hello cloudz2600,i tried cloning on my 1st grow last year,so i`m fairly new 2 this.i managed 2 get one to root out of 4.this clone never grew much more than 6inches tall,but was very bushy.it flowered well past its mother was harvested,and i ended up with virtually a solid ball of weed about the size of a grapefruit,like a big round solid cola.i got half an ounce of dried weed from her.great smoke as well.i took the clones at 4 weeks from seed,coz they wernt big enough b4 that.the mother plant was fine,and i got 2 and half ounces from her.i would not have got half an ounce off the branch that ended up the clone.i`m not trying 2 prove you wrong cloudz,i`m sure you know your stuff,and a lot more than i do.i mite have just got lucky with the plant i used,idk.thought this mite be of interest to you.