werejammmin420
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I have four of the same strain and want to make one a mother plant, my question is shall just keep one with the best features or flower them all then take cuttings and keep the best one ?? Experienced opinions pls
mother plant question
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bird mcbride
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Are these four plants from seed? If you are sure they are female pick the best one. If you are not sure take a snip and code from each and flower the seedlings. Then you'll know for sure which snip you'll want to keep for a mom. 24/0d for moms.
werejammmin420
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All 4 are fem and from seed so just look for good charactaristicks like ?? Close nodes spacing ? They're armageddon -fantaseeds
Wizard.of.Dank
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just pick one to mother, the one with the best characteristics that you like, its just fem seeds not like your gonna find something super amazing...
BigTexan
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Dont choose a mother unless you have flowered it before. I always see problems with people choosing a bunk mom and when the clones go into flower they usually wig out. its best to flower the strain out and get clones off each different plant and whichever does the best in flower will be the perfect mom. Best strategy. also mothers can get too old in veg i had a 6 month old white widow mom and when i was done with her, stuck her in flower within a week she hermed and i had to cut her down. But all her clones were fine. also had a mom were i didnt flower it (it was a seed) start taking cuts end up with 5 cuts that hermed and she hermed too so it was bad genetics. Dont fuck yourself in the begining, dont rush the mother process you HAVE to have a good mother. A good mother gives good babies.
kmog33
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The first line of this is spot on. I would take cuts from all 4, label them, flower them out, then pick the best one after you know what theyre actually going to smoke, look, and smell like and cull the other or flower them out. Whatever floats your boat.
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werejammmin420
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Sounds right to me! I just thought the plant got weaker as it cloned so wanted as close to seed as possible but spose its a catch 22...
BigTexan
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Constant cloning doesnt water anything down, Its a myth, a clone is an exact copy each time. unless you're taking sick clones then yes you will have problems in the future. I know a lady thats been cloning the same plant for the past 30 years the mother is long gone, but the clones dont get watered down. ive also de-bunked this as im on my 6th generation clones and they seem to get better each season so..yeah lol
kmog33
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Not really true about the weaker. Its like the flushing argument. But the no clone will have a taproot, which is to me a big deal in a mom. You could flower the cuts and then pick your seed mom if you have the room.
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