I have done it both ways, as a plant is in a enviorment it aclimates to its conditions.
The desert strains will change there way of growing over the years. I think its on going from the muther 1,,to muther/clones/clones.
As the dna is the same, the timming per rh% and Temps, lighting. All have a condition to the final bud.
This seemed to work out on two strains. White Widow , Hawiian ??. And one more test under way.
Do to the fact it takes about 3-5 crops to maximize the strains output.
Federal plant counts prohibit extra plants. So I keep back up and test strains to a min.
I have even made test of differnt , so far it complys to what large growers come up with.
strain, strain, good growing practices.