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What is Skunk?
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After reading over this thread, I've come to a couple plausible conclusions:
1) Skunk(or skunky) WAS a generic tern for herb before skunk #1 came out, but I seriously doubt that anyone developed a seed line, short of pollinating their females with the males or using the seeds from herms.
2) Probably an afghani or other indica with a foul smell would get you the "skunky" smell you're looking for
3) I've smoked weed on more than one occasion that smelled JUST like a skunk. Some of it schwag, some of it dank weed. Seems as if just like pine, fuel, lemon, and other flavors, cannabis has a tendency to smell like this.
4) I do feel lucky to be in possesion of Sam's Skunk #1 seeds. Germ rate sucked, but I figured that, given that the're older seeds and they were free for God's sake. Got one about 2.5 weeks in veg right now...hoping for a girl.
Sure, I'll tell all my buddies "this is Skunk #1", and they'll think I'm full of shit because of the lack of a skunky smell..but that's how ignorance works. I'm just excited about the fact that it's a 75% heavy yielding all-landrace fucking Sativa with a decent flowering time and awesome high. I'm not one to worry about smell.
1) Skunk(or skunky) WAS a generic tern for herb before skunk #1 came out, but I seriously doubt that anyone developed a seed line, short of pollinating their females with the males or using the seeds from herms.
2) Probably an afghani or other indica with a foul smell would get you the "skunky" smell you're looking for
3) I've smoked weed on more than one occasion that smelled JUST like a skunk. Some of it schwag, some of it dank weed. Seems as if just like pine, fuel, lemon, and other flavors, cannabis has a tendency to smell like this.
4) I do feel lucky to be in possesion of Sam's Skunk #1 seeds. Germ rate sucked, but I figured that, given that the're older seeds and they were free for God's sake. Got one about 2.5 weeks in veg right now...hoping for a girl.
Sure, I'll tell all my buddies "this is Skunk #1", and they'll think I'm full of shit because of the lack of a skunky smell..but that's how ignorance works. I'm just excited about the fact that it's a 75% heavy yielding all-landrace fucking Sativa with a decent flowering time and awesome high. I'm not one to worry about smell.
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The sad thing is, you're right. There were entirely different plants, in different parts of the states that smelled like skunk.beancounter said:
At least you remember them smelling like skunk, I remember them smelling like skunk, but you and I don't have the same sense of smell.
You're idea of RKS could in fact be VERY different than my version of RKS.
Because you and I smoked different plants that were probably not cured correctly, that came in nice - tight - 110 degree - bricks in a truck, our opinions of RKS will differ.
And this is where even Sam The Skunkman may fail - how can he be sure his rerelease (if he chose to do so) of RKS meets your idea of RKS or my idea of RKS or anyone elses?
Different plants. Different highs. Different people. Different time. Holy Grails are hard to find.
i saw the comment about people buying skunk seeds expecting a real skunky weed.
yes thats correct i bought some super skunk hoping it would be really strong and really nice smelling, is that not the case??
yes thats correct i bought some super skunk hoping it would be really strong and really nice smelling, is that not the case??
strainwhore said:
well i think he should grow what he suspects to be RKS, get them seeded and send out samples or sell them and see what feedback he gets. if its good then the strain should be repopulated.
but he said he doesnt want to do it because he doesnt need the sales. the sales arent important, what is important is that people are able to get a type of weed that they like. if i had rare seeds and a breeder wanted to repopulate a strain then i would gladly help.
we all like the same thing, so lets help each other out and maybe make some good friends out of it.
strainwhore said:
no rks came this way though strainwhore, thats what i was trying to tell you earlier in the thread.....or am i wrong here? i never seen any mexi brick style rks in my life....anyone else? your the first person i've ever heard compare mexi style brick weed to rks.
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THATS WHAT I SAID! Dig out the old seed stash guys!smokeymacpot said:
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Listen man, a lot of people call any kind of weed, skunk. It came to me in the early 80's and 90's mexi-brick-weed style. It smelled pretty damn skunky, whatever the weed. I don't know how you scored your stash. Maybe in the 80's you had ties to columbian cartel who grew you good skunky sativas. I dont know. I dont care. What I call skunk is different than what you call skunk...Time2Unite said:
BUT, Like I said earlier, I got DJ SHORTS BLUEFUCKINGBERRY out of a pack of Bog Lifesaver and people call it SKUNK. IT SMELLS LIKE BLUEBERRIES!!! Not like a skunk! Not like a skunk took a shit on a blueberry! Not like I poured blueberry yogurt on my nipples and let my dog who had been sprayed by a skunk lick it off!!!
NO IT SMELLS LIKE FUCKING WILD BEAUTIFUL TASTY FUCKING BLUEBERRIES!!! But some dude says, "smells like skunk!".
WTF shoot myself
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To this point I agree. Sam does have a responsibility, albeit not a great responsibility to the general populace to either release or let someone else work on and release the Skunky Skunk.smokeymacpot said:
If you read this Sam, this would be a great treat to us all. Thank you kind sir.
-SW
strainwhore said:
you need to direct that at the chap who apparently has the seeds for the strain Time2Unite is after.
maybe if T2U asked him nicely.. he might give him a few lol
Hi All ! I can only guess the age of a few of you all, because you mention past strains with knowledge of them...45 yr olds and up...lolMost that do know of the past strains that are still around in the area of NoCal, and southern Oregon know what I mean...now I'm talkin about 50--
65 years old we know about the REAL SKUNK you could not travel with it ..
People got busted left and right because of the skunk smell there were names
like Ed bud, Tiller Killer, and good 'ol road kill skunk,then breeders bred that smell out and made them fruity smelling and the rest is history......Peace!
strainwhore said:
Did you read the rest of my posts? Cause i said pretty much exactly the same thing as you are, that one man's RKS may be slightly dif from another man's, i think i mentioned that in 2 dif posts...
But.. the bottom line, is that both your version and my version smelled something like the animal, skunk.. NONE of the current lines i've flowered with skunk in the name do. Like I said, tastes are very dif, but a skunk is a skunk, and someone down in florida will still recognize the skunkyness of the RKS i've had in the PNW, it's distinct, skunk is skunk..
I'm not asking sam, or any breeder, to release my personal RKS, or what I have in my head (on my tounge and nose mostly) into a seedline, of course that's not gonna be possible... but, I would (and I'd be willing to bet most people) be more than happy with a seedline that simply smelled like a real skunk.. Whether it's a piney-skunk, fruity-skunk, citrius-skunk, hashy-skunk I don't really care, the main thing is that the skunk is there.
Look, i realize this is a touchy subject, but people are very passionate about what they like and entitled to their own opinions..
Sam definately created the 1st commercialy avaliable strain with the name Skunk in it, that's not in question.. But that doesn't mean that he has control over what skunk means to growers or that he gets to decide what the definition of Skunk is.
Seriously, what are we supposed to call the taste and smell we're looking for? There's no other word for it.
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like we all said earlier there is no mistaken rks.....there are plenty of "skunky" strains....some of your mexi brick could of smelled "skunky".....if you think your strain smells like blueberries but your friends think it's "skunky" then you have a fruity skunky plant......there is no mistaken rks....if you had rks in your bag every person in the world would say wow that weed smells just like a dead skunk....there would be no debating it...thats all it smells like....not "skunky".
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But even in my garden now I have a few strains that I would describe as RKS. A tester from Memy Selfandi, Mental Floss, Golden Skush, a bagseed plant that isn't a big yielder but is potent and I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS SKUNK. In fact that is my "Skunk". I market it as such to those select few that enjoy that type of smoke.
But how do I know if it is the RKS you want? And seriously, the dog yogurt thing was funny. Damn.
And bean - you and I are pretty much on the same page man.
Peace
But how do I know if it is the RKS you want? And seriously, the dog yogurt thing was funny. Damn.
And bean - you and I are pretty much on the same page man.
Peace
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BudZad7 said:
Most that do know of the past strains that are still around in the area of NoCal, and southern Oregon know what I mean...now I'm talkin about 50--
65 years old we know about the REAL SKUNK you could not travel with it ..
People got busted left and right because of the skunk smell there were names
like Ed bud, Tiller Killer, and good 'ol road kill skunk,then breeders bred that smell out and made them fruity smelling and the rest is history......Peace!
exactly man...that is the REAL SKUNK
strainwhore said:
do you live in an area where there are live skunks? you ever smelled one thats been hit by a car or sprayed something? thats what the rks smells like. basically that strong too....i love driving past a place where a skunk just got hit because thats the only way i get to smell rks.
smokeymacpot said:
About 10-15 yrs ago yes, you would find some real skunky weed, but the current SS has just gone the way of SK1, altho my SS was slightly more potent, and greasier tasting, the same sweet 'skunkness' was in there.
I wouldn't grow it again, but the weed was about 4-5th best outa the 20 seed strains i was growing at the time. It's jus not keeper material.
I would go with Master Kush or Hindu Kush, Godbud.. I hear there's some real stinky NYCD phenos but they're not super easy to find.
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Dude, I got dogs. Of COURSE I know what a real dead skunk smells like. Pungent and Acrid all at the same time. I'm saying, my "Skunk" bagseed smells like that. I cant stand trimming it. And the Mental Floss is very much the same nastyness, so is Memy's Test strain. The GS is a little sweeter. You got me there.Time2Unite said:
beancounter said:
whats the strongest i can get, that isnt mainly sativa?
