H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
All the breeders are saying they have the skunk - but I haven't seen anyone with the smoke
Roadkill Skunk-
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Romeo Scragg
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I did from authentic genetics. I have a couple of nl2s and 3 skunk 1 x nl2 in flower now. It's too early to have much smell but I'm not expecting anything RKS like. I think the place to start that search is afghan selection seeds. If I ever find them available by CC or PayPal I might.
the plant i've skint my share of them also!
it's not something i had luck with pulling beans from a sack, very few of them,
Shua1991
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Shantibaba stated that you will find some rks phenos in the "devil" seeds, like 2 in 50.
Apparently it's multifaceted to reproduce the skunk aromas that we used to have came from harvest process, some thiols reacting to sunlight/uv as a catalyst like skunky beer is made bia uv/sunlight through glass bottles, this reaction occurs after harvest and requires lighting to increase similar thiols to react produce a stronger odor in conjunction. Some smells are immediately up close more earthy, but from a distance the sulfuric thiols aka mercapatans can work in tandem with terpenes in our olfactory receptiveness to its stinkyness.
This is speculative but based on more science than hearsay.
1.vacuumed sealed flowers in translucent container
2 uv lighting will react to terps/oils/mercapatans to produce the catalyst for chemics to degrade producing further skunk smells like humulene in a skunky beer.
Apparently it's multifaceted to reproduce the skunk aromas that we used to have came from harvest process, some thiols reacting to sunlight/uv as a catalyst like skunky beer is made bia uv/sunlight through glass bottles, this reaction occurs after harvest and requires lighting to increase similar thiols to react produce a stronger odor in conjunction. Some smells are immediately up close more earthy, but from a distance the sulfuric thiols aka mercapatans can work in tandem with terpenes in our olfactory receptiveness to its stinkyness.
This is speculative but based on more science than hearsay.
1.vacuumed sealed flowers in translucent container
2 uv lighting will react to terps/oils/mercapatans to produce the catalyst for chemics to degrade producing further skunk smells like humulene in a skunky beer.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
We are also missing the poor quality storage, zip-lock-ozene in pants pockets and such
Shua1991
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I was reading that the old school brick packing method was beneficial to this due to anaerobic bacteria producing the thiols from various oils+sunlight.
Humulene can be produced in a vacuum via bacteria aka the smell that somwhat "skunky" beer. It happened literally whenever the oil from hops begins to react to sunlight.
Sounds right to me, lots of experimentation this harvest, I'll let yall know if there's anything to it, I'll sacrifice some of my current harvest to test this hypothesis.
Perhaps cheesequake will serve as a living experiment for me to hone this method. I can smell skunk at a distance from the cheesequake, up close its chemicals/thiols and sewage on the rank phenos.
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H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I tried the Malawi Cob method of curing once - that wasn't it - avoid that road LOL
Shua1991
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Not for scent amplification, but anaerobic fermentation. This is like making terps and oils already present in the cannabis(like hopps and its flavanoids/thiols in beer) to react with uv light/sunlight as a catalyst.
They turn Into...
This is Making me really curious! Giddy even.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
The skunk I used to get was the antithesis of brickweed. It was the first green-bud I saw and was seasonal- meaning local grown in the US.
Shua1991
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I made seeds using some sour mandarina(og/skunk) and jungle cookies back in 2018, one pheno was rotting tuna at a distance, up close in the bowl it tasted like. macadamia cookies.
Smells are complex chemistry playing with our olfactory senses.
Shua1991
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Zero sunlight, hence the "cob", uv/sunlight is necessary as a catalyst for this method.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I distinctly remember the almost neon quality to the green and orange on the bud. The stuff we got was the first sticky-bud I saw where you could squish a bud and it didn't crumble. I also remember a pine scent that was there with the distinct skunk smell.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
And I mean there was no question about it or trying to think about what it selled similar too. There were no thoughts of onions, or burning rubber, or whatever. It was the same smell as when someone hit a skunk.
And driving by that there is never a thought in your head about "Is that onions and garlic?"