Fair points. You're still describing the exact same thing reacting to different environmental factors. Assuming there aren't other visual indications of environmental stress factors, the likelihood that that kind of variation can manifest in just one aspect is small. If both plants are otherwise identical in aspects besides appearance - such as health, growth stage, maturity, size, etc. but only the buds are different or other sensory aspects like leaf size/shape or smell then there's something else happening besides what could be attributed to environmental stressors. That's my opinion.Genes are the potential for expression where as actual expression is determined a great deal by environmental influence. This is the same across the biological world. Nature Vs. Nurture anyone?
Lets say we have a strain that has tighter bud growth in cooler conditions and fluffier, loose bud growth respective to warmer temperatures (pretty common). Now we take cuttings from said plant. One cutting is put in an environment where it is exposed to warmer temperatures and one is put in the opposite environment with colder temperatures. There will clearly be a marked difference in growth characteristics even though the genetic material has not changed. Wait now, what if the two are in the "exact" environment you say? Well nothing is ever precise without precision. Meaning, that for most of us actually creating an environment where each plant is getting 100% identical experiences and/or stimulation (environmental pressure) is just not going to happen. I can agree that if you can in fact create an identical environment for each cutting then you will be seeing more uniform growth but again even the slightest variation could result in dramatically different expression. Let's not forget that many genes have already been expressed by the time cuttings are taken. Best wishes
The likelihood would be dependent on the genetic material available and this would vary tremendously from strain to strain. Otherwise, your statement is very confusing but I can agree that something could be happening that none of us are aware of.
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Either that's the biggest CFL on Earth in the back ground, or those are tiny buds.
Never heard that before. Yes I do know that selfed re femmed seeds will show different Pheno's, I grow them and its like a box of chocolates. It is my understanding that a cloned plant is the "exact" copy of the mother. It has to be as it is the mother. I would guess that either the plants were taken from different moms or that yes possibly due to location where they were cut would alter the growth structure. As there are no pics that really show the whole plants side by side its kinda hard to say. Hopefully a botanist chimes in, my curiosity has been tweaked lol,Not a rookie question at all man. When you take cuttings and send them back into veg they have another chance to express new or varying phenotypes. Like when you self a plant and then grow out the offspring - they will not all be identical. Best wishes
Ummm??? Here in Canada i thought its illegal to sell a cutting!!! As of April or May I believe, home grows became illegal. There is an injunction in place but pretty sure clone sales are still against the law. I may be wrong here cause I am not a patient.
