Yeah that's what I was thinking. Gotta get those bag appeal strains. Are those clones easy to find or hard as well? And how much should I expect to pay per clone?
It depends on where you live how hard or easy it is to find good strains. I pay $10. each. Used to be $20 but they lowered the price. But you can buy one plant of each strain you want and then take your own clones after that. It's a cost efficient way to grow.
Growing from clones is the ONLY way to get repeatable results and make the same phenotype available for months/years. Growing from clones lowers the quality? That is an extremely misinformed statement. You get top quality bud (and propagate it) by starting with a lot of seeds and finding the best genotype/phenotype, then dialing in your system to get the full potential of the strain/phenotype, and learn how to propagate from cuttings without stressing them so you can keep producing that awesome genotype/phenotype for years. Even with expensive top shelf strains, it you grow 10 seeds you will see some variation (if you keep them healthy and vigorous). There might be 1 that is head and shoulders above the rest. It doesn't have to be 'OG' to get over $2000/lb in CA. You get what it's worth. The problem is that most people think that what they are growing is better than it actually is. It takes a lot of work (and some skill) to dial in a setup that consistently produces top quality buds. If you don't want to sell to a dispensary (most dispensaries in CA are delivery services), just get an account on weedmaps or post a craigslist add and start you're own delivery service. It's perfectly legal in CA as long as you have a recommendation and you only sell to people with a recommendation. If you don't have a doctor's recommendation, most dispensaries won't deal with you (at least around here). EDIT: You can also grow legally and provide to dispensaries legally (and buy from dispensaries if you want) if you have a patient sign the paper that makes you their care giver. I grew and provided to a dispensary for a few years in WA (quite a few years ago) before I became a patient myself. I had one pheno that I propagated for almost 15 years.
As far as growing from clones lowering the quality, I personally find that just about any strain that is 40% - 50% or more sativa doesn't show it's full potential until it's 3-5 months old (in veg). That's kind of difficult to do indoors without cloning.
"Growing from clones lowers the quality? That is an extremely misinformed statement." ^^^^ - very misinformed. I've been growing an "MOB" strain a friend of mine gave me almost 10 years ago now and the results today are as consistent as when I first got the cut way back then. Once a year or so I'll simply save a good plant to use as a mother so I've probably taken "cuttings from cuttings" 20-30 times or probably even more now with no decrease in quality. And you're very right about the phenotype. Starting ten seeds, a hundred seeds and you'll only hope to find the pheno you really want and when you do, cloning is the only real way to hang onto that specific phenotype. J
I am so sorry I have no clue about dispenseries, im on the East coast and its laughable how behind we are lol. BUT something I read really caught my attn. Cloning the seed plant decreases the the potency each generation? I have to call NANS on that. I cant fathom that holding true. Please explain Sent from my HTCEVOV4G using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Decreased quality from multiple generation cuttings is misinformed stoner science perpetuated on MJ forums. A cutting is an exact copy of the original and remains so for many decades if the mother plants are healthy. Genetic drift is only a problem if the plant is infected with a disease or virus. PW