oh, and i really need to stop talking, but...........

if i happen to get one female, can i take cuttings, make clones, and then take that female and bud it, let the clones grow up, one of which will be the mother (the best) and the rest to flower after the first female(s) flowers? i'm guessing that if i get 1-2 females i'd want to do this to get bud quickly, and if i get 3 or more i'd take one female and keep in veg as mother

are clones weaker than their mothers? would i be wrong in growing a clone into a mother rather than a seed into a mother?