old skunk

[Osama Bong Loadin']

If I'm trying to sprout old seeds I'll go about 20% of hydrogen peroxide and sparkling water mixed with tap water. Keeps temps no less than 80° I shoot for 85-90°. Best chance of any but I've never had good luck with seeds any older that 10 yrs unless they were stored in freezer and never messed with

The temperature is crucial. Gentle warming. Not too hot. I just had 100% germination on properly stored seeds that were 21+ years old. I was lucky this time. The seeds were moved twice and exposed to warmth twice last year. I think that may have helped and I hope the move did not harm anything.

 

[Osama Bong Loadin']

The temperature is crucial. Gentle warming. Not too hot or wet. I just had 100% germination on properly stored seeds that were 21+ years old. I was lucky this time. The seeds were moved twice and exposed to warmth twice last year. I think that may have helped and I hope the move did not harm anything.

 

[Old Piney]

messed with

That’s why I’m scared to look at them till I’m ready. I did just about the same as you described with other seeds I had frozen with them since 1993 and successfully germinated and reproduced afghani #1 and a Durban in 2019 . Along with the skunk#1 seeds I also have a pack of shiva skunk from sensi seeds in 1993 I got to just do it this season and hope for the best . In addition to what you mention Ive found it’s good to do a light sandpaper scarification and be really sterile to start

 

[Persianfarmer]

I decided on just photos and Haiku. So I'm a little more generous by throwing in the poetry. I totally understand.

Post in thread 'Diary of a Madman' https://www.icmag.com/threads/diary-of-a-madman.18134196/post-18950258

A Basho fan

 

[Osama Bong Loadin']

That’s why I’m scared to look at them till I’m ready. I did just about the same as you described with other seeds I had frozen with them since 1993 and successfully germinated and reproduced afghani #1 and a Durban in 2019 . Along with the skunk#1 seeds I also have a pack of shiva skunk from sensi seeds in 1993 I got to just do it this season and hope for the best . In addition to what you mention Ive found it’s good to do a light sandpaper scarification and be really sterile to start

I agree about the sterility and sometimes I'll scrape a few as well.

 

[fat dad]

Yeah "Skunk" was just a general term for good weed back in the 70's. It referred to the type of weed that people had a hard time growing in the U.S., because it gave the grow away to the cops or neighbors. People went to prison for growing weed back then, so it was very dangerous to grow it. A lot of Mexican weed, back then, was skunky smelling....which was actually more of a blueberry skunk.

I don't know about any named people who were working on anything back then. We never credited anyone for "creating" anything. Most of it was landrace weed that was grown in established patches in different regions. When you got a good, ripe batch, it was typically skunky/blueberry. When you got a bad batch, it could smell like ammonia or hay or mold, etc. It was hit or miss. We smoked whatever we got and a lot of it was terrible. But when it was good, it was great.

What we used to call skunk is gone. I haven't found anything, anyway. If I did, then I'd know it....because I was there when the real thing was around and I would recognize it. All that remains with the younger generations, however, are the stories that get handed down to them. I've heard them ask for things like "acrid, cat piss, road kill, etc" In reality, the old school skunk was delicious smelling. If I had to describe it, I would say that it had the odor-carrying power similar to what you smell driving down the highway on a Summer night when you smell a skunk. But the actual flavor was more similar to a basket of blueberries that's been sitting on a sunny porch all day. It was really delicious!

It's not a total loss, though. There are some nice varieties out there. Some of them taste great. There's no point in naming names, though, because there isn't any universal consistency to any of it. My advice would be to stay with as simple of a hybrid as you can find. Look for low-yielding varieties because they must have been selected for other qualities -hopefully, smell and taste. The more complex the hybrid, the more variability you will get. And, then there's the question of how it's grown and who is growing it, too.

when i was younger we had Mexican and Colombian and home grown which we called skunk. i still can remember the sweet taste. great high . miss that

 

[Osama Bong Loadin']

Bring back the Lumbo.

 

[Old Piney]

I smoked plenty Colombian and Mexican weed but I don’t remember any of it skunky . The first skunk I remember around 79 or 80 and was high grade green sinsemilla and that shit would stink up the whole house in your pocket in 3 zip bags .As I recall it was a heavy Indica , it wasn’t my cup of tea

 

[Mithridate]

The last inbreeding of skunk I did even when they were fresh I could not get them to germinate, that is something that has never happened before or since. It was very puzzling to me. I'm sure there is someone who knows what happened.

I was gifted a few thousands skunk seeds from 1993 by an uncle. 140 out of 3k germinated. I attributed the low germination rate to old age. The 140 plants were open pollinated and produced ~500k seeds.

I then started popping 100 seeds from each mother. To my dismay, some of the lots refused to germinate, 1 or 2 starts if that.

I asked Tom what he thought was happening. I can't find the posts right now but he said something to the effect of "you painted yourself into a corner". Meaning consecutive inbreeding will eventually reduce a lines fitness and ability to reproduce.
Edit:
Found it

 

[Rgd]

Skunk cane from old west coast guy

..apparently not the insane purple veined greasy mercaptan thiol skunk some of us bumped into early 80’s..

but apparently Skunk..this person has gone through many other feedlots and clones..only to say this is the best yet by far

I am told ,however, that I will love the very potent old school buzz and taste..I trust this guy implicitly

no it doesn’t smell like skunk yet..

 

[fat dad]

Welcome friend ,you looking for that old school roadkill skunk you could smell through 3 bags ?

yes sir it was sweet and nice buzz. just want that smell and flavor again. I'm not wanting to sell the shit just want to enjoy the high in my older years. there is to many people just wanting to make a quick buck and were losing all the old genetics. sure, miss the old days.

 

[Genghis Kush.]

Whatever happened to Skunk #2 & Skunk#3

Hi This has probably been asked a million times but I've had a quick search and can't find the answer. I remember seeing seeds back in the 90's listed as Skunk #2 & Skunk #3 (in fact I think I have some old seeds catalogues that list them) - does anyone have any info on these strains and were...

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The last Road Kill Skunk I had in 94 was sold to me as Skunk #5

 

[Cannabis Critically]

Skunk was a name for various varieties aromatic marijuanna from that time. Quite often black columbian or Acapulco gold, some afghans like the pygmy people would cross. Because of prohibition people would ask someone if they knew "where they could find the skunk". By their response you could tell, maybe they try to get you to be more clear with what you are asking.... you mean marijuanna? Naw man, forget it. We are leaving now. If you asked someone for weed, marijuana or grass, you could go to jail because you may be talking to an undercover. The war on drugs.

These highly aromatic varieties although nice, came with that big smell that would travel and hang around. You could have it double bag sealed in your pocket and anyone near you would know you had it. If it was in your car 2 hours ago opened up. You'd still smell it in the car. Growing it, you could be found easily. A real nightmare during prohibition.

Time goes by. A lot of people went to jail. I've turned down skunk several times, it's just too risky. Not worth it. Many had the same attitude. It became harder to sell because of that.

The indian had been working with some different genetics. Enter Northern Lights. One iteration was stuff that was potent, but had low odor. Almost no smell when growing. Stealth grows, easier to hide. Godsend. Went onto dominate the scene for obvious reasons.

Somewhere, someone decided to market "skunk" as a brand. A prelude to the popular cannabis culture we see around us today. The marketing and hype took. Suddenly skunk was some genotype, not an array of phenotypes like in the 70s. Now people that never even had skunky weed from back then... suddenly want it. Why do they want it? Marketing. Hype. Dont even know what it is, but they want it. Yeah we got it... come buy it. Cash cows.

$$Why does the marketing department keep “improving“ stuff that ain’t broke?$$

 

[Cannabis Critically]

Nice to meet you fat.

Peace…Jeff

 

[oldmaninbc]

Skunk cane from old west coast guy

..apparently not the insane purple veined greasy mercaptan thiol skunk some of us bumped into early 80’s..

but apparently Skunk..this person has gone through many other feedlots and clones..only to say this is the best yet by far

I am told ,however, that I will love the very potent old school buzz and taste..I trust this guy implicitly

no it doesn’t smell like skunk yet..

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There is no mistaking the real cannabis skunk smell unless of course it's a mammal skunk.

It was such a distinct smell in itself and not easily contained, even back in the earlier days when using ozone to cover smell, my neighbor was talking to me in my yard and commented on the skunk smell. He was not cannabis friendly at the time.

 

[Osama Bong Loadin']

yes sir it was sweet and nice buzz. just want that smell and flavor again. I'm not wanting to sell the shit just want to enjoy the high in my older years. there is to many people just wanting to make a quick buck and were losing all the old genetics. sure, miss the old days.

I was getting ready to smoke this but decided to take a picture instead for all of you home dogs. It smells like it, it looks like it, and it has a nice up high. I can't say for sure if there's any real skunk number one in this though I think there is perhaps, but I can say this is an old skunk and it's really nice and it's sweet but not overly sweet. Seeing number seven the Williams Wonder trait plant next to #8 really helps to put things in perspective from the old garden in 2003. For right now this is as close as I can get to a 100% pure skunk number one. And I can't even tell you exactly what it is. I can just tell you that it's very much like real skunk because I grew a lot of real skunk a long time ago. It could even be a seed from the off of the floor tossed into the pile. I'm amazed at how much it's like the real thing. The plant the seed came from was maybe 30 ft from some real skunk and a real skunk male.

 

[fat dad]

Nice to meet you fat.

Peace…Jeff

View attachment 19166368 I was getting ready to smoke this but decided to take a picture instead for all of you home dogs. It smells like it, it looks like it, and it has a nice up high. I can't say for sure if there's any real skunk number one in this though I think there is perhaps, but I can say this is an old skunk and it's really nice and it's sweet but not overly sweet. Seeing number seven the Williams Wonder trait plant next to #8 really helps to put things in perspective from the old garden in 2003. For right now this is as close as I can get to a 100% pure skunk number one. And I can't even tell you exactly what it is. I can just tell you that it's very much like real skunk because I grew a lot of real skunk a long time ago. It could even be a seed from the off of the floor tossed into the pile. I'm amazed at how much it's like the real thing. The plant the seed came from was maybe 30 ft from some real skunk and a real skunk male.

fire that bitch up