Cloning and selecting Mother plants

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Now that I have 5 confirmed female clones for my next grow, I am thinking of selecting one A-Train and one B-Train to be Mother plants.

I have a couple questions/statements I’d like to throw out there before I make my descision:

  1. I assume that I should choose the healthiest looking ones to be Mothers?

  2. If I decide to take all to flower and harvest clones from them in their veg stage, how many generations do you think it would take before the strains start to degrade?

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Choose the healthiest, and you should replace your mothers once a year. So after a year, you’ll want to flower her out. Then start over. @Originalgazelle

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@Covertgrower So it is better to have a dedicated first generation clone Mother instead of taking clones from clones right?

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@Originalgazelle there’s a lot of debate about this. The answer depends on the person. I clone from clones, it suits my grow space. I don’t really have space for a mother.
Supposedly after about the 5th generation of cloning from a clone it loses potency. I don’t know for sure as I get bored with a strain, and on to the next. Unless it’s super fire!
Some people have claimed (with no scientific examination) they’ve cloned beyond the 5th generation of clones, and they seem fine. Again this just depends on the grower.

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I know I’m kind of ahead of myself but it just takes so long to get the Train Rollin! Pun intended lol

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No such thing! Plan ahead. My tent is 2 grows ahead, and I haven’t finished flowering the first ones I started! Lol @Originalgazelle

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I’m already planning my 3rd-5th grows and number 1 is not in the books yet. While 2 just got started.

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When you do this tag every thing so say you have 4 plants abcd, plant a grew a little faster but had slow vigor in flower and filled out a little different. Then plant b is shorter but stocky and fills out great but not the height you wanted but kills the smoke test. So on and so forth then you pick your mother depending on what your like and needs are. And you found one from plant c and one from plant b. I have not had problem with loosing potency but here is were genetics and the way you breed come into play. Also you can get you vigor back from you mother plant by putting it in the sunshine or you can take a cellular cutting from your mother plant. Keep a note book to take notes on your clones and measure the stalks and height so it’s easier to compare and make your selection i even compare wet bud weight. I believe there’s something like a spread sheet for this somewhere. Hope This helps you

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