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Schwaggy P

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Strawberry Cough - Day 72
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Fruity strains aren't my main focus, but this cut has the most amazing smell. I almost groan when a strain has a fruit in its name because most times there's a passing hint at best of the fruit in the smell, but this smells like a bowl of fresh cut strawberries with sugar sprinkled on top, very intense. Definitely a cut that makes you appreciate the possibilities of this plant.
 

Schwaggy P

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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
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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
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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
 

Frank Nitty

Well-Known Member
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
How can I acquire some of said goodness??? It would take me longer than l the rest of my life to figure out how to do it... I'll be content with being a guinea pig rather than a scientist... I should have been doing this when I was still in my 20s...
 

gwheels

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Skunky VA is a beautiful cultivar. She is day 67 and will start the flush soon. I have 1 of each expression (Chem 91 SKVA and Skunky Brewster)

The aroma on this particular girl is like berries and fuel...Amazing smell. And amazing bud structure and mass for what i did to her.
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The long shaggy buds off in the distance are another Skunky VA. And that one stacked 18 inch colas. ALL OVER THE PLACE !

The forefront is the waterfarm with the girl (Bud shown above)
What a beast. Flowered under citi 1212 3k 97CRI cobs with some 3 k board overlap
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blowerme

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Skunky VA is a beautiful cultivar. She is day 67 and will start the flush soon. I have 1 of each expression (Chem 91 SKVA and Skunky Brewster)

The aroma on this particular girl is like berries and fuel...Amazing smell. And amazing bud structure and mass for what i did to her.
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The long shaggy buds off in the distance are another Skunky VA. And that one stacked 18 inch colas. ALL OVER THE PLACE !

What a beast.
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Mmm cant wait to get this started.. soon
 
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thenasty1

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whoa. nice canopy bro

What method you growing these in?

You still using your aero setup?
these are in live res, temp controlled rdwc. they were cloned and vegged for twoish weeks in an lpa tote, then vegged four more weeks in rdwc. my lpa totes are clone factories for the most part. i make clones for a few other gardens too, so the totes are always running
 
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