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Desert Skunk is a cross between a Skunk #1 and a Moroccan Beldia. It was grown outdoors in a hot, humid environment at about 36 degrees latitude. Seed was sprouted on March 20. Was grown in full sun.
It is a tall plant that tends to grow in a column shape until about 2/3 of the way through its life. It sports very long, skinny leaves on branches that grow long but close to the main stem. It is a very fast grower. By July 15, it was 8 feet tall. It remained healthy looking its entire grow cycle, and showed no heat stress despite several weeks of temperatures in the high 90s to low 100s. It is a very tough plant- a storm tore several stems off of it, and they were hanging on by just a few strings of the fibrous outer layer. I taped this up the best I could. Those branches lost their fan leaves, but soon were growing just fine.
Desert Skunk started budding by mid-June and the buds just grew and grew. It grows huge colas. Some are larger than footballs. The colas are made up of many bundles of finger-width buds. Within the colas, the buds grow tightly to the stems. The colas are so large, a small amount of mold developed in some of them, but this was easily removed. I think I could have loosened the colas up a bit if I had topped her a few times.
The smoke and high reminded me of Mexican weed we used to get in the 1980s/90s. An up sativa that’s great for a party.
Harvested it on September 5th, but I probably should have harvested it about a week earlier.
The colas are so large I give them away in gallon freezer bags. Talk about bag appeal!
Desert Skunk was a real pleasure to grow outdoors. It was tall, healthy, early maturing, huge yielding, and would make a good decorative plant. People in the 1980s would have gone nuts for it.
It is a tall plant that tends to grow in a column shape until about 2/3 of the way through its life. It sports very long, skinny leaves on branches that grow long but close to the main stem. It is a very fast grower. By July 15, it was 8 feet tall. It remained healthy looking its entire grow cycle, and showed no heat stress despite several weeks of temperatures in the high 90s to low 100s. It is a very tough plant- a storm tore several stems off of it, and they were hanging on by just a few strings of the fibrous outer layer. I taped this up the best I could. Those branches lost their fan leaves, but soon were growing just fine.
Desert Skunk started budding by mid-June and the buds just grew and grew. It grows huge colas. Some are larger than footballs. The colas are made up of many bundles of finger-width buds. Within the colas, the buds grow tightly to the stems. The colas are so large, a small amount of mold developed in some of them, but this was easily removed. I think I could have loosened the colas up a bit if I had topped her a few times.
The smoke and high reminded me of Mexican weed we used to get in the 1980s/90s. An up sativa that’s great for a party.
Harvested it on September 5th, but I probably should have harvested it about a week earlier.
The colas are so large I give them away in gallon freezer bags. Talk about bag appeal!
Desert Skunk was a real pleasure to grow outdoors. It was tall, healthy, early maturing, huge yielding, and would make a good decorative plant. People in the 1980s would have gone nuts for it.
