Tobor the 8th Man
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Hortilab I wasn't trying to bust up this thread. If you have a good representation of the UK cheese in seed form you are going to sell a lot of seeds. Just like I said the high of the original Skunk #1 was extraordinary the flavor of UK Cheese is extraordinary and something with a good buzz and extraordinary taste is a keeper in many gardens.
I just love this subject. In your breeding of Skunk #1 or the UK Cheese do you ever come across the lime/yellow tipped leaves in the Skunk #1?
In the original Skunk #1 there was the Road Kill Skunk type phenos and there were sweet phenos. I think most people went after the RKS types. They were the more indica phenos. Especially in the USA because they would actually mature in many states. The other phenos of Skunk #1 actually flowered much longer and wouldn't finish sometimes until November. Not everyone could finish those outdoors. The sweet phenos were the more sativa phenos. The yellow tip pheno was more indica looking like the RKS but was on the sweet side. It was the combo pheno (indica/sativa) and would consistently finish around Oct 20th a 40.5 N.
Original Skunk #1 is Afghani x Columbian Gold x Thai. Indica x sativa x sativa. Afghani is a dominant strain so there are going to be indica leaning phenos. In fact in the USA because of the growing season in most states most people think of Skunk #1 as being more of an indica because that is what they grew or bought.
Over the years Skunk #1 got muddled up. It doesn't have the rep it used to have because the best old school phenos have been lost. Nobody can make it from scratch anymore because the 1970's Columbian Gold and Thais are not around either. Breeders had to start back crossing or crossing with the Skunk #1 that remained in clone form. Or they started to breed it with stuff to bring down the flowering time like in 1989/1990 with Early Misty x Skunk #1.
1988 Skunk #1 had fat more dense indica type buds. UK Cheese has spongy sativa/indica buds, sativas have airy fluffy buds. UK Cheese or Skunk #1 in all fairness would be entered in the indica or indica/sativa category. It wouldn't be fair to judge bag appeal and bud density against a true sativa. Although in the contests today nobody really enters true sativas IMHO.
In the 1969-1975 years the best weeds like Thai and Columbian gold were light, leafy and loaded with seeds. Very poor bag appeal in todays standards but after you smoked them you would see God and eat a box of cupcakes. LOL!
When you put up your seeds of UK Cheese I will be buying some packs for sure. You never know the yellow tipped pheno might show itself.
Take care Hortilab. I didn't realize you started the thread. I was just compelled to post because there were some interesting comments. At least to me.
Good Luck with all your projects hortilab.
I just love this subject. In your breeding of Skunk #1 or the UK Cheese do you ever come across the lime/yellow tipped leaves in the Skunk #1?
In the original Skunk #1 there was the Road Kill Skunk type phenos and there were sweet phenos. I think most people went after the RKS types. They were the more indica phenos. Especially in the USA because they would actually mature in many states. The other phenos of Skunk #1 actually flowered much longer and wouldn't finish sometimes until November. Not everyone could finish those outdoors. The sweet phenos were the more sativa phenos. The yellow tip pheno was more indica looking like the RKS but was on the sweet side. It was the combo pheno (indica/sativa) and would consistently finish around Oct 20th a 40.5 N.
Original Skunk #1 is Afghani x Columbian Gold x Thai. Indica x sativa x sativa. Afghani is a dominant strain so there are going to be indica leaning phenos. In fact in the USA because of the growing season in most states most people think of Skunk #1 as being more of an indica because that is what they grew or bought.
Over the years Skunk #1 got muddled up. It doesn't have the rep it used to have because the best old school phenos have been lost. Nobody can make it from scratch anymore because the 1970's Columbian Gold and Thais are not around either. Breeders had to start back crossing or crossing with the Skunk #1 that remained in clone form. Or they started to breed it with stuff to bring down the flowering time like in 1989/1990 with Early Misty x Skunk #1.
1988 Skunk #1 had fat more dense indica type buds. UK Cheese has spongy sativa/indica buds, sativas have airy fluffy buds. UK Cheese or Skunk #1 in all fairness would be entered in the indica or indica/sativa category. It wouldn't be fair to judge bag appeal and bud density against a true sativa. Although in the contests today nobody really enters true sativas IMHO.
In the 1969-1975 years the best weeds like Thai and Columbian gold were light, leafy and loaded with seeds. Very poor bag appeal in todays standards but after you smoked them you would see God and eat a box of cupcakes. LOL!
When you put up your seeds of UK Cheese I will be buying some packs for sure. You never know the yellow tipped pheno might show itself.
Take care Hortilab. I didn't realize you started the thread. I was just compelled to post because there were some interesting comments. At least to me.
Good Luck with all your projects hortilab.