Breeding Project Proposal
"Skunky Chems"
What is the goal of this project?
I am setting out to make a raunchy Chem x Skunk. Ultimately, I would like a plant that has the structure of a skunk (narrower leaf, tighter internodes, rank/rotten/pull your head away smell) with a friendly 8-9.5 week flowering cycle and a Super Skunk type effect (nice hybrid body/head).
Which females will be used and why?
Chem ’91 Skunk VA – She has an amazing structural vigor and openness that really allows for grower friendly and dramatic branching without much effort. The gassy earthy terps and potency may yield a solid knockout effect.
Chem ’91 Joe Brand – The JB cut is arguably the most vigorous of the bunch, being eager to branch. But unlike the Skunk VA, she has tighter nodal spacing that would lend to the goal of a more traditionally “Skunk” structure, whereas the Skunk VA may lend a more OG-ish quality to the frame.
Chem D – Two major contributions I hope to get from her are the stank and the sledgehammer effect. Like the JB, she has a tighter structure. Unfortunately, she is not as vigorous as the others and she can be finicky. I’ve found that pH fluctuations into alkalinity zones cause her to throw the leaf variegation.
Which male will be used and why?
Skunky Brewster (
Roadkill Skunk #5 x Iraqi) –
Strayfox Gardenz
After many weeks of stem rubs, I have settled on the #1 pheno. He was the quickest plant out of the gate shooting up while keeping his proportions (some males can shoot up with scrawny stems and irregular proportions). He was very stout and expressed some visible frost on his stems and leaves.
The ultimate deciding factor in the male selection was the stem rub. I’ve kept the males in veg for several weeks (
many weeks beyond showing sex) in order to establish the most offensive odors (
all stem rubs were performed on lower/middle/upper parts of the stem every 3-5 days). The rubs ranged from: rotting meat, burnt rubber, garlic, hot garbage, bacterial/fungal infection, red cough drops. The selected male expressed rotting meat and infection odor.
My hope is that he will lay the terp foundation of raunchiness, shore up the spear type skunk buds and structure, and possibly shorten some flower time.
What do you expect to see in the progeny (assumptions holding true) and how will this affect your plan of attack going forward?
I would expect the
Chem '91 Skunk VA to lend some longer internodal spacing, vigor, and broader leaves as she has shown an ability to dominate crosses in these areas. I would not be surprised at a flowering cycle that leans more to the 9-10 week range. Overall, I would expect to see a more Afghan Skunk type skunk plant with a more open structure, and flowers that have a fuel soaked rotting quality. If I were to guess, I think this particular cross may work best as an F1 if the phenotypic spread is highly variable. I can see this being a really fun pack of seeds to grow out.
I think my best chance of finding a plant that satisfies this project’s goals will come from either the
JB or the
D. The structures are already very close to what I’m after and the
Chem D terp profile should mesh well with the
Skunky Brewster. I think making selections for further breeding will prove somewhat difficult at first, as the leaf/structural expressions will not vary wildly from the male.
In contrast, picking the skunk leaners early would probably be easy to do with the
Skunk VA cross.
Ideally, taking the cross to F3 should shore up the phenotypic variation while allowing some wiggle room in the range of expressions. This has the aim of limiting the range within which this wiggling will take place.
I usually would prefer to wait for a completed project to "name" something, but this will make life easier not having to write out the lineage every time I want to reference one of these.
Chem'91(SkunkVA) x Skunky Brewster =
Skunky VA
Chem'91(Joe Brand) x Skunky Brewster =
Skunky Joe
Chem D x Skunky Brewster =
Skunky D
