mother plant

how long can you keep a mother plant for? Can you keep taking clones as long as it stays alive?

kill it and start from seed every year

Jash1297 said:

kill it and start from seed every year

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well i only have 3 seeds left is why i ask. so i'm trying to hold on to them. i have a good mother plant that i just started so wanna know how long it will last. i plan on taking 4 to 6 clones every 3-4 weeks

If you find a good mother maybe at the end of the year you can take 6 cuttings or so and take the heartiest one to replace the old mom. That way you have a fresh plant that isn't too mangled from clippings yet... I have seen bonsai moms that were almost 10 years old though. I dont think there is any advantage to keeping them around that long unless they are primo genetics you can get anywhere else. But I know that cells can only divide so many times before they start to get tired and old. Just as after 80 years on this planet our cells start to break down as well.

yea i got some fire seeds from amsterdam.... but i don't wanna heat up my grow spot by ordering a lot of shit like that.... and i don't know any growers around me w/ seeds

its just like takeing clones of clones eventually the genetics break down. I would personally start a new mother plant from seed every year rather than taking cuttings of it and growing it out as a mother plant.