90s (Super) Skunk

[BerryManilow]

I've been doing some digging for the "roadkill" skunk and I was able to come across some very rare finds. I was just asking everybody for seeds or clones of their skunk from around here (northeast) and as I was talking to somebody about it, I got a notification.

Turns out, my friends (who own a dispensary on one of the native reservations) just so happened to have clones and teens for sale at their dispensary. I've known their family for most of my adult life, they're awesome people and have deep roots in the culture. This came right from the family. I told them to hold the clones for me but they were already gone. Well the family member ended up bringing me another teen, so I grabbed 2 teens of the 90s (super) skunk.

I can't guarantee anything yet, but on the ride with the plants, all I could smell was a skunk. I've been around plants my whole life, and they might have a fresh smell and you could tell it was weed in veg, but they don't stink like this unless flowering. Got it back to a safe place and scraped the stem (didn't know that was a thing) and it smells foul. You can smell the plant but it smells like a skunk.

Not sure if they're the same pheno but I'd imagine they are (one of the plants is a little rough) so I'll keep both as moms and run clones of them side by side.

There were at least 2 or 3 different "roadkill" skunks around here in the 80s/90s. I believe this is the first of the 3. Will keep you all updated.

 

[Creeperpark]

I've been doing some digging for the "roadkill" skunk and I was able to come across some very rare finds. I was just asking everybody for seeds or clones of their skunk from around here (northeast) and as I was talking to somebody about it, I got a notification.

Turns out, my friends (who own a dispensary on one of the native reservations) just so happened to have clones and teens for sale at their dispensary. I've known their family for most of my adult life, they're awesome people and have deep roots in the culture. This came right from the family. I told them to hold the clones for me but they were already gone. Well the family member ended up bringing me another teen, so I grabbed 2 teens of the 90s (super) skunk.

I can't guarantee anything yet, but on the ride with the plants, all I could smell was a skunk. I've been around plants my whole life, and they might have a fresh smell and you could tell it was weed in veg, but they don't stink like this unless flowering. Got it back to a safe place and scraped the stem (didn't know that was a thing) and it smells foul. You can smell the plant but it smells like a skunk.

Not sure if they're the same pheno but I'd imagine they are (one of the plants is a little rough) so I'll keep both as moms and run clones of them side by side.

There were at least 2 or 3 different "roadkill" skunks around here in the 80s/90s. I believe this is the first of the 3. Will keep you all updated.

Very interesting friend. Thanks for sharing your find with us. Keep us posted.

 

[BerryManilow]

Very interesting friend. Thanks for sharing your find with us. Keep us posted.

Glad to share this with everybody. I'm another person who misses that old skunk. After seeing all the posts all over the web about it, some going back to the mid 2000s, I had no clue it was so highly sought after.

I figured I was misremembering the leaves, and the smell could be contributed to all weed smelling like skunk anyways. I remember seeing the plants growing when I was a teenager, and I smoked a lot of it. But that was 30 years ago, so my memory could be slightly off. I was ready to be wrong. After all the reading, I know that I'm not the only one who remembers it the way I do.

Here's my best conclusion. There was never a strain called roadkill skunk. People just use that name to tell it apart from the sweet skunks, or try to sell seeds or clones, or at worst as scam bait. But if you've ever smelled a skunk (my dog just got sprayed by one), that smell is unmistakable. Same as that old school ganja we all remember.

To my knowledge and experience, I'm guessing there are 3 different versions worthy of the name roadkill skunk. They might be related, might be different phenos, or might be completely separate lineage.

1. The first roadkill. Late 70s early 80s. Sativa dominant. Long flowering.

2. Northeast / east coast roadkill. Indica dominant. Short flowering. Late 70s-80s, still around in the 90s (possibly the super skunk indica dominant pheno, or the precursor)

3. 90s roadkill - which I believe to be Super Skunk. Sativa dominant.

I believe I have found 2 of the 3 so far. Won't know until I flower them.

 

[Munson]

Ahhh shiet, here we go again… breakin balls of course

 

[BerryManilow]

Ahhh shiet, here we go again… breakin balls of course

Hahaha...I've seen so many posts and all the let downs. I don't even know if what I have is the "roadkill" of the 90s yet. That's why I called it by it's real name, Super Skunk. We never called it roadkill skunk because roadkill is redundant. It smelled like a a rotting skunk on the road, or a skunk that just sprayed. But it was just called Skunk or Super Skunk around here. I never heard the term roadkill until searching the internet, looking for "the old skunk."

Roadkill skunk is just a description, not any one strain or phenotype. It is also a marketing term used in the cannabis industry to make $. We've all seen a lot of examples of the industry bastardizing terms and products, renaming strains, the works.

I'm not a big time breeder, I don't sell clones on the web, I'm not looking to cash in on some shangri-la strain. I don't even want recognition or people to know who I am lol. I know it exists, I've smoked it, I've seen it growing. I want to find it and preserve it, and smoke some with everybody.

What I do know is that this came from a very reputable source. Their family has been growing cannabis for many generations. Also, being on the reservation, they weren't subjected to the iron fist of the law like many of us. So if there's any place it would be safe, it would be on the reservations, or deep in the mountains/hollers/farmlands, away from prying eyes and noses.

I made the conscious decision to get rid of the Sour Diesel in early 2010s, because I had to protect my interests and not get busted. I didn't know as much back then, and I should've kept it side by side with my other strains. One of the hardest lessons I've had to learn about preserving old genetics.

There is no doubt in my mind this is the real Super Skunk. I'd guess that it's the parent of the Mass Super Skunk, but I didn't speak to the grower directly about it yet. Hard to say just based on seeing it in person, because we're in the northeast and very close to Mass.

One thing I can say for sure is that I indeed have a 90s super skunk in my possession, a 30 year old heirloom clone.

 

[Happy Times]

I've been doing some digging for the "roadkill" skunk and I was able to come across some very rare finds. I was just asking everybody for seeds or clones of their skunk from around here (northeast) and as I was talking to somebody about it, I got a notification.

Turns out, my friends (who own a dispensary on one of the native reservations) just so happened to have clones and teens for sale at their dispensary. I've known their family for most of my adult life, they're awesome people and have deep roots in the culture. This came right from the family. I told them to hold the clones for me but they were already gone. Well the family member ended up bringing me another teen, so I grabbed 2 teens of the 90s (super) skunk.

I can't guarantee anything yet, but on the ride with the plants, all I could smell was a skunk. I've been around plants my whole life, and they might have a fresh smell and you could tell it was weed in veg, but they don't stink like this unless flowering. Got it back to a safe place and scraped the stem (didn't know that was a thing) and it smells foul. You can smell the plant but it smells like a skunk.

Not sure if they're the same pheno but I'd imagine they are (one of the plants is a little rough) so I'll keep both as moms and run clones of them side by side.

There were at least 2 or 3 different "roadkill" skunks around here in the 80s/90s. I believe this is the first of the 3. Will keep you all updated.

Very cool, Super Skunk is a ol’ classic

What’s a “teen”?

 

[BerryManilow]

Very cool, Super Skunk is a ol’ classic

What’s a “teen”?

A teen is just a plant that has an established root system and usually double the size of a clone.

 

[SGS]

Please keep us updated on this!

 

[BerryManilow]

Transplanted both of the Super Skunks into 5 gal pots. The bigger one was rootbound and needed some love. The small one is very healthy and starting to explode. They both smell identical. The leaves smell like catpiss/ammonia, but the stem rub smells like skunk.

Also was able to come across a "roadkill" skunk clone. This has been around for 40 years and is clone only. Not much in the smell department yet, (she traveled a few states to get here) but as I was cleaning her up and cutting off some leaves, the cut spots had an overwhelming nasty skunk smell. It's a deep, nauseating, funk, different than the SS. She's a mess so I'm chopping some clones from her and starting a new mother plant and running clones side by side with the SS.

Have these in quarantine right now and running my IPM. No signs of pests or diseases yet other than some gnats in the old soil. Will be getting them hplvd tested for peace of mind. Already went through infected clones wiping out a bunch of my classic genetics in the past, so I'm very cautious about bringing in anything new.

The quest continues...

 

[BerryManilow]

So this Super Skunk is starting to grow more like an indica instead of a sativa, making me think this is the indica dominant, original version of Super Skunk from the early 90s (Skunk#1 x Afghani.) That's a good sign. The leaves made me think it was sativa but the structure isn't really showing that. Plus it makes sense that around here it's indica dominant.

The whole space smells like skunk and cat piss from those 2 SS & the "roadkill" skunk clone in veg. Pretty sure one of these 2 are the real skunk that everybody remembers. It smells exactly like I remember when seeing them growing back then.

Also picked up some '79 FL Heirloom Skunk S1 seeds and they have popped up and are on their way.

 

[BerryManilow]

Super Skunks are growing big & healthy now. Lots of similarities to the original SSSC / first Sensi run of Super Skunk - thinking this is the Mass Super Skunk or a sister pheno. Leaf rubs smell like skunk, catpiss, & rank onion. Stem rubs are very skunky.

Tossed a few SS into the cloner and they all popped roots within 10 days. All very good signs.

Saw on another forum Stoney was asking Nevil about the RKS and he said it was the Super Skunk. All signs point to the real deal . But only flowering will prove that.

Bushing these plants out to take a bunch of clones and fill up some lights 🫡

 

[Jcue81]

If you need a place to store backups I’m your Huckleberry.

 

[BerryManilow]

Have these skunks at 2 different locations already so I don't lose them. Going to flower these and verify them first. I'll keep updating along the grow.

Once I know for sure the smell and smoke is legit, I'd imagine a lot of people will want them. So we'll have to figure that out when the time comes but I will absolutely keep you in mind to be one of the first in line!

 

[BerryManilow]

I'm calling it right now, this one is not bullshit. It's a real deal Skunk worthy of the name Roadkill. The leaf and stem rubs are completely disgusting. It's a heavy, nasty smell like a decaying animal with a faint skunk spray.

It burns my eyes and gives me a headache almost instantly, but I keep going back to smell it again. I can't believe a plant smells like this during veg. I don't even want to flower this one inside .

 

[Midbio]

Super interesting plants man. I can kind of attest to the road kill skunk in the northeast. When I was in high school this guy in my neighborhood used to grow weed and every season he would have a few outside in his backyard. My friends and I would walk past his picket fence back yard after school and in early June stated noticing a tall weed plant in a pot in his backyard. I would not condone this now but as stupid kids we decided to jump the fence that night and relieve him of that plant, our plan was to replant it in the woods. Riding home on our bikes we had to take turns holding the plant because the smell was too powerful. Unbelievable skunk smell was coming off of it, so much so that when I finally got home I had to immediately put the shirt I had on in the laundry but my mom still asked me the next morning if I got sprayed by a skunk. I remember the plant was tall and heavily branched. the leaves were super narrow like a tropical sativa but it had a very dark green to the leaves like an Afghanica. the leaves were super thick but the stems were kind of flimsy. the sad part of the story is that as dumbass kids we told too many people about the plant and soon enough a kid from the neighborhood went and found where we replanted it and took it. The next week we heard he was going all over trying to sell people bags of leaves. All I know is that had we been able to flower it out I know for sure it would have been the road kill a lot of people remember

 

[BerryManilow]

Right on. That's a crazy story. Sounds like you definitely had a run in with the old skunk. It's cool that you got to smell that plant and see it in person even though it was that situation. It would definitely make your clothes stink if you touched it, that smell just stuck to everything.

Everybody remembers that crazy skunk spray smell and the details of the plant so vividly. I remember seeing and smelling the short indica skunk its whole life from veg to flower, and when I saw the picture online it was like twilight zone because it was identical to what I remembered. It got a lot of people busted so it's really hard to find now. The search for it and all of the stories has been like an urban legend.

 

[iStruggle]

I was given a few grams of bud in Unionville, Va in the Spring of 2018 that matches all descriptions of RKS. I think its still around and the pheno pops up every now and then and people dont even realize its something rare. Skunk was as good as it got in these hills in the 90’s, was quite prolific. Either that or brick weed. Willing to bet people have been running the same lines for decades.

 

[BerryManilow]

Wow that's the most recent I've heard of anybody smoking real skunk. It's definitely still out there. You're absolutely right, the people with it have been running those phenos all this time. I found 30 & 40 yr old clone only skunks from some older heads. Skunk was the best one around here at the time too.

This is a really good read:

Sussing That Skunky Smell

“Gassy,” “fuel-like,” “pungent…” There are many ways to describe the “skunk-like” odor of cannabis. But where exactly does that stench come from? It’s true that terpenes contribute many of cannabis’ aromas, but these are mostly the citrus and floral notes. That unique (and polarizing) “skunky” smell has been harder to pinpoint – until now."

Well, we wanted to answer a specific question – one that many folks in the industry had wondered: “What chemicals give cannabis its skunky, gassy, pungent scent?” Until our paper was published, this question was unanswered. Although much research has been focused on terpenes, none of them were known to contribute this specific scent. The fact that we discovered an entirely new family of compounds in cannabis was a pleasant surprise. And because many appear to be unique to cannabis, we are referring to this new class as “cannasulfur compounds (CSCs).”

 

[weedobix]

I've grown sensi seeds super skunk back in the 90's, although it was only a single plant, but it certainly wasn't roadkill, it was very nice and tasty for back then, iirc it was sweet, fruity, i could see it being related to sour diesel or similar. the plant itself was a 5 foot xmas tree, even in a small pot.

 

[BerryManilow]

Right on. This Super Skunk has a skunky, catpiss, onion smell in veg, so we'll see how that does in flowering.

The "roadkill" clone that I picked up is the nasty dead body smelling one and it's straight up gross. 2 very different smelling plants. The 2 latest photos I posted are from the roadkill clone. It has a different leaf and growth structure than the SS. It's a sativa dominant version, and I was told that it takes 10-12 weeks to finish. The SS will probably finish in 8-9 weeks and has a short and stocky indica structure.