Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
In case others are curious...

Every genetic step you take without the male contribution, the further you get from 'stable' genetics.


Personally, I think the seed breeders got it backwards. They should have offered femmed genetics at the regular price, and make the consumer pay extra for the privelage of buying the 'natural' seeds containing a 'normal' mix of M/F ratios.
Yes, pollen is valuable. Coming back to the first part of the quote.

I have a plant that is a one of, it is a product of stressed females to a different female that had more desirable phenotypical traits I want.
So this mother, if continued to be kept alive via cloning, and then using a stressed clone, the genetic offspring will thus be consistent, yet not causing the too much male influence you speak of? In other words, as long as the mothers clones get pollenated by a stressed clone and not breeding back again into the line, the line will be/becomes consistent?

I hope that makes sense, very difficult question to phrase.