On the other hand, it may depend on your life circumstances at the time which one is a better strategy for you.
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Next Post Previous Post. What are the benefits and drawbacks to each? When might you want to use one over the other? You can pick the gender of the plant you want to grow. That means you can easily purchase feminine-only high value plant seeds. By shopping for specific seeds, from an established seed bank, you can have a very accurate idea of what your plant will look like and its characteristics as far as yield, quality, and flowering time. CONS: Not all seeds will germinate, so you have to account for some failures right off the bat.
It can take a little bit more time, again, because you have to wait for the seed to germinate, etc The costs can certainly add up, if you are purchasing seeds for every single grow cycle.
A clone is a cutting from a mature plant that you can replant that will grow into a new plant. Once the clones root, you can save a lot of time. CONS: Compared to seeds, which you can buy many places online, you need to have access to a source of mother plants in real life. Either from your own grows or from someone that you trust who can provide them. Many people have questions when trying to determine whether they should use seeds or clones.
Here are a few of those questions:. Clones take less time because they are cut from a grown plant and already have a head start on root development. Seeds also need to germinate before going through the vegetative and flowering stage, adding weeks to their development. The fact that clones grow faster also means there is a lower yield. Yes, many dispensaries sell clones or seeds to either licensed or recreational growers.
This depends on the laws in your area. Clones cannot be shipped via mail like seeds, so they must be purchased or obtained from individuals or stores. Just like you would online, research where you plan to buy your clones so that you can ensure healthy and potent plants with good yields.
Typically, No. Any plant grown from seed will have the genetic makeup of both the male and female parents. If your female clone develops seeds, it has been pollinated by a male. However, the process of selfing can induce a female clone to produce a male flower. The pollen from that flower is used to self-fertilize the female flower on the same plant. The fertilized female flower then produces feminized clone seeds.
These seeds will produce identical plants because the clone pollinated itself. Yes, you can make feminized seeds from clones. This is because it does not matter if the plant is from clones or seeds. The important thing is getting the clone to produce seeds, and then following the same process to feminize those seeds. As long as the clone is female, you can fertilize it using any other male plant.
This is because clones are branches without roots, and the first thing they develop after being planted is a root system. Compared to seedlings, clones are weaker because they do not have a taproot that travels deeper into the soil, offering support, and reaching water and nutrients located deep within.
Clones also develop a single node, meaning a single branch per node, while cannabis plants from seeds develop two-sided nodes, meaning that they develop twice the number of branches per plant, yielding more than the clones. Although it is quite challenging to clone autoflowering strains of marijuana, it is not impossible.
Some growers claim to have done it successfully but were not rewarded in terms of yields. Therefore, if you are doing it on an experimental basis, give it a try; however, it is hardly ever recommended.
Enjoy delicious, all natural bud home! Check your email for a link to download your free grow guide! Get our free grow guide! Join over 10, homegrowers! July 10, And so on. I find growing an Indica longer in veg you obtain greater yields but you need more room in your tent. Meaning i started from seed then clone then clone then clone. For a perpetual garden from 1 great strain. But Good Try!! Theres a black and white difference between clones and seedlings, taproots, which allows all seedlings to uptake more water and more nutrients than any clone, google it, its not just in this article.
I live in South Australia and prefer to grow from seed then after 18 months graft a desired cultivar onto that seedling, I grow about 20 citrus trees in my back yard which all produced great crops not to mention all of my peach, apple and other types of trees I have, I have made trees from cuttings and gave them away and after quite a few years some of those trees died and some still going strong.
Both my mango trees grew from seed and were never grafted as that type of mango seed is true to type and both trees produce bumper crops each year. All of my trees have have a good tap root which is important here as rainfall is as rare as tits on a bull. Do Cannas with a tap root grown from seeds over winter better than clones. We would think so too.
Then plant come spring when danger of frost has passed. Voila — lots of new cannas! Your email address will not be published. Seeds A plant grown from seed is capable of yielding more than a cloned offspring. Items to help you out in your projects: Super Starter Plugs provide an ideal air-to-water ratio to give plants the best start possible.
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