Old School Skunk, who's found it???

Mr. Chance

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could that strain have possibly been white widow? thats what i knew to have them smells in that time.
We smoked some bomb ass white widow back in the day I remember that for sure! And your correct some of it did have that same vibe! The skunkiest strains I remember were catpiss type strains there were a few differnt ones. There was a SD Catpiss that had a kush/ammonia vibe that tasted the best and was really stoney. The one I remember the most I actually grew in the 2000s but it came from feminized seed stock of an older cut. It was the SoCal Catpiss but the Train-wreck/Mexican Skunk cross. Had a Sativa vibe not like a traditional indica skunk that made RKS famous in the 80s. It was the rare piss pheno and boy was it fucking loud. Its long gone now but these were the pics of it. Big light green buds frosty as fuck and it had the Ester Alcohols and fat lipids in it. Skunk, black pepper, Pine-Sol, piss zinger. The nugs were greasy as fuck and the Calyxes would stick to your fingers when you pick it apart. Maybe its not tradition RKS from the 80s but it was amazing none the less and skunky AF! These pics are pretty old from when I was in college...

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oldtymemusic

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U know now that I think of itthats it .. it was a sour skunk instead of fruit sweet. Maybe if we could find a mild non fruity skunk and cross it to a sour we could recreat it. Or is that stupid talk.. or even keep crosin skunk back ofver a true sour multiple times
shoreline texas road kill.. it reeks and is possibly better than any cut of sour d you pick.
 

TheChemist77

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We smoked some bomb ass white widow back in the day I remember that for sure! And your correct some of it did have that same vibe! The skunkiest strains I remember were catpiss type strains there were a few differnt ones. There was a SD Catpiss that had a kush/ammonia vibe that tasted the best and was really stoney. The one I remember the most I actually grew in the 2000s but it came from feminized seed stock of an older cut. It was the SoCal Catpiss but the Train-wreck/Mexican Skunk cross. Had a Sativa vibe not like a traditional indica skunk that made RKS famous in the 80s. It was the rare piss pheno and boy was it fucking loud. Its long gone now but these were the pics of it. Big light green buds frosty as fuck and it had the Ester Alcohols and fat lipids in it. Skunk, black pepper, Pine-Sol, piss zinger. The nugs were greasy as fuck and the Calyxes would stick to your fingers when you pick it apart. Maybe its not tradition RKS from the 80s but it was amazing none the less and skunky AF! These pics are pretty old from when I was in college...

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Back in 2001 I bought seeds from Marc Emory and got nirvana misty, that strain was the bomb. Stocky crystalized as widow but easier to trim plus’s it had a foul smell reminiscent of skunk but not quite it. More like that deep old gym class locker room smell pungent! I grew it for 10 years making seeds along the way unfortunately I lost it in 2014 the seeds I had were very old and wouldn’t pop. I purchased new misty seeds in 2017, but after 25 seeds I became very depressed I think she is gone for good now too! But seeing your widow reminded me,,,sorry I went way off topic here my bad
 

TheChemist77

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U know now that I think of itthats it .. it was a sour skunk instead of fruit sweet. Maybe if we could find a mild non fruity skunk and cross it to a sour we could recreat it. Or is that stupid talk.. or even keep crosin skunk back ofver a true sour multiple times
I think we all here need to make dumb decisions crossing strains,,,maybe someone will get lucky,,,maybe even sells seeds to us at a reasonable price after it’s stabil,,,,the only way we will ever get that road kill back,,I’m thinking
 

Mr. Chance

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I did a 5 pack special with Shoreline a few years back and all of it will be popped in the near future.

This list is either things I am already running or things that I will be starting soon...


1988 Skunk #1 (already ran half wasn't that great)
Original NL#5
Puna Diesel
Molokai Frost
1990s SSH Catpiss pheno
1990s SD Kush Catpiss
1990s Kentucky Burnt Rubber Skunk
Train-wreck
Hellraiser OG
Fire OG (Regular in my normal rotation)
XXX OG (Regular in my normal rotation)
Garlic Bud (Thug Pug)
Pure Sativa haze from AK grower
BlackBerry Kush
Headlights Kush
Shoreline
Crippy
Dopehouse
Texas Roadkill
Sour Diesel

I have sifted through some of this already but realistically this will be a 2 year project Im holding cuts of only the top picks of the loudest specimens. Gonna hold the best males and females then Im gonna start splashing the pollen around. Best males to best females and I want to hunt through the F1s until I find something unique. I can simply keep the F1 cuts and run them and grow them or I can put in the work and stabilize the line down the road. I know how to stabilize a line it just takes a ton of space to grow and my current operation isn't big enough.
 

jungle666

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I did a 5 pack special with Shoreline a few years back and all of it will be popped in the near future.

This list is either things I am already running or things that I will be starting soon...


1988 Skunk #1 (already ran half wasn't that great)
Original NL#5
Puna Diesel
Molokai Frost
1990s SSH Catpiss pheno
1990s SD Kush Catpiss
1990s Kentucky Burnt Rubber Skunk
Train-wreck
Hellraiser OG
Fire OG (Regular in my normal rotation)
XXX OG (Regular in my normal rotation)
Garlic Bud (Thug Pug)
Pure Sativa haze from AK grower
BlackBerry Kush
Headlights Kush
Shoreline
Crippy
Dopehouse
Texas Roadkill
Sour Diesel

I have sifted through some of this already but realistically this will be a 2 year project Im holding cuts of only the top picks of the loudest specimens. Gonna hold the best males and females then Im gonna start splashing the pollen around. Best males to best females and I want to hunt through the F1s until I find something unique. I can simply keep the F1 cuts and run them and grow them or I can put in the work and stabilize the line down the road. I know how to stabilize a line it just takes a ton of space to grow and my current operation isn't big enough.
Great project, good luck
 

conor c

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Back in 2001 I bought seeds from Marc Emory and got nirvana misty, that strain was the bomb. Stocky crystalized as widow but easier to trim plus’s it had a foul smell reminiscent of skunk but not quite it. More like that deep old gym class locker room smell pungent! I grew it for 10 years making seeds along the way unfortunately I lost it in 2014 the seeds I had were very old and wouldn’t pop. I purchased new misty seeds in 2017, but after 25 seeds I became very depressed I think she is gone for good now too! But seeing your widow reminded me,,,sorry I went way off topic here my bad
Msnl and a few others still sell misty btw yeah it smells kinda weird smokes pretty sweet if my memory serves me right tho supposedly certain phenos of rsc tora bora have a similar odour as well
 
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TheChemist77

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I did a 5 pack special with Shoreline a few years back and all of it will be popped in the near future.

This list is either things I am already running or things that I will be starting soon...


1988 Skunk #1 (already ran half wasn't that great)
Original NL#5
Puna Diesel
Molokai Frost
1990s SSH Catpiss pheno
1990s SD Kush Catpiss
1990s Kentucky Burnt Rubber Skunk
Train-wreck
Hellraiser OG
Fire OG (Regular in my normal rotation)
XXX OG (Regular in my normal rotation)
Garlic Bud (Thug Pug)
Pure Sativa haze from AK grower
BlackBerry Kush
Headlights Kush
Shoreline
Crippy
Dopehouse
Texas Roadkill
Sour Diesel

I have sifted through some of this already but realistically this will be a 2 year project Im holding cuts of only the top picks of the loudest specimens. Gonna hold the best males and females then Im gonna start splashing the pollen around. Best males to best females and I want to hunt through the F1s until I find something unique. I can simply keep the F1 cuts and run them and grow them or I can put in the work and stabilize the line down the road. I know how to stabilize a line it just takes a ton of space to grow and my current operation isn't big enough.
 

TheChemist77

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I’d be typing all day to run few just half the seeds I popped in the last 5 years. All I can say after thousands of dollars spent on brand seeds,some called f1,s some true breeding( my favorite), land race, oh and don’t forget the so called purple strains. I would’ve been better off keeping seeds out of bags I bought in the late 80’s early 90’s and doing my own thing..wish I knew then what I know now I guess. But good luck on all breedings and hope some of us get lucky…I have thousands of my own crossed strains some stabil, some with all kinds of variation, many feminized. A life time of seeds and yet I find myself buying more from these so called professionals! Sad but true…
 

MAGpie81

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There is one old school roadkill skunk elite clone from the 80's called Shoreline. You'll probably find some strains called that or what not, but the real cutting of it is in the south surprisingly, Texas, Louisiana etc. By now I'd think it would be found elsewere but I am not sure. First time I had it I was genuinely shocked at the aroma. Pure skunky foulness that smacks you right in the face, baby shit, body odor, putrid, yet pungently earthy/slightly piney with a hint of candied lemons at the end. Its a multiple layered aroma. It's the loudest and smelliest strain I have ever had (when grown optimally). More so than any og or fuel type of strain I've had so far, in terms of foulness and the immediate smell of putrid skunk/poop. Sativa dominant, fast and trippy, paranoid then heavy and relaxing high, ultra sticky, flowers a bit longer (10-12 weeks, I believe). Hopefully some people on the coasts have this cut, it needs to be crossed in an inbred line imo! It's always a rare treat when growers who have the real original cut grow it out, let alone share it, the real deal can be spotted a mile away not only by its smell, but I can always tell by the bud structure as well. I really want some now. There's some info online about it, it's akin to how og kush started in a way.
I grew out S.African strain called Kwazulu that I got through World of Seeds via Seedsman, that had a sweet, berry smell at the tip but quickly turned to what I could only describe as “baby poop” or “dirty diaper”.
It’s been my favorite strain since that first set, because it has a nice uplifting high (and unique smell/flavor) but the funk has decreased after a few generations.
i think the environment and soil are the most integral factors.
 

Mr. Chance

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I’d be typing all day to run few just half the seeds I popped in the last 5 years. All I can say after thousands of dollars spent on brand seeds,some called f1,s some true breeding( my favorite), land race, oh and don’t forget the so called purple strains. I would’ve been better off keeping seeds out of bags I bought in the late 80’s early 90’s and doing my own thing..wish I knew then what I know now I guess. But good luck on all breedings and hope some of us get lucky…I have thousands of my own crossed strains some stabil, some with all kinds of variation, many feminized. A life time of seeds and yet I find myself buying more from these so called professionals! Sad but true…
Yeah I know its really sad. The funk is lost and it only exist in an old rusty tin can somewhere in an old mans closet or addict. Some old ass beans from the 70s or 80s that are out there somewhere just begging to be germinated. Please for the love of god someone find it! :wall:
 

decrepit digits

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Looks like we are going about it the wrong way, time for a different approach. Lets list what we know does not work to bring back the smell only. Once we stabilize the smell the rest can be fixed. Breeding old skunks together does not work we have all tried that, growing in pure sand, growing in high iron soil, growing in red lava rock, sulfer watering, sulfer dusting, differing light spectrums the ones I have tried, differing grow mediums the ones I have tried, high fertilized, low fertilizer, there are more that elude me at the moment. The next I will try is a dead skunk in the bottom of a five gallon bucket of soil, breeding that way will be a challenge. Even if someone finds old seeds or a cut, breeding with it we all ready know will dilute the smell, so we need to find a way to keep it.
 
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