Is this a suitable way to get a mother plant?

[Hunt4Hazez]

Grow a strain from seed. Take cuts in veg. flower out plants from seed. Remove Males from seed, and cut. Use the cut from the best plant as a mother.

Or do you have to use the plant from seed as the mother. (I heard something about using cut's watering down the genes over time)

 

[Guest]

Not true about the cuts otherwise strains like Williams Wonder, and Diesel would suck.
Cervantes has corrected his book to include this.
I do bonsai mums and found that it is better to start from a clone. I usually make a bonsai from seed, then after the keeper is found ,start again from a clone.

This is only because I can keep the main stem shorter and the plant height shorter for my needs.

 

[Hunt4Hazez]

Sounds good thanks.

 

[DocLeaf]

clones are best taken from seed-plants in our experience,

old mother plants (from seed or clone) soon get "played-out" after a while

remember cannabis is an annual

hope this helps
peace dleaf

 

[MedUser420]

clones are best taken from seed-plants in our experience,

old mother plants (from seed or clone) soon get "played-out" after a while

remember cannabis is an annual

hope this helps
peace dleaf

If that were the case, all the old elites clone onlys, I have would be "played-out". Trust me the 20+ year old Original Vancouver Is. Hashplant and Ae77 Cali Orange mothers arent "played-out" and never will be.

 

[dafatguy]

It'll work fine check the bonsai mums thread for more info.Just keep em healthi an they should last as long as you wanna keep em.