Sucks to hear about the hermies and problems. I'm a big advocate for only doing big runs with proven genetics, unless your trying to pheno hunt. I hate the idea of spending months on a project only then to find out the genes are bad. IMHO clones are the BEST way to ensure more stability, and uniformity in a garden. I never count on a new strain until I have flowered out a clone, or have a clone and flower out the seed mother either way. I kept my White Widow for over 4 years after I found it that way. It was just a single freebie seed that I almost didn't clone, but thankfully I did because once it started flowering I was super impressed.