The Roadkill Skunk Fan Club

[DoubleTripleOG]

David Watson, the master crafter of the foundational hybrid Skunk #1, was among the first to emphasize the importance of aromatic terpenes for their modifying impact on THC. Terpenes, or terpenoids, are the compounds in cannabis that give the plant its unique smell. THC and the other cannabinoids have no odor, so marijuana’s compelling fragrance depends on which terpenes predominate. It’s the combination of terpenoids and THC that endows each strain with a specific psychoactive flavor.

In 1989, Watson and his business partner, Robert Connell Clarke, formed HortaPharm, a legally chartered, Holland-based research company that specializes in botanical science and cannabis therapeutics. Based in Amsterdam, these two American expatriates broke new ground in horticultural pharmacology as they crossed and recrossed thousands of cannabis varietals, discarding most along the way while selecting a relatively small number for further development.

How did they decide which plants made the first cut? “We smelled them,” Watson explains.

He had long suspected that the terpenes present in cannabis resin enhance the potency of THC. Ten years after launching HortaPharm, Watson tested his hypothesis in an experiment that compared the subjective effects of 100 percent THC to lesser amounts in terpene-infused cannabis resin. The consensus among Watson and several associates: Terpene-infused resin with 50 percent THC was more potent by dry weight than an equivalent amount of pure THC.

Typically, terpenes are volatile molecules that evaporate easily and readily announce themselves to the nose. Therein lies the basis of aromatherapy, a popular alternative-healing modality. Like their odorless cannabinoid cousins, terpenes are oily compounds secreted in the marijuana plant’s glandular trichomes. Terpenes and THC share a biochemical precursor, geranyl pyrophosphate, which develops into the cannabinoids and terpenoids that saturate the plant’s flower tops.

I remember Sam writing about this same exact topic before. Said that pure THC was boring, and didn't last that long. And that THC with terpene's was a lot better.

 

[polyflowerbud]

No matter how cool a fool thinks he or she be, ignorance and stupidity is not never a virtue, even if you could care less.

 

[polyflowerbud]

hey y'all should consider RON et. al, they know the most. and Sam, and Don. PEACE.

 

[polyflowerbud]

Its sorta like special ed.
I OWN this CUT- INDO DRO PURP COLA COKA NOSTRA- IT REEEEEKSSSSSSS OF:materialism!

 

[Hashmasta-Kut]

IF you notice ReturnOfNog has been posting, but not on this thread anymore.

typical

 

[polyflowerbud]

aint it a bootifooll tang

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

I am going to Seattle next week to hang with a buddy who claims to still have access to the RKS, we shall see.

 

[ozza]

I am going to Seattle next week to hang with a buddy who claims to still have access to the RKS, we shall see.

Just make sure you actually report whether you find it or not, not just talk bs about finding it.

 

[Lime Green]

I don't know how many here are following Jefe Noche's Purple Urkle thread, but the talk is getting skunky, and also ties in with Deep Chunk, as does this discussion.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=307685&page=34

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

Just make sure you actually report whether you find it or not, not just talk bs about finding it.

I'm not looking for glory or to get paid, i am looking for RKS. If i find it i will share the wealth. Currently i grow for a couple of people who are just to sick to grow for themselves, i don't make a dime, its something i enjoy doing. I am financially secure for the rest of my life and weed had nothing to do with it.

@ Lime_Green, whats funny about that thread is people are saying they are growing out Tom Hills deep chunk and getting skunky pheno's without the RKS. Makes me wonder...only thing is though it doesn't look anything like the old school lime green skunk, so just because it smells like skunk doesn't mean its going to have that crazy effect.

 

[Lime Green]

In my earlier posts, as well as have some other CA based folks, we also had a purple crystalline version of it that was 100% identical to the green version in taste and smell. The stuff was so purple it was damned near black, but flocked in heavy layers of frosty resin.

Putting all this together, this Deep Chunk comes from the right place, so I would imagine those old genetics were worked into the foundation of the DC strain and still surface occasionally. So with all of this in mind, I think the Deep Chunk is worth fooling with to see.

 

[Dirt Life]

I only have experience w/ a couple pure DC females, from a pack (2009-ish) and several hybrids w/ DC, and would have to repsectfully disagree. Some slightly skunky notes, most aromas I experienced were on the hashy, earthy side. Hybrids didn't really carry much skunk, either. IMO, old NLs and Affies are your best bet, but, that's been covered to death in this thread.

Although, I wish everyone luck on their DC skunk finding adventure! Hope you find it!

Maybe someone should paint a white stripe down their back and hope to get violated by a really horny skunk with a french accent.

 

[Dirt Life]

... that last line sounded funnier, and made more sense, in my head.

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

I only have experience w/ a couple pure DC females, from a pack (2009-ish) and several hybrids w/ DC, and would have to repsectfully disagree. Some slightly skunky notes, most aromas I experienced were on the hashy, earthy side. Hybrids didn't really carry much skunk, either. IMO, old NLs and Affies are your best bet, but, that's been covered to death in this thread.

Although, I wish everyone luck on their DC skunk finding adventure! Hope you find it!

Maybe someone should paint a white stripe down their back and hope to get violated by a really horny skunk with a french accent.

Or just catch a skunk and get it to spray your buds...thats about as close as one can get at this moment.

 

[Dirt Life]

I repectfully disagree w/ that, as well. She's out there.

 

[Tombamot]

How about someone who claims having rks send someone who doubts it a fucking bud to sample. I call BS this could be settled once and for all is it extinct or isn't it. Prove your claim holders or stfu

 

[eastcoastjoe]

How about someone who claims having rks send someone who doubts it a fucking bud to sample. I call BS this could be settled once and for all is it extinct or isn't it. Prove your claim holders or stfu

I think it's all bullshit. I think our only hope is to create a roadkill TYPE of plant on our own. I think all the different encounters of roadkill skunk by all these different people were no way the same strain. If it was so great or if it was even real where is it ? No way it just disappeared because it stunk to bad to grow, I don't believe it. If the same strain was grown in all different parts of the US it would have surfaced by now. I personally think there were just certain imports at the time that had that smelly aroma and now it's gone because imported buds are no more near in demand like they once were.

For the breeders, I think it's a fucking joke to attach a roadkill title and sell it unless you have proved you have it. People need to wake up and see that whenever there is a demand for something there is always gonna be someone to tell you a story to get your money. We need to take a few steps back and try to source / breed with genetics that are not from the modern day era. It's not being found in most current seeds available because let's face it, the majority of what's available is the same goddamn thing with a different name. Fucking genetic bottleneck

 

[blue_tick]

eastcoastjoe i can not say where it went but i can tell you for a fact it was around in ohio when i was growing up. it was in the 80's and you could not hide that you had it in your pocket double bagged period. i was in my 20's at the time. it was simply called skunk not rks or any thing else. it was some killer smoke and if it was to surface again it would be the only thing i grow

 

[SkunkyPuffs]

Going to Seattle for the weekend, crossing my nuts my toes my fingers and anything else that can be crossed praying to the ganja gods that my buddy is not FOS. He says they are calling it "loud skunk" we will see.

 

[eastcoastjoe]

eastcoastjoe i can not say where it went but i can tell you for a fact it was around in ohio when i was growing up. it was in the 80's and you could not hide that you had it in your pocket double bagged period. i was in my 20's at the time. it was simply called skunk not rks or any thing else. it was some killer smoke and if it was to surface again it would be the only thing i grow

That's what I remember, it was just called skunk and was nothing sweet at all. Not sure if what I remember as a kid is what everyone may be referring too but I just have my doubts that it was one single variety. Seems like lots of the REGULAR weed here on the east coast in the mid 90s was pretty damn good. Still had schwag around but those bright green stinky buds I remember very well.