DrGreenFinger
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If you repeatedly exchange your mother plant for her offspring, how long would it be before you experienced a decline in quality with the strain?
Exchanging mother plant for her offspring.
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Keenly
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in my honest opinion.... never
think of it like this
its the same DNA, and im almost 99% sure there is no loss in DNA strains when you clone
you can clone a clone a clone a clone a clone
think of it like this
its the same DNA, and im almost 99% sure there is no loss in DNA strains when you clone
you can clone a clone a clone a clone a clone
DrGreenFinger
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Thanks for the reply. But, the truth is that at some point there will be a decline in quality. Check it out.
potorlando
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I am sure the decline in quality has to do with the overall degredation of the DNA. Just as in humans, DNA degrades with age. If you take 20 clones (one every 3 months say), your final clones will have the DNA of a 5 year old plant. I'm not sure how long MJ lives (depends on strain) but I'd guess a 1 year old plant has a better chance of growing vigourously than a 5 year old (imaging cloning a human over and over, a clone from a 70 year old would show degredation vs. A clone from a 13 year old.... Or am I wrong?).
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Call it POTs theory on Pot.... 45 mins to 420, yeah!!
DrGreenFinger
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Anyone?...please...
Kushcrosser
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I have been clonin the same strain for 11 yrs, and I havnt noticed any change in potency. I dont keep a mother either, I just cut clones off of my clones. When the plants are ready to bud, I just take enough for my next crop. By the time my crop is done, my new clones are ready to take thier place.
DrGreenFinger
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Kushcrosser
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Yep...if you find a strain you like..you will do whatever it takes to keep it alive...if it means giving clones to a buddy if you have to quit for a while..you have do what you gotta do! A few ppl I know grow this clone..its not going anywhere,,I just wish I knew where the genetics came from. I bought the clone from a guy for $150 bucks 11 yrs ago, and all he said was..its kush. I have grown alot of diff strains, and nothing can top it.
DrGreenFinger
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Straight up? Look up various strains and compare their characteristics. I stumbled up on Purple Kush, and through research found it to be the purp.
My buddy called me one night excited. He was with his boy who got a call from his cousin, a Detroit fireman. When grow houses catch fire they put the fire out and vamp the plants after cops split. My boy was with them as they were cuttin' plants so I told him to get 'em to let him keep a plant after they cut the buds. I advised we could revive the plant if the leave enough foliage.
To make a long story, short, when I got my hands on a clone it demonstrated every characteristic. The smell (and area) lead me to think kush. When I noticed a dieing leaf turning purple I did my research. Everything else matched especially "extremely low yield". I remember reading "needs to be supported..." and I couldn't comprehend because it grows on a typical indica frame (thick stalk) and every report says "extremely low yield". Both are true. Go figure.
ElBarto
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You gotta love it when someone answers OPs question and he argues with him. If you already know the answer, then why ask the question, smart one?Thanks for the reply. But, the truth is that at some point there will be a decline in quality. Check it out.
DNA does not degrade.
ElBarto
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DrGreenFinger
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well mr.-superior-intellect, if you read my original question it was "in how long" and not if it will degrade. some reading classes may help. and save your sarcasm, you don't have a point.
DrGreenFinger
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...or not. Anyway, thanks for the post, keenly.Thanks for the reply. But, the truth is that at some point there will be a decline in quality. Check it out.