Q: difference between 1st 2nd & 3rd generation plants

I have 2nd generation clones from a friend and vegging them to mothers. will my 3rd generation ladies be healthy and produce quality and quanity like the 1st generation females??

Thats a good question. You would think it would be just as strong, as long as there grown the same because its basically like taking the same seed and planting it twice.

yes they will

yes and no....

Have you ever seen the movie multiplicity? its kinda like that if ya make a copy of a copy the copy wont be as clear as the first.

Usually when a breeder/ grower clones and they are getting a new mother they go for the biggest strongest woman they have to carry on those genes.

Your plant should be fine if it was from a good strong mother just dont go too far past 3rd gen, unless it is the biggest strongest

ThatGuy1985 said:

yes and no....

Have you ever seen the movie multiplicity? its kinda like that if ya make a copy of a copy the copy wont be as clear as the first.

Usually when a breeder/ grower clones and they are getting a new mother they go for the biggest strongest woman they have to carry on those genes.

Your plant should be fine if it was from a good strong mother just dont go too far past 3rd gen, unless it is the biggest strongest

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This is not true. You clone and clone and clone to as many generations as you like without loss of anything. When you clone you aren't copying the plant, you are continuing the life of the same plant, just seperate from the first part of the plant.

Clip after clip after clip it's always going to be the same plant.

OregonMeds said:

This is not true. You clone and clone and clone to as many generations as you like without loss of anything. When you clone you aren't copying the plant, you are continuing the life of the same plant, just seperate from the first part of the plant.

Clip after clip after clip it's always going to be the same plant.

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then why would you have a mother when all you would need to do is clone from a plant you had vegging that was a copy of the mother

ThatGuy1985 said:

then why would you have a mother when all you would need to do is clone from a plant you had vegging that was a copy of the mother

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You can do it either way, many people don't have a mother and do clone clones repeatedly. Just make sure you are good at cloning so you don't loose a batch and run into a dead end. If your aerocloner dies on a run you could be SOL.

it goes back and forth some say it get's better some say worse no body no's

OregonMeds said:

This is not true. You clone and clone and clone to as many generations as you like without loss of anything. When you clone you aren't copying the plant, you are continuing the life of the same plant, just seperate from the first part of the plant.

Clip after clip after clip it's always going to be the same plant.

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good points.

I'm with this school of thought as well.

sorry guys, no such thing as a school of thought if its factual! things like environment can change phenotype but that is a different thing

ok guys the answer is vitually forever....unless you get a virus or something along that line clones are just cuttings and while they will ocasionaly mutate,not every one you took is going to.And actually very seldom will unless you actually do something to induce a mutation purposfully.
Choice plants of all kinds not just mj have been cloned for centuries.....outdoor plants as well as indoor.The apple tree for instance is cloned by grafting routinely,as well as most fruits and flowers sold as cultivars.Growing from seed would lose that type and is not used often,except in hybrids with strick controlls and inbreeding and this is usually crops that can not be cloned at all .......wheat,corn soybeans ect..

Oregonmeds and Breedtheweed have it right.

I've had the experience of a plant getting more potent through the third generation. The strain was Cindy-99.

Also, I've been growing the same strain, from the same mom, for three years now. Having the strain really dialed in as far as nutrient needs, ect does nothing but improve the overall results both in yield and quality.

Vi