Old school skunk..does it exist???

Oldchucky · Jan 4, 2024

I am old and set in my ways! High school in 72 during the heyday of Colombian crap. The Bay Area. Any sess that came down from up north was referred to as skunk! Didn’t matter whether it was Indica or sativa. Didn’t have fruity strains back then. Five years later, went up and grew and have some experience with gardens and I’ll be damned if it didn’t smell like skunk in the fall. I don’t know when someone hijacked the term skunk and applied it to a particular strain. I will always consider skunk to be a generic term for the stinks that emanates from a garden on a warm fall day laid in October. Doesn’t matter what is growing in it it’s still smells like skunk from a distance or close up for that matter. still smells the same when driving around in the fall to this day. Maybe you are chasing unicorns when it’s actually all around you!

Leeboy · Jan 6, 2024

I don’t think so Chucky … we know what we’re looking for .

Backyard_Boogie · Jan 8, 2024

To me Skunk or RKS is a particular time period when some of the best outdoor cannabis had Esther Alcohols in them. Very loud and stinky and highly volatile compounds that made the flowers smell exceptionally skunky. The flower would stick to your fingers and gave off a boarderline eye burning funk. It was floating around back in the day but now for the most part it's gone. It wasn't just one strain either there was multiple ones that had the Ester Alcohol genes in them. Ive smoked it on a few occasions back in the day but haven't found it in many years. Its definitely not a Unicorn Ive smoked it and distinctly remember the smell of the flower.

ACSippi · Jan 15, 2024

Well apparently Ohios got the Skunk! Can someone confirm or is this company up to the old 'let's give stuff Legendary names and sell to the suckers!'

If you don't know, Shoreline might be Skunk. It is indeed Texan from the Galveston area. Way back I met a guy from Texas and he said they called Skunk Shoreline. Others have confirmed this over the years. Other areas to watch for Skunk is Virginia Fourway, Fairfax Fourway, Kentucky (where my Skunk came from), illinois (Kentucky trade route north through the state) and Pennsylvania.

From all my knowledge through the years THATS where Skunk lives if it's still living. As far as I'm concerned Skunk was never West of the mississippi river. This Cali and UK talk is just that and it blurs the orgins with confusion. I say that because if you talk to the West Coast guys they'll say Skunk smelled like Catpiss or rotten Cheese. You NEVER hear people in the East say anything about catpiss or cheese odors. Plus back in the day west coast and UK called any stinky weed Skunk. Catpiss and cheese smell nothing like a Skunk.

I hope I provided some insight to the Skunk history that I know and added to the condo. Maybe one day we'll figure it all out.

What I want to know tho, where did that company gets Shoreline seeds? Did someone scam them or did they just make it up?

1diesel1 · Jan 15, 2024

ACSippi said:
Well apparently Ohios got the Skunk! Can someone confirm or is this company up to the old 'let's give stuff Legendary names and sell to the suckers!'

If you don't know, Shoreline might be Skunk. It is indeed Texan from the Galveston area. Way back I met a guy from Texas and he said they called Skunk Shoreline. Others have confirmed this over the years. Other areas to watch for Skunk is Virginia Fourway, Fairfax Fourway, Kentucky (where my Skunk came from), illinois (Kentucky trade route north through the state) and Pennsylvania.

From all my knowledge through the years THATS where Skunk lives if it's still living. As far as I'm concerned Skunk was never West of the mississippi river. This Cali and UK talk is just that and it blurs the orgins with confusion. I say that because if you talk to the West Coast guys they'll say Skunk smelled like Catpiss or rotten Cheese. You NEVER hear people in the East say anything about catpiss or cheese odors. Plus back in the day west coast and UK called any stinky weed Skunk. Catpiss and cheese smell nothing like a Skunk.

I hope I provided some insight to the Skunk history that I know and added to the condo. Maybe one day we'll figure it all out.

What I want to know tho, where did that company gets Shoreline seeds? Did someone scam them or did they just make it up?

Skunk I remember from the 80s early 90s never smelled like anything but a skunk. I guess the only thing I can think of would be a hint of ammonia accompanied by a stinky ass skunk.
“The Kill” was the term used in the Portland oregun, metropolitan area for the skunk phenomenon.
Your basics, no cheese, no fruity weeds, except maybe purple Kush of the time I would comsider a sweet danky smell.
If I remember correctly the skunk had what we termed expando bud because of the after breath and tremendous cough followed by quit a bit of drool that spewed out of your face.
Always pissed me off when some fucker would drool in my glass bong

BB22 · Jan 15, 2024

I grew up on skunk. Early 80s teenager, Massachusetts.

I miss that stank!

Backyard_Boogie · Jan 16, 2024

It wasn’t just one strain of skunk it was an era of time and there were multiple different strains called skunk floating around in different parts of the country. The areas like Kentucky and Ohio for sure had great skunk and it was pure skunk with no other smells to it. It was pure thiol. The best skunk bud in California was coming from up north and it was outdoor and there were a few different ones floating around. I’m from CA and Ive smoked some really pungent Esther Alcohol skunk bud. The CA skunk was different than the east coast skunk. It was still incredibly skunky smelling but CA skunk had a tail end of ammonia funk that would sting your nostrils and make your eyes water. Like a “death” skunk vibe. People are gonna argue about skunk origins all the time and most people believe that skunk came from one solitary holy grail location. Everyone seems to wanna claim their state as the originator. This is an incorrect approach in my opinion. There were lots of really hot strains coming in from Afghanistan and Mexico and Columbia and the old school growers were running everything outdoor and crossing these super hot parents and finding really exceptional Ester Alcohol progeny. It wasn’t just one skunk strain there was lots of really skunky bud being grown in pockets all over the country. It was the hay-day of skunky cannabis.

The Shoreline strain was claimed to be killer it originated in TX and it gets the name from an amphitheater in TX called Shoreline amphitheater. The Greatful Dead played a concert there and the story goes that one of the deadheads had a super killer phenotype and the cuts were passed around. It was Afghani dominant and insanely skunky. I doubt any of the Shoreline today is anything close to the original from the 70s. Everything got watered down and the original cuts degraded. I bought packs of the shoreline strain from Shoreline genetics and it’s great flower super solid and kush dominant that guy has some great stuff in his catalogue no disrespect. However thus far I haven’t found that 1 in 1000 Esther Alcohol phenotype yet. Still searching

ACSippi · Jan 16, 2024

Long post so maybe in the future it can be used to help figure out the legend because it really seems like a Myth. For those of you that have never smelled a Skunk, you can buy Skunk spray extracted directly from a skunks butt. Go dump it down the road and drive by 10 minutes later and you'll know what Skunk weed smells like. If I'm in the car with you I'll be hanging my head out and breathing deep while you cringe lol.

Backyard Boogie I think we've chatted in the past? I've been in and out of these boards like a ninja for decades so if anything sounds familiar weve probably chatted in the past, I very rarely using my actual identity but life isnt as dangerous these days.

Yeah Shoreline had the greatful dead story that lines up right in the timeline also. It's like they found Shoreline and spread it like Johnny Appleseed. The problem with that tho is those guys wernt thinking about breeding and growing. I do suspect someone might have bought weight to sell in other places because that what people do.

Growing weed on a small scale wasn't really a thing back then and the amount of Skunk that went around would have needed huge fields to grow. Or maybe not because as far as I know Skunk wasn't widespread, just in certain spots east of the Mississippi River.

Someone was growing that stuff...outdoors...where are they? Where are the hubs that distributed it? I was too young to be involved but I know the Skunk we got came from southern Illinois and it was from Kentucky. That was from 85-90ish. My guy, that could tell me where in Illinois he got skunk is dead. He was killed in 94 or 95. I think if I knew I'd go to that town and run an ad in the paper. Try and back track my way into kentucky.

At that time I was in middle school growing a couple Mexican seeds, like a middle schooler, with a friend. I had an adult guy I knew that grew like the Europeans and he set us on that course over time. He grew Burma and whatever else those guys in Amsterdam/Cali were growing. No Skunk. Skunk wasn't even a thing to him as far as I know but maybe it was and he chose to grow other stuff. He just never said anything about Skunk and I don't remember Skunk being a thing in hightimes or Amsterdam seedbanks, just your high grade reggie on the streets if you knew the right guys.

Then we add in the story of Skunkman Sam, who supposedly funneled all the Skunk in the world through his breeding and produced a sweet Skunk that magically replaced all the Skunk in the world overnight. Sure, maybe he got his hands on some Shoreline seeds from a dead concert and did what breeders do. I've grown Sam's Skunk #1 and the Skunk is faintly there so yeah, I'm pretty confident he bred with it, he didn't change the world tho, he just bred with skunk like any breeder who makes crosses. Know what I mean? Then got lucky because people wanted Skunk only to find out sweet Skunk kinda sucked. Sorry, Skunk #1 kinda sucked.

It's stories like Skunkman that mess up this history. His story dominates Skunk and it takes attention away from possible orgins before Skunkman even heard of Skunk. And of course people who confuse catpiss and cheese with Skunk. Cheese is like body odor and catpiss is like ammonia.

Another thing to think about, breeders wernt breeding like that back then. I'm meaning not many had the room to phenohunt and pick choice plants let alone stabilize them enough to grow acres of consistent skunk for years. And then one day it was gone.

Was Skunk even a calculated cross? Did someone spend a lot of years phenohunting to create a weed that smells exactly like a skunk only to have Skunkman move in and destroy all that work?

They say Skunk was a cross between Afghani, Thai and Columbian Gold I believe? Santa Marta? Whatever, just knowing I'd have to use three different landraces with the end goal to recreate Skunk is daunting. Sounds fun but yeah, so many years.

That makes me ask, if we have a lineage...who was the guy that provided that info? Who was the original breeder of skunk or is *that* the myth? Maybe Skunk is a landrace? From Columbia but NOT Santa Marta because too many people say it's fruity weed up there.

Is it a Kentucky landrace? Any major busts in the early 90s that shut down Skunk over night?

Whatever happened was epic and makes me sad. I guess we gotta wait for crispr to figure it out for us.

scotty2hotty · Jan 16, 2024

Jackson1969 said:
In the Saginaw Michigan area in 1987, there was SKUNK bud.
Soome of you know EXACTLY what i mean.
Is this strain available today.Every skunk i have triwd here in michigan, is not the same.Dont even come close...someone shed some light????

I recently posted the exact same problem. In the 90s I had some bomb shit I was growing. Skunks, cat piss smell. Piney, skunks, peppery ,hash taste. Beer can size buds so dense and sticky they had to be cut with scissors. A joint would constantly go out about halfway thru due to resin buildup. But that wasn't a problem because by then you were super stoned. And I do mean stoned. I believe it to have been an indica genus. My first plants were 4 to 5 ft in height, but by the 4rth generation, my smallest was 12ft tall , max 18ft. Because of police intervention ( helo) the strain died out. I live on the eastern shore of Maryland. And tho I've tried 50 different strains ,nothing comes even close to this old strain. The strain was an easy 10 on a 1 to 10 scale. Everything else compared to it...maybe a 6. We didn't have a name for it , other than skunks, but I always thought some kind of Afghani x Skunk.idk. I'd love to ask Ed Rosenthal the high times writer and master horticulturist. I've tried super skunk. Skunk #1 and many others, nothing compares. So I kno of what you speak , and can confirm it was in maryland...lol. but I don't kno what, or where to find it now. If you do come across it, please let me kno, I'd be happy with just 10 seeds of the skunk bomb. Good luck bro,happy growing!

scotty2hotty · Jan 16, 2024

ACSippi said:
Long post so maybe in the future it can be used to help figure out the legend because it really seems like a Myth. For those of you that have never smelled a Skunk, you can buy Skunk spray extracted directly from a skunks butt. Go dump it down the road and drive by 10 minutes later and you'll know what Skunk weed smells like. If I'm in the car with you I'll be hanging my head out and breathing deep while you cringe lol.

Backyard Boogie I think we've chatted in the past? I've been in and out of these boards like a ninja for decades so if anything sounds familiar weve probably chatted in the past, I very rarely using my actual identity but life isnt as dangerous these days.

Yeah Shoreline had the greatful dead story that lines up right in the timeline also. It's like they found Shoreline and spread it like Johnny Appleseed. The problem with that tho is those guys wernt thinking about breeding and growing. I do suspect someone might have bought weight to sell in other places because that what people do.

Growing weed on a small scale wasn't really a thing back then and the amount of Skunk that went around would have needed huge fields to grow. Or maybe not because as far as I know Skunk wasn't widespread, just in certain spots east of the Mississippi River.

Someone was growing that stuff...outdoors...where are they? Where are the hubs that distributed it? I was too young to be involved but I know the Skunk we got came from southern Illinois and it was from Kentucky. That was from 85-90ish. My guy, that could tell me where in Illinois he got skunk is dead. He was killed in 94 or 95. I think if I knew I'd go to that town and run an ad in the paper. Try and back track my way into kentucky.

At that time I was in middle school growing a couple Mexican seeds, like a middle schooler, with a friend. I had an adult guy I knew that grew like the Europeans and he set us on that course over time. He grew Burma and whatever else those guys in Amsterdam/Cali were growing. No Skunk. Skunk wasn't even a thing to him as far as I know but maybe it was and he chose to grow other stuff. He just never said anything about Skunk and I don't remember Skunk being a thing in hightimes or Amsterdam seedbanks, just your high grade reggie on the streets if you knew the right guys.

Then we add in the story of Skunkman Sam, who supposedly funneled all the Skunk in the world through his breeding and produced a sweet Skunk that magically replaced all the Skunk in the world overnight. Sure, maybe he got his hands on some Shoreline seeds from a dead concert and did what breeders do. I've grown Sam's Skunk #1 and the Skunk is faintly there so yeah, I'm pretty confident he bred with it, he didn't change the world tho, he just bred with skunk like any breeder who makes crosses. Know what I mean? Then got lucky because people wanted Skunk only to find out sweet Skunk kinda sucked. Sorry, Skunk #1 kinda sucked.

It's stories like Skunkman that mess up this history. His story dominates Skunk and it takes attention away from possible orgins before Skunkman even heard of Skunk. And of course people who confuse catpiss and cheese with Skunk. Cheese is like body odor and catpiss is like ammonia.

Another thing to think about, breeders wernt breeding like that back then. I'm meaning not many had the room to phenohunt and pick choice plants let alone stabilize them enough to grow acres of consistent skunk for years. And then one day it was gone.

Was Skunk even a calculated cross? Did someone spend a lot of years phenohunting to create a weed that smells exactly like a skunk only to have Skunkman move in and destroy all that work?

They say Skunk was a cross between Afghani, Thai and Columbian Gold I believe? Santa Marta? Whatever, just knowing I'd have to use three different landraces with the end goal to recreate Skunk is daunting. Sounds fun but yeah, so many years.

That makes me ask, if we have a lineage...who was the guy that provided that info? Who was the original breeder of skunk or is *that* the myth? Maybe Skunk is a landrace? From Columbia but NOT Santa Marta because too many people say it's fruity weed up there.

Is it a Kentucky landrace? Any major busts in the early 90s that shut down Skunk over night?

Whatever happened was epic and makes me sad. I guess we gotta wait for crispr to figure it out for us.

Good post, I can associate with much of what you say. My weed alias is Scottypottyseed , lol, a takeoff from Johnny appleseed.. I could see myself from that legend roaming the u.s. planting and spreading cannabis seeds everywhere. I'm from the Eastern shore of Maryland, lotsa farmland, the Super Skunk existed here for almost a decade. If ANYONE ever finds out where to get the old bomb shit, please let me kno. None of the seeds I've come across can compare. TY and happy growing bro.

scotty2hotty · Jan 16, 2024

RippedTorn said:
Stop wasting your money time and brain cells on seedbank scammers. None of these mother fuckers have a God damned clue. Meet me in person I'll give you a few hundred skunk seeds for free. Not in my neighborhood? Don't grow in soil? Sorry, that's the only way I can narrow it down. The internet has RUINED weed. "Oh that shit looks pretty" yeah and it fucking smells like Botanicare and feels like a homicide toxological report.

TALK TO PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. GET THE FUCK OFF THE SCAMMERNET. I get amazing shit in seed form on at least a monthly basis. NOT FROM FUCKING KIDS ON INSTAGRAM. USE COMMON SENSE GOD DAMN, MILLENNIALS DONT KNOW WHAT WEED IS.

The shit you can buy from a scammer/punk ass bitch wannabe breeder at a seedbank is TRASH.

MMLA

Make Marijuana Local Again!

Sounds great brother, I've been looking for this very shit. Just joined this forum yesterday to post about WHERE can I find the old Skunk Bomb. I live in Maryland, and have no problem driving to meet ya. Just give me a place and time please. The next season is a few months away , and I'm so tired of wasting time and money on the current choices,bs. I grew some godfather og last year, supposedly thc % of up to 35, but it's not what I'm looking for. Okay weed , but definitely not Skunk Bomb.Thanks and happy growing

ACSippi · Jan 16, 2024

scotty2hotty said:
WHERE can I find the old Skunk Bomb.

No where imho. No one can find Skunk. Don't believe anyone till you see a tidal wave of people clamoring for someone's Skunk seeds while singing the gospel.

1diesel1 · Jan 16, 2024

scotty2hotty said:
Sounds great brother, I've been looking for this very shit. Just joined this forum yesterday to post about WHERE can I find the old Skunk Bomb. I live in Maryland, and have no problem driving to meet ya. Just give me a place and time please. The next season is a few months away , and I'm so tired of wasting time and money on the current choices,bs. I grew some godfather og last year, supposedly thc % of up to 35, but it's not what I'm looking for. Okay weed , but definitely not Skunk Bomb.Thanks and happy growing

Dudes banned permanently,
Unstable individual

1diesel1 · Jan 16, 2024

ACSippi said:
No where imho. No one can find Skunk. Don't believe anyone till you see a tidal wave of people clamoring for someone's Skunk seeds while singing the gospel.

Exactly

Leeboy · Jan 16, 2024

Uuuuggghhhh …. I even bought non alcohol corona beer to try and add to my nutes to give it a skunky smell … still sitting in the cupboard after a year . We’re getting desperate here boys

SamSquatch · Jan 16, 2024

Jackson1969 said:
In the Saginaw Michigan area in 1987, there was SKUNK bud.
Soome of you know EXACTLY what i mean.
Is this strain available today.Every skunk i have triwd here in michigan, is not the same.Dont even come close...someone shed some light????

Try Purple Caper Seeds if you haven't already, he breeds with a strain called Alpha Skunk. I haven't grown it yet but it is on my list. Right now I am looking for a strain to replace Humboldt Seed Org 707 Headband which is a 70/30 Sativa dominate.

scotty2hotty · Jan 16, 2024

SamSquatch said:
Try Purple Caper Seeds if you haven't already, he breeds with a strain called Alpha Skunk. I haven't grown it yet but it is on my list. Right now I am looking for a strain to replace Humboldt Seed Org 707 Headband which is a 70/30 Sativa dominate.

I grew some purple caper last year, and also the ed Rosenthal purple caper. It was okay, but definitely NOT the 90s Skunk Bomb shit. Good luck

Backyard_Boogie · Jan 16, 2024

ACSippi said:
Long post so maybe in the future it can be used to help figure out the legend because it really seems like a Myth. For those of you that have never smelled a Skunk, you can buy Skunk spray extracted directly from a skunks butt. Go dump it down the road and drive by 10 minutes later and you'll know what Skunk weed smells like. If I'm in the car with you I'll be hanging my head out and breathing deep while you cringe lol.

Backyard Boogie I think we've chatted in the past? I've been in and out of these boards like a ninja for decades so if anything sounds familiar weve probably chatted in the past, I very rarely using my actual identity but life isnt as dangerous these days.

Yeah Shoreline had the greatful dead story that lines up right in the timeline also. It's like they found Shoreline and spread it like Johnny Appleseed. The problem with that tho is those guys wernt thinking about breeding and growing. I do suspect someone might have bought weight to sell in other places because that what people do.

Growing weed on a small scale wasn't really a thing back then and the amount of Skunk that went around would have needed huge fields to grow. Or maybe not because as far as I know Skunk wasn't widespread, just in certain spots east of the Mississippi River.

Someone was growing that stuff...outdoors...where are they? Where are the hubs that distributed it? I was too young to be involved but I know the Skunk we got came from southern Illinois and it was from Kentucky. That was from 85-90ish. My guy, that could tell me where in Illinois he got skunk is dead. He was killed in 94 or 95. I think if I knew I'd go to that town and run an ad in the paper. Try and back track my way into kentucky.

At that time I was in middle school growing a couple Mexican seeds, like a middle schooler, with a friend. I had an adult guy I knew that grew like the Europeans and he set us on that course over time. He grew Burma and whatever else those guys in Amsterdam/Cali were growing. No Skunk. Skunk wasn't even a thing to him as far as I know but maybe it was and he chose to grow other stuff. He just never said anything about Skunk and I don't remember Skunk being a thing in hightimes or Amsterdam seedbanks, just your high grade reggie on the streets if you knew the right guys.

Then we add in the story of Skunkman Sam, who supposedly funneled all the Skunk in the world through his breeding and produced a sweet Skunk that magically replaced all the Skunk in the world overnight. Sure, maybe he got his hands on some Shoreline seeds from a dead concert and did what breeders do. I've grown Sam's Skunk #1 and the Skunk is faintly there so yeah, I'm pretty confident he bred with it, he didn't change the world tho, he just bred with skunk like any breeder who makes crosses. Know what I mean? Then got lucky because people wanted Skunk only to find out sweet Skunk kinda sucked. Sorry, Skunk #1 kinda sucked.

It's stories like Skunkman that mess up this history. His story dominates Skunk and it takes attention away from possible orgins before Skunkman even heard of Skunk. And of course people who confuse catpiss and cheese with Skunk. Cheese is like body odor and catpiss is like ammonia.

Another thing to think about, breeders wernt breeding like that back then. I'm meaning not many had the room to phenohunt and pick choice plants let alone stabilize them enough to grow acres of consistent skunk for years. And then one day it was gone.

Was Skunk even a calculated cross? Did someone spend a lot of years phenohunting to create a weed that smells exactly like a skunk only to have Skunkman move in and destroy all that work?

They say Skunk was a cross between Afghani, Thai and Columbian Gold I believe? Santa Marta? Whatever, just knowing I'd have to use three different landraces with the end goal to recreate Skunk is daunting. Sounds fun but yeah, so many years.

That makes me ask, if we have a lineage...who was the guy that provided that info? Who was the original breeder of skunk or is *that* the myth? Maybe Skunk is a landrace? From Columbia but NOT Santa Marta because too many people say it's fruity weed up there.

Is it a Kentucky landrace? Any major busts in the early 90s that shut down Skunk over night?

Whatever happened was epic and makes me sad. I guess we gotta wait for crispr to figure it out for us.

Yeah we may have chatted in the past before it's very possible. I have been on here for a handful of years with the same account name this is the primary board I chat on. I got a Rollitup too but I never use it cuz they are lame over there their rules are too strict for me. They nitpick every little thing.

I understand the confusion and frustration that everyone feels its a crying dam shame that the real skunk has been lost. People say that it doesn't exist anymore and its gone forever. It's possible they are correct however I do think it still exists. Or at the least something very close to it does still exist IMO. The best bet is for someone to find some old seeds from decades past and get them to germinate. The old hippie heads in the Emerald Triangle had great skunky bud back in the 70s and 80s. The growers up in the Kentucky hills for sure had it during the same time period. I think it's only a matter of time before someone revives some old seed stock and opens it up back into the market place.

1diesel1 · Jan 16, 2024

Made a trade many years ago, if I remember rite he was in North Carolina,
His claim……………………….RKS?

Rama777 · Jan 16, 2024

It was in western North Carolina in the 90’s..

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