Clones From Clone?

[quizywig]

just curious about clones, how many times can you clone a clone before it turns to crap smoke, I've seen some excellent looking smoke the last year or so lovely tight well formed buds but no smell or strength, is this what happens if you clone to many times.

[Tom]

It depends on the stability of the strain, there are some strains that I managed to keep cloning for years, others were crap after a few times, if you want to preserve a strain then you will need to breed it for seeds.

[white_cluster]

Any plant can be cloned indefinately , and unless it is infected by diesease, and an unaffected part cant be cloned, the strain will be the same as it always was.

 

many famous strains exist only as clones and most of the clones are not stable lines, cloning can be done indefinately to preserve a strain.

 

Ive often noticed that clones are often more potent each generation, and often more ppotent than the seeds they came from.

[quizywig]

Thanks for info, im thinking of getting back into clones on my next crop,

[LoveMeBucket]

didnt they just say 2 different things?

[pipeman]

From everything I have read wc is correct. Deterioration of clones after successive generations is an old wives tale, unless they become infected or dieseased as he said. In fact the opposite seems to be the case. Many growers believe in general the longer the veg time the better the finished product. Maybe this is the reason successive clone generations seem to improve, because the genetic life of the plant is longer.

[FUKN_BISH]

Iv never cloned and i only have limited amount of seeds, I thought this woulds be the perfect chance to experiment cloning before i start buying seeds from seed banks.

 

Will the clones be smaller than their mother or father ?

[Luke Skywalker]

The longer you clone and keep a strain going, the more likely that there will be something go wrong. Whether it's bad or good for the plant's another matter.

 

Ideally, you'd go back to the original mother tissue for successive generations, if you were trying to maintain a strain... but not too many growers have the opportunity or space to grow motherplants indefinitely....

 

But yeah, clones of clones of clones of clones should be fine, all being equal. It's where something different in your technique/environment occurs that the successive generations can exhibit change from the original material, and even then it would be more strain dependent than others.....

 

As tom said, some do well, some don't, but most should be able to be kept going pretty much indefinitely.

[Tom]

Will the clones be smaller than their mother or father ?

In theory they should be identical in every way, any experienced grower knows that in practice they can be all over the place. One strain that is known to be unstable is Bubble Gum, it usually loses stem thickness over time. On the other hand I have heard of growers keeping White Widows going for many years with no problems, maybe some of the long term experienced growers on the site could suggest other strains to use or avoid?

[jaikai]

til the shit hit the fan family-wise, myself and a couple others had used W/W for near 5 years. growing cuttings from the same mothers constantly. the real differences occur in the growing environment...

 

But yeah, clones of clones of clones of clones should be fine, all being equal. It's where something different in your technique/environment occurs that the successive generations can exhibit change from the original material, and even then it would be more strain dependent than others.....

 

that about sums it up really. i noticed the smell went away on re-veg of cuttings, the smoke was still up there no worries. probably many little things change without you noticing...fresh clones every grow, stable strains, etc...cant go wrong.

 

ive heard the original skunk (sensi was the source) is a great keeper, easy to grow, hold, clone, re-veg etc...some of the bubble-berry variants are a bit more difficult...