I know this has been spoken about a lot and there are different opinions on either side but with new information coming to light every year and knowledge improving I think it’s good to see where everyone’s thoughts are on this topic.
For years I swore by never 're’cloning and always keeping mother stock, ideally keeping the original chosen pheno in seed form as the mother. I was under the belief that each time something is cloned off a clone it’s full genetic profile is weakened. I’ve since heard this is not true.
My current situation doesn’t allow me to keep mother plants, not enough room unfortunately. So each time something goes in to flower I take a few cuts then run them again. I’m running about 12 varieties at the moment trying to narrow that down to what is best in my climate and what I like to smoke.
What I noticed first is the genetics have improved over a few runs mainly because the conditions changed from indoor to out… my main question is: is there any proof genetics are weakened by continual cloning off a clone? And if anyone has done it for years I’m curious to hear your observations and results