Seeds Vs Clones

tip top toker

tip top toker

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i like clones now :)

simple reason being if i have a strain, i clone it, and i acidentally destroy it with the swift wrath of jebodiah, then, ah, i just cut another one :) instead of having to pop another pricey bean :)
 
thewinghunter

thewinghunter

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seeds have been going fastert han my clones. i masteres germinations, 100% germ rate. quick easy and they are a foot tall in a few weeks
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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tip top toker said:
i like clones now :)

simple reason being if i have a strain, i clone it, and i acidentally destroy it with the swift wrath of jebodiah, then, ah, i just cut another one :) instead of having to pop another pricey bean :)
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not sure if it's really vaguely relevant but it came to my head, i remember the documentary about the boy who had his weeeener taken off and turned into a girl, he started to hermie later on in life, but instead of growing balls he just shot himself in the head with a shotgun.

only reason i use fem when i use seeds is i have space limitatios, else it would be reg's all the way

edit, was mant to quote shamus :P
 
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max420thc

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pushed to seeds? it takes little space to clone and a temperature of around 77 degrees.a cfl and a 1ft by 2 ft space.
 
Lubda Nugs

Lubda Nugs

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I went with clones for a few of reasons.
1. I'm a legal med patient and I have a huge variety of clones available to me.
2. Clones are cheaper, I paid $90 and got 6 huge females. The largest were already 12" or so.
3. No international shipping, I can go down the street and pick up clones.
 
delstele

delstele

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like stated above they both have there advantage and disadvantages, As far as fem seed I just got my first batch this time around so the jury is still out on them. I hope there as advertised I guess I'm gonna find out soon enough.
 
sven deisel

sven deisel

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i just started messing with seeds as of late have alway done clones but wants so new stuff in the arsenal. i do sog so i think seed sucks they seem way to slow for me clones all day
 
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JustinThyme

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I will only clone in the event that I find something so special I can't wait to get more seeds or it shows pheno's im looking for but I hope to polinate a few crosses this harvest and come up with some seeds to toy around with.. not to mention, I have had an indica mother produce strong sativa pheno clones and that might sound crazy but I have seen some wild shit already with clones,... and they are much slower than my seeds... I have seeds that are twice the size in half the time... I don't like clones...

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Tagh

Tagh

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Only reason I'd buy seeds is to find my mother/s.
But that's because my style of growing.
If you just do outdoor you may have to get seeds every year if ya can't buy clones.
When it comes to fem seeds I wouldn't buy any unless I had to for that particular strain, Reserva's O.G for example.
 
panooq

panooq

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I like the excitement of growing from seed. When you get clones, you know exactly what you're getting, no variance.

RIght now I'm preparing to breed sativa and indica strains and hoping for some hybrid vigor. It's a little more interesting for me. Right now, there are 4 plants from the hashbomb strain by bomb genetics and they're already showing some slight variety of genetic traits. Exciting.

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The one in the very far corner is acting like it may grow with thinner leaves, while all the other 3 are looking like they will have the traditional indica wide leaves.
 
Cedrus

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I like clones because you know right off the bat that they're female and going to become pretty identical to the mother. However, as an outdoor grower, I personally prefer seeds. You can buy a pack of good genetic seeds and all you have to do is weed out the males a month or so after planting. Seeds started outdoors just seem to do better than the clones I bring out from an indoor grow. In particular, I like the symmetry that seed grown plants produce because I do a sort of LST that works best if the branches are all aligned.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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Cedrus said:
I like the symmetry that seed grown plants produce because I do a sort of LST that works best if the branches are all aligned.
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I find just the opposite. Clones are exact genetic replicas of the mother. Seeds are a crap shoot. You could get one squat, Indica leaning plant, and the one right beside it from the same pack could stretch like a mo-fo. If you want symmetry then clones are where it's at IMO.
 
jimdandy

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Due to the Clandestine small Black Op Stealth grows that take place in my closet in the Nazi minded conservative Midwest US, I stick to Fems and have GREAT success. I research heavy before I drop a seed, because I do not have time to waste on mediocre strains. My favorite breeder to this point is Reserva Privada. Everything I have done from them has been pure Fire! ( Kandy, Sour, Kosher Kush) The few people that I allow to sample my buds are just blown away with the quality. I take no credit! I believe its in the genetics. But I will take credit for learning to be patient and dialing my grow area in and not being greedy1
 
kmog33

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st0wandgrow said:
I find just the opposite. Clones are exact genetic replicas of the mother. Seeds are a crap shoot. You could get one squat, Indica leaning plant, and the one right beside it from the same pack could stretch like a mo-fo. If you want symmetry then clones are where it's at IMO.
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Uniformity and symmetry are two different things. And seeds are definitely more symmetrical than clones are. But clones are more uniform than seeds are and you do know what you're getting yourself into. Im a seed guy personally. Good seeds just seem to do better than clones.

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jimdandy

jimdandy

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canna_420 said:
Ever thought about why the best breeders dont do fem (some are now only because of people asking but some dont like them)
Their the evil of the seed business!
No such thing as 100% female seeds you can get the same results from reg seed if you do things right. With reg seed their not self breed with herm pollen.
Serious maybe releasing some soon but not buy choice. as Simon said he despises them but thinks their a good idea for them who can grow reg seed and keep them fem and also them without space for mums-clones otherwise they wouldn't be doing them.
What makes things worse is company's sell them as an answer to all female crops when keeping them female is a challenge not something a new grower should think about. Finding a true female in a pack of regular is better than finding 5 from 5 fem seeds. Fem seeds have no real good points
Their not reliable for parent stock, their made with self (hermie) pollen and carry alot of mutation from over inbreeding (DP Blueberry for example).

Their only good if their free!
Mind in saying that I have seen them Dutch Quality not DP same price as regular for Strawberry Smile (Strawberry Cough) White weed ( White Widow) Mazari Skunk( Mazar)
Skunk#1(Skunk#1) all the same price as the regular from DP same company did have some regular lines like - bubbleberry, White Russian - 27 - Moroccan hash but unsure if their gonna be listing them at london seeds
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I think fems are advantageous to us small scale growers. But I have a nice stash of regulars that I intend to use in the future for breeding projects when Im set up for it. lately I only grow one plant at a time. And even though it's a crap shoot, I have had great success and some damn good yields since I learned patience and training.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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kmog33 said:
Uniformity and symmetry are two different things. And seeds are definitely more symmetrical than clones are. But clones are more uniform than seeds are and you do know what you're getting yourself into. Im a seed guy personally. Good seeds just seem to do better than clones.

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You're right, my mistake. He was talking about opposing nodes ....... :dunce:
 
Behind Dark Clouds

Behind Dark Clouds

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Clones are great for when you have something that is so amazing that you would want to keep around. The seeds are awesome because they are a crap shoot, sometimes you can get the golden goat and sometimes you get the black sheep.

Clones also don't produce the same taproot as Seeds do and what that means to me is the seed based plants have a stronger root system. What a stronger root system does is make sure your plants get fed, they can take a little more stress, and the overall life is better.
 
beanzz

beanzz

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With seeds you usually get better growth and it's like Easter and you get to hunt for cool variants of the strain. Clones seem kind of boring to me.
 
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