The clone store?

All over Craigslist, and on weedmaps, looks like a bona fide licensed dispensary and lists lots of clones. And more or less local. I get to Denver every few weeks.

Any reports on their clones in terms of clone health and genetics?

After growing a mass amount of a strain I don't really care for too well in 2013, I am hesitant to order a load of new seed and end up throwing a pile of energy and money into something I won't consume. No regrets growing last year. First time since the 70's growing, I learned a ton and was really successful, and love the hobby. But... a lot of time energy and dollars I can't afford to waste like that.

Seems a few select clones would be the way to go this season as long as genetics are accurate and clones are healthy.

Also interested in people's strategies for finding/growing strains that specifically work for you. Hate to be this way, but I am super picky. Have to be when most "medicine" leaves me feeling worse than better. Only a few things work for me, and it's a waste to spend spend spend on stuff that doesn't!


BTW, I have searched and read the other threads on this forum. I'm looking for first hand experience with TCS clones, not theory/conjecture. Thanks

I picked up a couple clones from La Conte's central location a few months back. They're happy and healthy, and near done flowering. No bugs, though I did treat them with a pesticide that nearly killed them (EcoSmart) while they were in quarantine. They both rebounded well, though.

Cheers!

Jus Naturale said:

I picked up a couple clones from La Conte's central location a few months back. They're happy and healthy, and near done flowering. No bugs, though I did treat them with a pesticide that nearly killed them (EcoSmart) while they were in quarantine. They both rebounded well, though.

Cheers!

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Thanks. What strains?

Edit: regarding bugs, I figure drenching foliage with spinosad, BT soaking the soil and neem in the soil when transplanting is part of the process of receiving/growing from clones.

A friend is growing a LOT of clones from the clone store currently. No problems at all, and their bud is pretty good quality as well. Smoking their grape krush as i type this

Thanks guys,

Jake, great to hear!


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turnip brain said:

Thanks guys,

Jake, great to hear!


What happened to the like function?

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Disabled. Was crashing the server.

turnip brain said:

Thanks. What strains?

Edit: regarding bugs, I figure drenching foliage with spinosad, BT soaking the soil and neem in the soil when transplanting is part of the process of receiving/growing from clones.

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I got a Banana Kush and a Blue God.




Cheers!

That's good to hear.. I've heard mixed reviews for the clone store back in the day, but I've been waiting for some 303 gear for a while now so it's great to hear they have some reasonable clones so I can have something going while I wait for beans...

Jus Naturale said:

I got a Banana Kush and a Blue God.
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Cheers!

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Purty! Surprised that it looks like you have them in the vicinity of mint... powdery mildew magnet plant!

Does TCS or Lacontes do males?

turnip brain said:

Does TCS or Lacontes do males?

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It's hard enuff to find decent females.. U won't find males at dispos and if they did have em they wouldn't be studs or anything.. If breeding is your plan, I would skip clones all together and get seeds.

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It's hard enuff to find decent females.. U won't find males at dispos and if they did have em they wouldn't be studs or anything.. If breeding is your plan, I would skip clones all together and get seeds.

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Fair enough. I did order Pakistan Chitral Kush in reg, so should get a few males, hopefully can propogate a large batch of seed from these and cross pollinate some female clones or other seed grown females with it.

Hmm, I think almost all my other seeds are feminized. Any issues pollinating females from feminized seed?

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Purty! Surprised that it looks like you have them in the vicinity of mint... powdery mildew magnet plant!

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Mmmm banana kush. Lookin bomb.

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Jus Naturale said:

I picked up a couple clones from La Conte's central location a few months back. They're happy and healthy, and near done flowering. No bugs, though I did treat them with a pesticide that nearly killed them (EcoSmart) while they were in quarantine. They both rebounded well, though.

Cheers!

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Thanks Jus Naturale - I have an uncle that gets mmj from La Conte's; Let me know how your clones turn out (epecially if hermy) and maybe I will try some on my next grow.

Everything the clone store sells are cut off first or second gen mothers from feminized seed- fyi

Thanks for the comments, all! The mint just loves the HPS, and I'm in there fiddling with them a lot, so I'm not terribly concerned. RH is generally pretty low too. As for herming, I haven't seen a pollen sac or nanner, just frosty flowers, but well see what happens at harvest. I did clip a small branch of the banana as a Super Bowl sample, and it smelled grrrrreat!

By the way, I've never seen males at dispensaries.

Cheers!