thats what most people do lmao once you determined you have a true mother and a plant that shows good characteristics like fast grower , big yielder healthy then most growers will set it aside as a mother i have done for years is when i flip to flower take a clone or 2 from each plant this giving me my next grow and so onYa i did the same thing, i took clones before i put them into flower, but it turned out they were all female and now i was thinking about just continuing to do this over and over again. it would save me some room for sure. and one less on the plant count.