Skunk Feminized Seeds

Skunk is an indica-dominant feminized hybrid, 65% indica and 35% sativa, with a sour, earthy skunk aroma. It is a Skunk #1 line, back-bred and selected by Lighthouse Genetics. Leafly’s strain data puts Skunk #1 at about 17% THC, and expect roughly 7 to 9 weeks of flowering indoors.

History & lineage

Skunk #1 grew out of Sacred Seeds’ late-1970s Skunk work in California. Leafly says Sacred Seed Co. bred it from Afghani, Acapulco Gold and Colombian Gold varieties over several generations, and that it has been parenting a horde of Skunk crosses since it first bloomed. Accounts of its early years differ, and Wikipedia credits its development to David Watson, better known as Sam the Skunkman. Sensi Seeds, which sells Skunk #1 today, gives the mix as 25% Afghani, 25% Mexican Acapulco Gold and 50% Colombian Gold, and calls it one of the first true-breeding varieties.

Its Cup record goes back to the very first one: Skunk #1 from Cultivators’ Choice won the first High Times Cannabis Cup in 1988. Its children on our shelves include Super Skunk, Skunk #1 crossed with an Afghan, and two of Mac’s originals, Grape Skunk and Acapulco Gold Skunk, are built on Skunk #1 lines. Lighthouse Genetics has back-bred and selected its own Skunk #1 line, and that is what these seeds are.

Aroma & flavour

Leafly describes Skunk #1 as a blend of sour skunkiness and subtle earthy notes, and Sensi Seeds describes earthy undertones with a sweet flavour. Leafly users most often report skunk, earthy and pungent flavours, followed by sweet. Leafly’s lab data lists myrcene as its most abundant terpene, followed by limonene and pinene; our guide to cannabis terpenes explains what each one adds to a smell.

Effects, as users report them

Those are Leafly users’ reports for Skunk #1 as a strain, most common first. Sensi Seeds describes an energetic, creative high followed by a relaxed heaviness in the body, and another of its Skunk #1 pages says small amounts give an active high while larger amounts can turn sedating. Dry mouth and dry eyes are the downsides users mention most, and smaller numbers report paranoia, dizziness or headaches. Effects vary with the person and the dose, so if you are new to cannabis, start with a small amount.

Growing Skunk

Skunk is a feminized photoperiod: it keeps growing leaves until the light drops to 12 hours a day indoors, or until the days shorten in late summer outdoors. Sensi Seeds gives Skunk #1 a short flowering period of 45 to 50 days, and other seed sheets list 8 to 9 weeks, so plan on roughly 7 to 9 weeks indoors and an October harvest outdoors in the Northern Hemisphere. Our seed-to-harvest timeline shows how that fits a whole grow.

It is rated an easy grow: Sensi says even growers with limited experience can try Sea of Green, Screen of Green, supercropping or lollipopping with it, and another of its Skunk #1 pages says even novices can achieve lush yields. Sensi rates the yield as large; data sheets put it at about 400 g/m² (about 1.3 oz/ft²) indoors and about 500 g (about 17.6 oz) per plant outdoors. Sensi rates its height gain in flower as average, and one seed sheet puts plants at roughly 150–240 cm (about 4.9–7.9 ft), so a screen of green helps keep it level under the lights. Sensi lists the climate zone as temperate or continental. Indoor growers often run a carbon filter during flowering; our guide to controlling grow smell covers the options. The trichomes, not the calendar, tell you when to harvest.

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