I harvested these recently and wanted to share. Ocean Grown Seeds Skunkbeard F2 (animal cookies x alien rift #6) testers.
I had 6 "females" but four hermed right out of the gates. Apparently this was an issue with the F1 as well, which is why that release was so limited. I'm guessing the same will be the case with the F2, as I wasn't the only tester to have issues. Oh well - this is why we test.
Anyway, about those two that didn't herm at the beginning. Here they are 7 days before being flipped to flower, right after transplant.
Grown under Cree 3590 COB LED lights their whole lives. Organic recycled soil, topdress of neem, ewc, and kelp at flip. Besides that, water only throughout their lives. Same as everything here the last couple rounds. Here they are at harvest.
SKB6 was the smaller of the two. She didn't stretch much. I found opened nanners on her lower larf. Sucks, but she was kinda pretty. Smelled like honey when harvesting.
SKB7 did stretch, and really looked pretty aside from not fattening up. She had a real nice lemon candy floral smell at harvest.
Surprisingly close in total weight. They hung to dry for 12 days in cool temps and high humidity, and yielded 52g for #6, 58g for #7.
The smaller pheno had buds that are not as stinky or frosty.
The larger pheno has frostier buds that are pretty skinny. Both phenos are dense and very tightly attached to the main stem.
The smaller #6 smells like a sack of potatoes in the jar, with maybe a little milk after a month's cure. Ground up, there's just an overwhelming potato smell. The first taste is very strong, like if you powdered the smell and then breathed in the powder, plus a little lemon/lime. 2nd vape hit is harsh and gross - burning milk powder. 3rd vape hit tastes like bad breath smells, maybe worse. Room smells like somebody's been smoking meth. It makes my eyes feel heavy, and not much else. It's not bad, just not very strong, and the smoke is very harsh.
The larger #7 pheno smells of sweet onion and rubber funk, with a hint of citrus sour. Ground up, the citrus and onion combine to smell tart, but the rubber still dominates. First vape hit tastes of very strong burning rubber, with onion in the back of the mouth and throat. 2nd hit was more onion with a hint of tropical flowers, and 3rd hit was almost all burning rubber. Onion flavor expands to coat the mouth after vaping, and sticks in the back of the throat just like you ate a sandwich with too many onions. This might sound bad, but it's actually kinda tasty!
The effects of #7 are a little rush about 10min after vaping, but it then settles down into a relaxing stone. Surprisingly, it's also visual and heady. Doesn't paint the world with rosy colored glasses, but is somewhat potent.
I'm gonna guess this is the famed lung bleeder terps that Vader has talked about finding in the Rift and its progeny. It makes your throat & lungs feel raw, like you ate something spicy and it went down the wrong tube. Or like if you're cooking with really spicy peppers and breathe in the smell when they just start to scorch and vaporize. It's an absolutely terrible feeling, and really ruins what would otherwise be pretty decent smoke.
Overall, not keepers. Although Shrimp indicated he's going down the line to try to get rid of the herm trait, I'd personally go back to the drawing board, or scrap this one all together. They can't all be winners.