Clone longetivity

[Rusty Trichome]

Sorry Orzie but I disagree!!!

Each time you flower the seedling and take cuttings over and over the plant looses it's potency and that is a fact in my Bible....

It even gets more technical then that I'm just blazed out I hope STINK stops by and gets technical on the issue...

People Reveg plants and they loose potency IMO.

GL420:jointsmile::jointsmile::jointsmile:

And how many times have you re-vegged or kept a clone mother...?

At the moment, I have 6 adults in my veg room. 2 are re-vegging indica's, 2 are re-vegging sativa's, 2 are clones from each. Approx. the same thing in my flower room.

Working right now on a fifth generation re-veg, (this is the 6th actual time in veg) and she shows no signs of degradation. I regularly take clones from this lady just before re-flowering, and same thing happens. She get's big, she gets frosty, she gets smoked, she gets re-vegged. As a medical cannabis grower and user, quality is very-much more important than quantity. However, with re-veging, I get both..quantity and quality.

As someone that's been cloning and re-vegging very sucessfully, I am totally willing to say that your statements are absolute bullshit.
As I used to need a grow 'guide', (it's not a bible, it's a guide) I understand your desire to follow it word for word, but it's a funny thing about grow guides...every few years we are presented with new techniques and technologies rendering some of that info obsolete. Nutes are more consistent, lights are still being re-defined, soil quality is remarkable. "Old wives tales" are slowly being smashed as we discover that it is just well-intentioned bullshit, or marketing techniques designed to sell products.

Somatic cell mutation...? Until you understand the growing process, likely you shouldn't worry about genetic mutations too much. But there is, of course a remedy for this too. If she starts to underperform...quit re-vegging her, and play with the seedlings for a couple of months. We're growing cannabis here, not a genetically modified feed-grain.

But if you're not interested in bigger plants in a shorter overall timeframe, or consistent results...keep doing what you're doing...you'll likely get the same results you always get. :thumbsup:

Rusty Trichome Reviewed by Rusty Trichome on 06-27-2008. Clone longetivity I was wondering if you keep taking clones from the same line all the time if the strain gets weaker as you go. Do you have to refresh the strain or will it keep on producing? A mate of mine constantly grows , he has 3 rooms, 1 clones, 1 veg and 1 flower. Every 8 weeks he has a harvest. Just before he puts them into his flower room he takes clones off them. He has been wondering as he seems to think the strain is getting weaker and every now and then a harvest is no good, it looks ok but Rating: 5

[GreenLeaf420]

I will not attempt to sway everyone who disagrees learn @ your own experience.

I know from my personel experience.

Good Luck to all GL420:jointsmile::jointsmile::jointsmile: