the three moms that I have are very bushy and have many much pistils.
(see the crappy middle picture above)

the donors that gave me these clippings were about to go into flower, and the clippings I took were from the bottom growth. The clippings were very small (2-3 inches) and if I was to take from the 3 mothers the clippings would be about 6 inches and would have pistils already.

Hope that makes sense.

Wondering If the clippings would be more stable coming from a different area on the plant..top growth as opposed to bottom new growth.