I am so very sorry if I sounded rude. I did not mean to be in anyway. I do understand that a plant will start to preflower. But I have read of people taking clones from plants before they flower them, not even knowing the sex. This is a dice shoot right? Am I wrong to think that if you do not know the sex of the plant your are cloning from, then you will not know the sex of the clones either?

What I read was something about someone not keeping a mother plant, each time he grows plants he just takes clones from them if he is growing another set of plants. Seems to me it would be best to keep one mother, that way you know the genetics of the plant. And also you would know if it was going to turn into a hermi or what ever..

Maybe I should just stay away from Cloning for a while, and just stick to the simple stuff. Sorry if I should my ignorence.

This is my first grow, I am already thinking about my next grow and have just set my plants into the flowering stage. I was thinking I would get a mother the next batch, but I think I will just wait a few more.

Thanks for all the help everyone.