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5 words. I MISS THAT STUFF TERRIBLY.If I can just comment on the whole Skunk thing, as someone who grew real Skunk #1 in the 80s.........there are a lot of stories about how it all developed from the 70s through the real, stabilized Skunk #1, which was a large, more sativa dominant plant, but a true hybrid, and then the 2 directions things went......the "sweetened up", diluted, no longer Skunk #1, and this nearly comical, "bad" smelling "Roadkill" direction with all the superlatives......and I get how "bad is good", I'm sure no one actually would want to smoke urine and rotting meat........
The best description I've read for true Skunk #1 was something like "Early on it has the aroma of fine perfume. Pick it late and it smells like Skunk". I don't remember if that description was from an interview with Nevil in the mid 80s, or an early Seed Bank catalogue, but it all became clear and firmly etched in my mind when I grew it. I'll never forget the day the package of Skunk #1 and Northern Lights #5 seeds arrived in the mail. I think I had already given up and actually thought the whole "seeds by sending cash to Holland" thing was a scam.....
The first time, like most of us in our first grows, I just couldn't wait, we needed weed, and I picked it early. Of course, no, it did not smell like Channel #5 or Stetson. But I got what was meant by "fine perfume". I think only half the large fluffy hairs had turned orange, it was the same characteristically "green" smell you get when you puck too early.......but there was something complex, sweet, lovely.......
The second grow I did not pick it early, but still, as a rookie, did not have a handle on what "fully mature" meant. It was.......just barely ready. Balanced, exciting, yes, this was the exact same Skunk that I had bought......but it wasn't on par with what I had bought, which was grown outdoors, proper....
By the 3rd time I grew it I had learned more about what "Ripe" meant. Now I had a few years of books and High Times and "Ask Ed" under my belt, and that last sentence........"pick it late and it smells like Skunk". Okey Dokey. Wait......wait.....wait.
I started getting nervous. My friends would say "Dude, I smelll it as soon as your elevator door opened....". Wait......
It smelled like Skunk the animal. Not piss, no dead meat or rotting anything. But, it still had the hint of "perfumey". It was deep, funky skunk, just like that smell when you pass a place where a car hit a Skunk, or it had sprayed. It was just like that, and a LOT of it, with just enough of a lingering perfume and complexity, that it screamed "Phenomenal weed". And, I learned how to cure. Through the bag, can't get rid of it, everything it touches and you touched......Skunk.
There aren't too many bags of weed where you remember exactly what it LOOKED like. Like a permanent photograph. Not just in general, but the exact picture.5 words. I MISS THAT STUFF TERRIBLY.
No matter how many bags you would try to wrap in, then you wadded up inside of a jacket in the backpack. It wouldn’t save you, I learned real fast in the late 80’s that jars were the future, especially when I used Philly septa public transportation, I used to get from from the tristate area to downtown Philly for 75 cents, with a transfer back home. I always had to go downtown, my guy lived in a old tie factory that was changed into lofts at the end of the 70’s. Like you were saying about your situation, your friends could smell it on the way to your place. Man I would be taking the stairs to his loft (elevator was ALWAYS broken) but every time I hit that 3rd floor landing, I knew he was still home burning one. He didn’t have a phone, so it was always a gamble. but the day I went over and he had some of that skunk. I remember EVERYTHING about that first day I got the stuff. October 88. Never forget it…..the smell of hotdog flavored water from the hotdog vendor on his corner, all of it. It was pivotal to say the least. I enjoy skipping down memory lane sometimes.There aren't too many bags of weed where you remember exactly what it LOOKED like. Like a permanent photograph. Not just in general, but the exact picture.
Large calyxes, orangy hairs, and a blueish tone to it. I remember being stunned. "Wow", "Holy shit"......
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at 9 weeks with a further week or 2 to go,these hydro soil systems come into there own!..allowing maximum airflow at the footprint of the pot is key to these bushes..roots have a safe haven to recover if overwatering occurs at any stage..i can run high leaf thatched plants to create a lower temp shaded area and maintain not reaching high humidity levels(i dont pass 55 and stay between 45-51,seperate dehumidifier on in hallway should the motion call its needed)..mechanical rather than passive intakes on my m3 area have made considerable differences in airflow dialling this system..I've never had mold or rot in all the time growing and I've been running thatched high leaf plants for an age I can say..when leaves touch each other and tent sides and perspire water at this stage you are in trouble before you know it..it highlights how easy it is to start..this massive leaf formation holding flowers in a thick form is only possible by allowing the root ball breathable space at all times..you don't choke root channels to bud sites and in turn never leave water content holding too long in budsite area which starts rot..aerated roots that breathe whilst drinking can sustain distributing water through various root canals completely laden with oxygen keeping the budsite alive and free from rot..even in thick budset conditions,its very difficult starting rot on flowers if the root canal remains open at all times and fully aerated..you see flowers burst with oxygen...I will document these hydro soil systems in detail here very soon..the artform is its simplicity.!!!!!!