Your point is well taken bejay, I learned the hard way how to have a high success rate on outdoor plants. First I live in an area that is fantastic for farming so my unattended plants thrive here. I have all kinds of little tricks I do in my fall prep that make my little seedlings very happy and likely to survive. That is not the case in other locations with inexperienced outdoor growers who don't know my tricks. Second cloning is easy and really is a preferred method to obtain maximum quality and consistancy in plants. But it does take a much more sophisticated indoor op to grow clones. For growers that are indoors considering an outdoor grow, your method makes all the sense in the world. Female seeds are now three bucks a pop, and my success rate outdoors is 80%. I average a half pound per plant so the seed cost is nothing to me. Down the road I'll go the clone route, not to save money but to raise the quality of my product from very good to excellent. Female seeds can't compete with a preserved elite clone.