Clones vs. Seeds

you clone guys...are you doing SOG type grows? what size pots are you using? I have always done seed, but have some mothers being established right now so very curious about this
 
I prefer seeds, slower and yes males but I do lots of pollen chuck'n. I normally run my seeds when ready to flower I take clone to make another run of the same strain. Personally I just love watching them get started and growing so seeds first and then cloning so that I can keep the better of runs. Now if I were selling or a commercial grower cloning is faster turn around so guess it comes down to what suits your situation.
 
They both have their upside.
I start w/ seeds and then select the phenos I want to keep
I keep mother plants of those and then take cuts weekly
 
hahaha i always hate accidently clicking on the auto link when im scrollin through the forums.

But i like clones better personally. They usually start and finish flowering 3-5 days sooner than from seed since theyre generally more mature than a seed. I do both SOG with small ones and LST grows with big ones ive vegged a little longer.

But since the state i live in isnt medical i always have to start with seeds. If i was to say seeds theyd have to be fem. haha
 
I want to like clones more, and sometimes I do... but dammit how many times have I taken clones home from the club that have pm, fungus gnats, (mites virtually guaranteed), and infuriatingly - mislabeled. and unless you know your source, you don't know how old that plant is and what shape its in. I ran a bunch of super skunk one year that grew just fine - except when it flowered there was hardly any resin, smell, taste or high! the buds were huge - but tired? came to find out the cuts came off a mom over 12 years old that had just been retired - that just doesn't sound ideal. seed plants are great but take forever and a day.
 
I have a perpetual grow and cure 8 oz./month. It has been a long tweaking process to get all 3 rooms timed right. When I harvest 2 plants I better have 2 20+-inchers in the veg room ready to slide right into the 2 empty slots. Point is -- consistency of phenotype and reliable timing are 2 of the most important factors to me. I need seedlings that grow the same way every time and clones that root and veg at predictable rates. My notes show that 75-80% of my harvested plants started as clones I generated in my dome room (closet). I get the consistency I need by cloning and re-cloning a couple favored strains. I may run 7 or 8 generations of moms and clones from a good strain until I replace it with a new strain. Seedlings, even 2 consecutive orders of the same strain/company, will often grow differently, pheno-wise. That's why I rely on my clones. Most of the seedlings I do plant are freebies from Attitude that I'm trying. And that's how I discover each new favorite strain. Two other factors - one; cloning is faster than relying on seeds. A week to 2 weeks faster vegging, eh? Two; Beans can get expensive. I expect to pay $100-150 dollars when I do order 2 5-packs of beans. Clones are faster, more reliable and cheaper. Works 4 me. BigSteve.
 
Beans and clones have a place of there own in my garden .. I always run full force with proven genetics and seeds are always being tested and produced for backup and future grows . I rotate clones and seeds but of course I have my mainstays too . The quest never ends .
 
Which do you prefer and why?
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Im not exactly sure yet, part of the reason for the thread.

At this time, fem seeds, and cloned favorites and phenoes.
 
Anyone notice that thseeds started making hella fem seeds???

I checked just a few months ago and they were just coming out with there first fem seed of Critical Hog and i go to check todday and about half of there formerly REG ONLY seeds are now available in fem versions!

Ive been waiting a while for this.
 
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