cuttings do they degenerate

hi all out there [ me pal got some ak48 cuttings of plants from seed he has just took cuttings of them and intends to take cuttings from those cuttings
he was just wondering will the quality and yield be diminished as you keep taking cuttings if any one can help would be greatly appreciated cheers

No quality or yield will not diminish as long as the plant material is healthy. You can do it forever. That's how new mothers are made.

nope 23 yrs same strain......pull starts just before I go 12/12..... 5 times a year......so thats 115 times.... clone of a clone of a clone


Cloning from seed....the clone always seem to grow better

some people say quality decreases but i think thats bullshit. how come some of the BEST STRAINS are clone only?...must not do that much lol

DNA does not degenerate in this sense. And often times growers find that their clones do better than their original plant from seed as it adapts better to its environment with successive generations

rikdabrick said:

DNA does not degenerate in this sense. And often times growers find that their clones do better than their original plant from seed as it adapts better to its environment with successive generations

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fucking love this comment - after all, the whole world and everything in it is evolving

it's stuff like that the makes me buzz about growing just as much as the smoke... we are dictating the evolution of a species

I have taken clones of clones of clones for 5 yrs and smoke was always as good as the first.

cindysid said:

No quality or yield will not diminish as long as the plant material is healthy. You can do it forever. That's how new mothers are made.

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cheers cindy thanks for info nice one if that your photo you look hot to

sounds very reasonable information cheers

beautiful thinkin

here here....

cheers colonnuggs plant looks mint what flavour is it and what you get of that one ..good work

root231 said:

cheers colonnuggs plant looks mint what flavour is it and what you get of that one ..good work

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thanks mate....90 skunk...6 ozers

i dont think it effects the genetics i had a banana og clone was like a 5 generation clone and it was the best ive grown

I also clone off clones, and DNA doesn't change but the longer your grow clones the greater the chance is for a disease or infection to ruin the strain forever.

Grojak said:

I also clone off clones, and DNA doesn't change but the longer your grow clones the greater the chance is for a disease or infection to ruin the strain forever.

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There is some evidence that genetics do change:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/110729.html

I have been cloning clones ever since I decided mother plants were for the birds. I have never had a problem. However, I do clone more clones than I need, and take the best ones, as well as taking more clones from the plant out of my standard group of 4 that has performed the best. So, if there is genetic variation, my system is programmed to make the best of it.

I know it's because I'm baked, but as soon as I saw "degenerate" the first thing that came into my mind is that tripe filled mong Fred Durst. Just thought I'd share that with you all and good day to you.

Great info. This may change the way i do things.

She is sexy as hell bro!!! what strain is it?