First off I want to give many thanks to everybody on this board. I am new to growing and found this a invaluable resource for information. Keep up the good work!

I have been reading a lot on cloning and have found that most people will have a "Mother" plant in which they get clones from. I have been doing things differently and wanted to get some input on if this is is the wrong thing to do.

I started off with a clone of NL from a friend of mine and as it grew I got a couple clones from the lower branches. As the original plant matured I started flowering it. This left me with the clones of the clone and as time passed I did the same with them. I repeat this cycle with every crop using clones from the generation before. Is this a bad thing? Am I going to lose potancy and eventually end up with a hemp plant? Should I keep a mother plant and if so how do I go about keeping the size down? I havent been doing this very long and don't want to kill the mother (if needed) by improperly clipping it back. Also, if I do need to dedicate a mother where would I clip the clones from? Usually I get these from the lower branches of the plants I plan to flower and would dispose of anyway.

If this has been discussed before I apologize. I have looked around and found mixed answers.

Attached are pictures of what I have now in my Veg room


Thanks

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