I love clones.
I bought a Chem91skva cut for $500 almost 2 years ago, and would buy it again. It reeks of gas, and is super potent. Some peple dont like it because its so strong.
Though some of the mothers I have I hunted myself. I F2d 2 packs ( 36 seeds ) of Mr Nice Super Silver Haze 10 years ago, went through 200+ females to find the mother I liked, and sill have it. Huge producer. One of the best. Fast growing, and easy to clone.
I also have a 20+ years old cut of the original 1999 AK47, and its as vigorous as it ever was. It reeks of flowers, and catpiss, and has a Anise Seed, and flowers taste. This shit reeks as much as any youll find. Will defeat any filter. I had a qp in the refrigerator, double bagged in an upstairs apartment I lived in almost 20 years ago, and you could smell it all the way out in the parking lot. 50 feet away.
I myself like the floral/hash taste, and reek of catpiss, and flowers type weed the best. Better than any RKS.
Have a cut of Blue Orca Haze from 5 years ago, and went through 50 females to find it. It tastes like menthol, gas, and hash. Super choke, and long lasting high.
Have 2 mothers of Dominion Seed Company Local Skunk. I pheno hunted 1 of the, and bought another one from a guy thats friends with Duke Diamond. It tests at 27%. Both super choke
Have a mother of Dominion Granny Skunk. Its a hashy, sour apples smell, and tastes like sour apples, and hash. Also super choke
I have a mother of 2005 Willie Nelson thats fire, and takes 100 days to flower. Doesnt stop growing until day 80 of flowering. It stretches 7 times its size when flipped. Flip it at 1 foot, and it will be 7 feet when done. Its best grown on 12/12 throughtout its cycle. Not done outside until Mid November. Too bad this strain isnt still available.
I keep these under 2 x Gavita 1150w DE HPS, and supply supplemental UVA/B since 2015. Solacure. I used to use 1000w Hortilux HPS, but the DE cover more area, but are hotter. Huge Infrared. Luckily I have good AC, and tremendous fresh air flow. I also veg under Gavita 1700e, 1000w Hortilux, and Gavita 1150w DE. Seedlings, and clones are blasted from day one, after clones root of course. I also have a partner who keeps some of these mothers for me. Weve been working together since the 80s. Ive known him since the 60s.
Id pay $1000+ for the Original Skelly/Puck Hashplant
Id pay $1000+ for the original PNW Haashplant, which is the mother of the Skelly/Puck
Id pay $1000 for the male cut of the Skelly x Sk1 that Duke Diamond used. Good males are as hard, or harder to find than the females.
Also in the summer, I take my mothers outside for 4 hours a day, and put them in the sun. Nothing beats the sun for keeping things vigorous.
Ive also been experimenting with tissue culture on and off since 1997. Except for 12 years I spent in fed prison. I was lucky I gave cuts to my buddy so I could get them back. But they got the best stuff I had, and the best stuff Ive seen since the early 70s. It was a late 80s NL5/Haze x 89 Skelly/Puck Hashplant x Sk1. Best stuff Ive ever seen for indoors, and only a few early 70s outdoor varieties could equal it. Closest stuff I saw to it was 1972 Santa Marta Sinsemella. First time Id ever seen seedless. It was like smoking sweet flowers. Super paranoid buzz. And choke your brains out. All the best stuff back then would choke you to death, had a huge crash, super long lasting high, hangover, and super munchies. Not to mention make your eyes bleed.
Seeds have their place though. Ive also found clones that havent lost their vigor yield better than the original seed plant.