glasspackedbowl

mr. hyde

my first skunk #1 turned hermie, but that's the only one. i think it stays fairly short. strain basically only doubles in height when put in flower so not a huge stretch. many of the plants do get branchy but that first hermie i grew was a non-branchy type, so i think the plants are variable in terms of growth pattern but they all are within a skunk family. vigor is medium.the yield is slightly low compared to other strains for me but the buds are nice and tight. definitely worth trying. good high. flavor is a little weak. the flowering time seems about right what you said. mostly sativa 75% to 25% indica tho..

glasspackedbowl

same here my first skunk is slightly hermie. I found them earily on and plucked them and didnt see more.

rockclimber

I may be bias since skunk # 1 was part of my first 2000 watt grow, but I really liked it. The buds were bright orange and smelled SO STRONG! Everyone went crazy over that strain, they just loved it.

jolie

My experience has been that the free Skunk seeds are not worth what they charge for them. Maybe 2 in 10 will germinate.

grass_hopper

I grew 10 skunk #1's from Seedsdirect in soil and here's what I got:

Of 10 seeds, 1 was a strong female, 4 were male, 5 were hermie, although they weren't BAD hermie and I was able to pluck them and finish growing them out. Under 1000w HPS the crop went 11 weeks in flowering and I still felt like I took them early. "Killer Fast Indica Cola" would be a huge understatement. They grew to about 1m tall, but that's probably because I vegged them to 60cm before going to flower. I topped and got several large main colas, although they weren't as large as other plants I've grown (Blueberry, NL). Otherwise the side branching was marginal. The plants were a little frosty, although nothing like the more designer strains. The high is good but doesn't hold a candle to the high-THC designer strains.

The one thing I liked about them was that they snapped back from disasters quickly and were very forgiving, esp. for a newbie like me (well, I was a newbie when I was growing them). They also clone easily and can be revegged.

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Ancient History:
Blueberry/Mazar (started in hydro, moved outdoors)...Skunk#1/Blueberry in Soil
Botanicare 42 Site Cloner - a Review...Grass_Hopper's Butane Honey Oil (BHO) Thread

Website goodies:
Grow Guide...Cecil_B's CO2 Enrichment Guide...Grower's Dictionary...Getting Females From Standard Seeds

grass_hopper

Correction- a couple of those hermies were clones. 2 of my beans didn't come up.

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"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk in front of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."


Ancient History:
Blueberry/Mazar (started in hydro, moved outdoors)...Skunk#1/Blueberry in Soil
Botanicare 42 Site Cloner - a Review...Grass_Hopper's Butane Honey Oil (BHO) Thread

Website goodies:
Grow Guide...Cecil_B's CO2 Enrichment Guide...Grower's Dictionary...Getting Females From Standard Seeds

mr. hyde

i haven't had any problems with freebie skunk germination.

UnderAgeLampost

highlife4me had a good time with the freebie Skunk#1, his journal is Here, got some good looking bud out of it

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glasspackedbowl

well I have a killer plant its out growing my Pure Power Plant from Nirvana and hell its looks fu*ken awsome. Nice fat buds, short plant. Didnt even grow to twice the size in flowering. Nice frosting Aint nothin like some good dope!
I have lots of pic's when I finish flowering I'll take pic's from its life and post them here. Like a sprout seedling vegg and pre-flowering then finally flowering and dryed bud shots.