is searching for those true rank Skunk terps are going to be disappointed if they search through Skunk1. Even SamSkunkman admits he bred away from the Skunk smell as he preferred the high from the sweeter types.
Much of the true Skunk-Spray smells could be found in many of the early Afghani varieties, and are where I believe the term "SkunkBud" originated. Folks were calling weed Skunk long before Sam arrived w Skunk1 in Holland.
The famous Super Skunk (aka MassSuperSkunk) involved in creation of Sour Diesel was originally from Nevil's work. He bred the Skunk1 to his AfghanT which he claimed really put the Skunk smell back into the line. This further cements the theory that those old Afghans are really where one should look if you want to find the true Skunks of legend
If your super interested in the Skunk I would check out NotsoDog and Riot's BreedersSyndicate podcast. NotsoDog had lots of hands on experience w that old Super skunk and is a great source of info. Also SkunkVA's episode on ThePotCast he goes into the details of how the Super Skunk made its way from VA to Mass and Cali. Look at the polaroids he shared of the old Super skunk and you can definitely see the similarity to the Sour
Closest I've found to a true RKS stank is the Giesel cut. It's super Skunky, but also has something to it I can't quite describe. Not that pure RKS smell or taste, but the closest I've found so far
Everyone who is searching for those true rank Skunk terps are going to be disappointed if they search through Skunk1. Even SamSkunkman admits he bred away from the Skunk smell as he preferred the high from the sweeter types.
Much of the true Skunk-Spray smells could be found in many of the early Afghani varieties, and are where I believe the term "SkunkBud" originated. Folks were calling weed Skunk long before Sam arrived w Skunk1 in Holland.
The famous Super Skunk (aka MassSuperSkunk) involved in creation of Sour Diesel was originally from Nevil's work. He bred the Skunk1 to his AfghanT which he claimed really put the Skunk smell back into the line. This further cements the theory that those old Afghans are really where one should look if you want to find the true Skunks of legend
If your super interested in the Skunk I would check out NotsoDog and Riot's BreedersSyndicate podcast. NotsoDog had lots of hands on experience w that old Super skunk and is a great source of info. Also SkunkVA's episode on ThePotCast he goes into the details of how the Super Skunk made its way from VA to Mass and Cali. Look at the polaroids he shared of the old Super skunk and you can definitely see the similarity to the Sour
Closest I've found to a true RKS stank is the Giesel cut. It's super Skunky, but also has something to it I can't quite describe. Not that pure RKS smell or taste, but the closest I've found so far
Rurumo
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You bring up a great point with the Afghan strains. We have more of them available than ever before, but my concern is, for how long? With the Taliban back in power, the resurgence of availability of these strains is probably at an end. If I could, I'd buy up a bunch of the Afghan landrace strains while they're still around. On the other hand, it might actually be good for the continued existence of those strains-any continue to be propagated will be protected from the Western polyhybrid genes that we see diluting the purity of landraces everywhere. Time will tell I suppose. In any case, I wish more breeders went back to the landraces for their breeding projects, that is where all the most memorable hybrid strains originated, not through polyhybrid chucking.The everlasting search for RKS continues...
Everyone who is searching for those true rank Skunk terps are going to be disappointed if they search through Skunk1. Even SamSkunkman admits he bred away from the Skunk smell as he preferred the high from the sweeter types.
Much of the true Skunk-Spray smells could be found in many of the early Afghani varieties, and are where I believe the term "SkunkBud" originated. Folks were calling weed Skunk long before Sam arrived w Skunk1 in Holland.
The famous Super Skunk (aka MassSuperSkunk) involved in creation of Sour Diesel was originally from Nevil's work. He bred the Skunk1 to his AfghanT which he claimed really put the Skunk smell back into the line. This further cements the theory that those old Afghans are really where one should look if you want to find the true Skunks of legend
If your super interested in the Skunk I would check out NotsoDog and Riot's BreedersSyndicate podcast. NotsoDog had lots of hands on experience w that old Super skunk and is a great source of info. Also SkunkVA's episode on ThePotCast he goes into the details of how the Super Skunk made its way from VA to Mass and Cali. Look at the polaroids he shared of the old Super skunk and you can definitely see the similarity to the Sour
Closest I've found to a true RKS stank is the Giesel cut. It's super Skunky, but also has something to it I can't quite describe. Not that pure RKS smell or taste, but the closest I've found so far
GreenBean 420
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What’s polyhybrid chucking?
Sqwee
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I'd stay away from anyone marketing it as "skunk spray" terps. Skunk spray and a roadkill skunk are completely different smells and just shows the breeder doesn't know what RKS is and European breeders will sell you fruity bs, probably because they don't know what a roadkill skunk smells like either.
In my opinion its long gone and not coming back, anyone that had it would have cashed in on the cut and people trying to sell seeds of it aren't breeding the terps back, they're just trying to profit off anyone gullible enough to still be searching for it.
In my opinion its long gone and not coming back, anyone that had it would have cashed in on the cut and people trying to sell seeds of it aren't breeding the terps back, they're just trying to profit off anyone gullible enough to still be searching for it.
conor c
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Im pissing myself laughing if you think america was the only place stinky foul skunks made it to your wrong just like there(north america) there damn rare now i will agree maybe some European countries maybe dont get it but from the 80s onwards skunks pretty much everywhere before it was swapped out later for less stinky strains like nl and widow ak47 etc whatever i will give you many more modern euro breeders might not be the best at selecting for it id say the same for certain american breeders too its simply down to the individual and there choice/skill of selection really and any of the older heads from pretty much anywhere are gonna know what skunky funky bud smells like
StonedAgeGrower
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There are a few people I follow on IG who are local to the area that have been trying to collect heirlooms from the Afghan/Pakistan region. Afghan Selections, BabaQo, and IrrazinIG come to mind. So there are some people that have undiluted Afghan genetics, but whether those old Pre-Soviet invasion, skunky Afghans are still even there is the question.
StonedAgeGrower
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I'm pretty familiar with both fresh Skunk Spray and the scent of a dead Skunk on the road, and both smells originate from the Skunks spray. That smell of a dead skunk on the road is because it releases all it's spray when it dies. I would say they are very similar, but it is a bit different (if your dog ever got sprayed and then ran in the house you prob know what I mean).
I do agree that true Skunk seems to have gone the way of the Dodo Bird. The VA Super Skunk that was involved in the Sour D has been lost according to people way more knowledgeable than me. The amount of fake RKS being marketed should tell ya everything.
StonedAgeGrower
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I think he meant that Skunks (the animal) are native to North America, so most European breeders wouldn't be too familiar with the scent of one. At least that's my take on it.