I’ve been working on a mainstay male. I wanted a plant that would allow the female’s smell, taste, and high to come through relatively unscathed. Ideally, his influence would be expressed as:
- Increased frost
- Denser nugs
- More compact structure
- Mold resistance
- Stabilizing intersex tendency
- Quicker finish
Some of these traits may not be "sexy" (
think about the last time you saw an IG post with, "Holy shit! Look at the mold resistance on that bitch!" -or- "Man, I can really taste the structure"), but I think these are important.
After growing out multiple crosses using my selected Skunky Brewster male, I’ve noticed that he has many of these qualities. I’d credit the Iraqi male used in the SkunkyB for the increasing frost, solidifying yield/density, and stabilizing any hermie hints.
I’ve been very pleased with the Skunky crosses; the Skunky D in particular, as it seems to have amplified the Chem D profile across many phenos. In an effort to tamp down the SkunkyB male's terp profile, I used my favorite Skunky Brewster female that is very light on terps and more of the compact height after stretch to “backcross” a SkunkyB hybrid using the F1 male. I’ve since selected a male from this population that will hopefully check all of the boxes.
Skunky B female
He has started dropping pollen and I’ll be dusting every female as they pass through the flower rooms. I like the Chems and OGs but they can throw a nanner later in flower and stretch incredibly. The SkunkyB F1 male hybrids showed a more compact flower height, strengthened branch structure, beefier/frostier buds while sporting the momma’s terps. My aim is to continue this trend with a male that has even less influence on the traits that made the females so beloved.
New male dropping pollen
This male will hopefully be able to accomplish multiple goals with broad application:
1) As a commercial flower grower, you will be able to have great representations of popular cuts that express the traits observable as a smoker (
smell, taste, bag appeal, high) while improving the traits observable as a grower (
better structure, quicker flower, less finicky, reduced nannerism). Some cuts are great smoke, but non-grower smokers have a tendency to think the only thing that’s good is “
super dense nugs bro!”, so fluffy buds can get overlooked. These beefed up versions of the cuts greatly increase bag appeal while maintaining the mother’s character.
2) As a breeder, you will have stock from which to draw that keeps the character of the beloved female cuts with
practical improvements that will impart great grower-conscious traits.
3) As a personal small-scale grower, you’ll be able to experience ceiling buster famed cuts in a small-space friendly package.
I love skunk funk, but this particular male needs to be muted so the mommas can shine through in a quicker, frostier, shorter frame. With all hopes articulated, the ultimate test of how close this male is to success will come from growing out multiple mixes of progeny.
As of today he's dusted:
- Chem D
- ECSD
- Strawberry Cough
- SSH
- Granny Skunk
- Gelato 45
- Trainwreck S1
- Alien Grapevine
