Is the yield worth the time you spent? Are the finished buds 'mature' finished buds? I don't even know if it's a thing, but other than yield, do you lose any quality by going straight to 12/12 ? Only asking 'cause I don't know.
Great philosophical question
If you consider yield to be weight of flower then in order to minimize the loss container size is probably the most important consideration, 1-2 gal probably ideal, the Graveyard Whisperer coming up is in 1.5gal with 41ish day veg. These were in 16 oz party cups and 4.5in square pots (.25 gal maybe). The yield of knowledge about the growth habit and needs of the plant, is it a heavy/light feeder, how long to flower, what stresses it....that outweighs the roughly 25ish gram yield. Also, I know now the other 7 seeds are going to be worth the effort and resources. I also like to reveg the 12/12 from seed so there are options for maximizing the effort.
Time wise I'd say up and to about 4 or 5 weeks into 12/12 from seed would be the limit for taking clones. Also speaking time wise a plant vegged for 3 weeks would probably finish within about a week of one done 12/12 from seed.
I don't think there is a necissarily a quality difference, but there is a contraction of time for reacting to issues, so that can impact quality.
GW#1
GW #2 (cut ar 51ish days flower)
The 2 different phenos of gw I have are going to get fine tuned next run.
Clones are same age and were roughly same size when cut, #1 was first to root and has been topped to slow it down but still says no, feed me. Both were heavy feeders but #1 more so than #2, that is part of what snuck up on me, it stopped/slowed feeding and I didn't catch it so it didn't get a chance to fade.
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