Which 70’s afghan if I may ask as I recall in the 70’s there were several afghanis floating around - I vaguely remember the PNW afghani and if my memory serves me correctly there was a strain that we bought called afghanica who knows was so long ago may have been the same strain
I don’t know definitively, but I believe there is some overlap in perceived “petrol” and “skunk”. There is a paper published in the ACS a few years ago that quantitatively and qualitatively supports thiols and thioethers/disulfides as responsible for the “skunky” smell of tested cannabis cultivars.
I read that too - here in is where see the problem with skunk beginning with Sam the skunkman. Sam had been working with skunk long before Neville got his hands on her - it’s my belief that Sam assumed or was told that no one wants weed that smells like a skunk - I believe Sam selected for several generation breeders the fruitier scented phenos and kept crossing the seeds of the new generation with the prior years until most of the skunkiness was bred out selectively in lieu of sweeter aromas tastes terpene profile
Sorry to hear about your troubles, but thank you for sharing. I’d you’d like, I’d be happy to share my seeds once this run is done.
Thanks man and I appreciate the offer. I actually have tons of other seeds that I can pop many other skunks that I haven't even ran yet. its just a bummer on the timeline. This was really my last grow for a while cuz I have a 3yo kid and my wife is 5 months pregnant gonna have a newborn this summer so I was really hoping I could get one last successful grow in before the new baby is born. There is no way Im gonna have the time to dedicate to a full scale new grow at the same time we have a newborn. Ive been through it once already and know how the sleepless nights can really wipe you out. Its OK I will shake it off the family comes first and my Cannabis hobby is an afterthought in comparison to my main priorities. I will just need to take a grow break for a while and pick it back up sometime in 2024 once things are easier and I can devote more time. Im contemplating doing an outdoor run this summer cuz that is much less work I might be able to do that with the new baby around. Thinking about maybe keeping it organic with simple water and very little additives. If I do a handful of plants outside and start them a bit late they will stay smaller. Top the shit out of them and keep them short. Let it blast just to see what happens and if I have to neglect them a bit at times then oh well. No biggie. We will see what happens.
Yeah a lot of the old school genetics if you just look at them the wrong way they herm. If you need I have lots of different skunk seed stock - even tho most would say chuck the beans I’d keep them myself - granted herms tend to grow herms in many cases but given that many old school strains do have herm tendency - if it were my room I’d ride it out and collect beans
Real bummer tho
Getting ready to roll my morning spliff
ak47 x chocolate Thai buds heading for the grinder
Damn man I'm really sorry to hear that but If I have a feeling I know what caused your herm. The lights is a major contributing factor no doubt but if you look closely at the picture you provided, those plant look very stressed. There is clearly a nitrogen toxicity going on with these curling leaves I circled. I'm not sure if those spots are rusty colored or not but to me it looks like a calcium deficiency. I do see what could be pollen but a couple of those spots look straight orange to me. Maybe I'm mistaken about the spots coloration, however with the nitrogen toxicity, possible calcium deficiency and light situation, and the plant being generally unhealthy, I would say all of those stressors combined is what done it. I would even check for spider mites just to make sure. The Skunk line is a little more fragile than most but all those factors combined with whatever else is going on, I would say, could easily cause a hermie issue with most lines.
Yes these plants have been very sensitive every step of the way. Not very forgiving with anything. Nutrients, light, pests you name it I have had problems with it. Seems to be the case with most vintage strains I have ran especially the older skunks.
Yeah, I tend to agree. I am far from an expert, but I would say your plants are pretty easy to grow (in my conditions). I’m running soil, with home amendments, in solo cups, with some of the worst tap water (pH corrected) in the nation.
