Marlboro47
Well-Known Member
Way too many theorys in here. Why is someone trying to compare a regular plant to an autoflower? Also, cloning humans has nothing to do with plants. Dumb trolls...
How is keeping a mother plant better then making a clone of a clone?
Won't the mother plant have more stress since you're cutting it over and over again?
Won't a plant(clone) that grows fresh roots be fresher since its less woody and closer to the water source?
A mother plant would only be better if cannabis is actually proven to degenerate over time.
I think the real question here is do plants accumulate stress over the years? Or does it enter a "relaxed" state if grown without stressing it for a good ammount of time.
Obviously DNA doesn't change, so how often does mutation occur in cannabis strain?
Only thing that I've heard that supports the cannabinoids degrading, is that it is an annual plant(Found on wikipedia, Ctrl+F then type annual to find: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis).
With it being an annual plant, it makes sense that it will degrade over time. But does it?
People support growing from seed to have a mother plant, cloning 3-4times that year from the mother plant then getting rid of the mother plant at the end of the year to grow an other mother plant from seed for the next year. There is probably less risk with this process.
Others support cloning clones, basically until your done with it or a fatal accident occurs.
There are some that do that with great results and others that say it does degenerate over time.
My hypothesis is that clones of clones and even clones of mothers do degenerate over time, mainly because it is an annual plant. But if your plant is green and thriving I am in doubt that you will see the effects of degeneration. In this case, degeneration could mean that your plant just won't live as long as one from seed would. (Maybe dying after 10-15years of clones). It could also mean that the seeds will be less likely to germinate and or bring you healthy sprouts(could be completely wrong about the seeds since no one is complaining about the quality of THC on a healthy clone that flowered).
I think I will have to study this myself and even do some smoke tests with some friends to see if its noticably different with later clones. Since Im making seeds Im probably only going clone clones for 2years top, then grow from seed again for a different strain.
How is keeping a mother plant better then making a clone of a clone?
Won't the mother plant have more stress since you're cutting it over and over again?
Won't a plant(clone) that grows fresh roots be fresher since its less woody and closer to the water source?
A mother plant would only be better if cannabis is actually proven to degenerate over time.
I think the real question here is do plants accumulate stress over the years? Or does it enter a "relaxed" state if grown without stressing it for a good ammount of time.
Obviously DNA doesn't change, so how often does mutation occur in cannabis strain?
Only thing that I've heard that supports the cannabinoids degrading, is that it is an annual plant(Found on wikipedia, Ctrl+F then type annual to find: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis).
With it being an annual plant, it makes sense that it will degrade over time. But does it?
People support growing from seed to have a mother plant, cloning 3-4times that year from the mother plant then getting rid of the mother plant at the end of the year to grow an other mother plant from seed for the next year. There is probably less risk with this process.
Others support cloning clones, basically until your done with it or a fatal accident occurs.
There are some that do that with great results and others that say it does degenerate over time.
My hypothesis is that clones of clones and even clones of mothers do degenerate over time, mainly because it is an annual plant. But if your plant is green and thriving I am in doubt that you will see the effects of degeneration. In this case, degeneration could mean that your plant just won't live as long as one from seed would. (Maybe dying after 10-15years of clones). It could also mean that the seeds will be less likely to germinate and or bring you healthy sprouts(could be completely wrong about the seeds since no one is complaining about the quality of THC on a healthy clone that flowered).
I think I will have to study this myself and even do some smoke tests with some friends to see if its noticably different with later clones. Since Im making seeds Im probably only going clone clones for 2years top, then grow from seed again for a different strain.
That's why.
