2k afghans and no skunk. Thats kinda mind blowing unless you were using seed all from the same parents. You got pics of that 2k pop? Id love to see it.
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Unfortunately, no. It was before I did time, nothing exists of those runs except memories.
The 2000 weren’t sourced from one place, mostly bulk(200,300) then whatever I could find that was closest to straight from farmers.
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I read this statement of his and think he’s just admitted half the pot in the world is his! That is some cartel level drug trafficking he’s owning. He can have the charge!
Just reread it. He owns everything!
I remember starting out with really good mexican and Columbian in 1979. The by 1982. everything you could get was skunk. Stuff was great. 3 hits and you’d giggle like a school girl for hours. Stunk so bad you couldn’t keep bag in your car because the cop would smell it when he got out of his car…
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People that never had real Skunk may never know. Glad I was there. Been looking for it ever sense. Smell was so skunky but taste and buzz were top shelf.
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I was chatting with Gas from Swami seeds yesterday and he said that he crossed the AAC RKS from Dirty Jim to the Humboldt RKS x Uruapan that he has had for years and has to store it outdoors because it smells so strong.
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Sounds promising
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most weed does that nowadays …
just ask your non-smoking friends about the smoke you are toking right now 
it’s just that our noses went “mute” long time ago, guys 
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Good thing I got Gas to sign up the other day, love to hear more @Arturo_Gas
I think I have the Uruapan/85RKS in my collection. I seen some of his new strains and it all looks fire.
I think he’s got a new Blueberry I’m wanting to try out too. Said it’s Blueberry like it was meant to be.
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My neighbor swears I have a skunk under the garage…afghaans.
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I’m sorry but you’re wrong !! Point being the “real Skunk” seeds were much bigger, and usually striated, unlike todays seeds !! I understand the fact that some strains today smell skunky, but they’re not the 70’s skunk.
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Hmm… Maybe the ‘real skunk’ has been some fancy colchicine or agent orange experiment?
Seems pretty crazy to me that a strain that was known wide and far from what seems to be every corner that no one has it. Seems if they did they would be sitting on a gold mine. So many of us remember it. And many of us arent close geographically. How can this be. Id love to find the bitch again and share it with the world.
Skunks only exist in certain parts of the world so I would take what some remember with a grain of salt.
There was skunk smelling herb and then there was herb that smelled so strong people said it stunk like a skunk, as in very strong smell not to mean that they smelled the same.
Just like people now try and say skunk spray and dead on the road skunk smell different when in reality skunk spray is skunk spray and that is all you smell whether they are alive or roadkill. I have never smelled dead animal smell coming from a dead skunk , they emit there spray and the carcass never seems to stay around long enough to put off the smell of death. What’s gross is some scavenger animal happily eats dead skunks and in a hurry.
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Yup thats the smell…. Straight from the skunks ass. Never forget it. Very pungent but tastes so good. Yup many across the pond dont know the smell because no skunk animals there.
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It’s odd how strains can do that , I have a plant I grow that smells like wet dog/ puppy poo but tastes like sweet skunky green bud. I mean it smells in a way while growing that makes you question if it will be smokable 
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In the presence of excess SO2 gas + elevated thiosulfates from organic decomposition, in cadmium-contaminated soil with B vitamin producing fungi, Cannabis produces excess thiols, (not floral anti fungal tree sap terpenes) , to handle radicals and oxidation. Blame the environmentalists!
People can’t grasp this because, apparently, sun tans go away the moment you step indoors… No… Anti oxidant protection is gradually lost. Ask a black kid who stays indoors. His great great great grandkids will be pasty, not him, if they don’t make the adjustments. That’s where skunk went. Use it or lose it.
Today’s weed produces pigments from cyanidin glycosides to protect against oxidation. Cannabis has been largely ornamental ever sense. Ever since cannabis growers replaced industrial pollution and fungal symbiosis with Instagram and tissue culture in the name of progress. Sound familiar? Those claiming progress are setting us back the most.
I once cured GSC with a heavy metal sample. It got me kicked out off the property. Zero GSC smell. Only pure skunk.
Most Cannabis grown 15 years ago was capable of this. Before purple took over.
You needed the proper enzymes and cofactors to release the thiols from their amino acid conjugates. These enzymes used to be non essential in Cannabis. Today Cannabis must aquire them from diet. Thiol Libre might work? Saccharomyces boulardi? Who knows.
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This is an interesting take. I’m assuming you’re not actually a new user - assuming I’m right, I wish more of your posts were like this, less vitriol and more information. This still has a hint of attack-mode coming through but you’re being clear enough to actually be understood without multiple advanced degrees. 
Basically you’re saying that the “Skunk” smell & taste were epigenetic reactions to growing in soil contaminated with heavy metals and polluted air, right?
The idea that it’s based on thiols seems like it might have legs; the Wiki article directly states that “the spray of skunks consists mainly of low-molecular-weight thiols and derivatives.[11][12][13][14][15] These compounds are detectable by the human nose at concentrations of only 10 parts per billion.[16]”
If this is the case, that today’s cannabis is missing the enzymes necessary to release thiols, what do you think could be done about it? Growing in polluted soil and deliberately pumping high levels of sulfur dioxide into our grow rooms seems like it would be counterproductive, even if it brought Skunk back. You mentioned a few yeasts towards the end of your post. Thiol libre in particular is used to liberate thiols from hops for brewing, among other uses… saccharomyces boulardii seems like it’s used primarily as a treatment for diarrhea. Any particular reason for homing in on these two?
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Hard to tell if you were serious, I know you like to joke. 
My take on that was…
Stash your weed in the old console TV set and you can make skunk weed.
Something tells me I missed the mark. 
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