The (GC x Skunky D) male has begun to drop pollen. He's in a tent with Giesel, Chem'91skva, and Skunky B. The Chem D variegation stayed true in his leaves.
When working subsequent generations, I like to do single branch pollinations of each female phenotype during the initial grow/phenohunt. This practice allows me to merge the phenohunt and next generation seed making into one cycle. Usually, one would grow out the F1 to identify the best female pheno for further pollination, but that can add another grow cycle to the time it takes to work a line. Having to tag and dust several individual branches can take a couple hours but it saves months of time growing out another round. I'll have the F2 seeds done and ready to pop before I can even try cured samples from the F1. Merging this method with manually cracking seeds (
shaves a couple weeks off of seed dry time) can really give you a logistical edge. Once a winning pheno is identified, I'll know which seeds to go with for the next generation. The rest of the seeds will have notes regarding their mothers and saved for future endeavors.
Shots of a few phenos
It's still too early for conclusive assessments on smells for these ladies. I can say that with past skunk grows, I would've been bummed by this point with lots of sweet smells and very little "skunk". So far there is: burnt rubber, garlic, taco meat, vinegar, and rotting fruit. The GC mother and Chem D grandmother both don't really turn up the offensive nose until mid-late bloom so there is plenty of time for these precursors to morph and settle into a final bouquet. It's always good to have a point of reference when smell testing: