mother plants

Would it do any harm if i grew a new mother out of one of the clones i cut every time?

should i not do this?

loss of potency?

weakin' genetics?

could anything bad happen from doing this?

thanks hope my question makes since please let me know.

That's fine. It takes SO many generations to notice drift. So many that you will be sick of the strain long before then, haha.

Make sure to minimize stress every time, and never flower your mother until you are CERTAIN that your clones are rooted and will survive outside the dome. You could lose genetics if you have a clone failure. That's about the worst thing that would happen. So make sure you've always got a backup.

this is somewhat related i think. When flowering a mama that is bushy and loaded with shoots, does it make sense to thin it out a little. I have a god momma that i will be flowering and due to the overly sturdy stems on this strain it seems some branches are growing strait up almost on top of each other.
I can't do any cloning for the rest of the season, but i could prune.

Yeah, I usually choose the strongest 4-5 leads per square foot of canopy and remove all the low, weak crap. Alternately, you could train the plant to have a FLAT canopy, by tossing a net over it or weighting the branches down, and turn a 18" diameter canopy into one that is like 3x3 feet, allowing a dozen or more strong shoots that will become prime colas.

she is outdoors. bending some of those branches might be dangerous as she is about 3-4ft tall and RIGID. Maybe i will try a net. That way i could at least get some space between the colas. I'll post pics of the outcome.

Some of my plants for the last two weeks look like they have been going in and out of flower mode. They definitely started to flower, but so did this god mama and now she is back to strong veg growth. I have been feeding the other ones that are in and out (yum!) of flower, VEG food, hoping they will stay in veg. Is this a foolish tactic?

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

That's fine. It takes SO many generations to notice drift. So many that you will be sick of the strain long before then, haha.

Make sure to minimize stress every time, and never flower your mother until you are CERTAIN that your clones are rooted and will survive outside the dome. You could lose genetics if you have a clone failure. That's about the worst thing that would happen. So make sure you've always got a backup.

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thanks for your help stinky you have always come through for me