Do Seeds take longer to finish?
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goldberg71b
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Clones will always be faster.
1- They're taken from a mature plant.
When from seed you shouldn't flip until there are 5 blades leaves minimum. After 5 bladed leaves a plant is considered mature.
2- seeds require germination and are fragile for the first 1-2 weeks.
Clones are already rooted and mature. So you only need to veg for as long as you want to. Longer veg more production in the end.
3- clones should be taken from a selected female. So if using regular seeds no need to determine sex of plant. Even fem seeds that don't need sexing still needed to be selected. Asssuming you want clones from the best plants.
There are other reasons but if speed is your biggest concern clone wins hands down. Especially with sativas.
1- They're taken from a mature plant.
When from seed you shouldn't flip until there are 5 blades leaves minimum. After 5 bladed leaves a plant is considered mature.
2- seeds require germination and are fragile for the first 1-2 weeks.
Clones are already rooted and mature. So you only need to veg for as long as you want to. Longer veg more production in the end.
3- clones should be taken from a selected female. So if using regular seeds no need to determine sex of plant. Even fem seeds that don't need sexing still needed to be selected. Asssuming you want clones from the best plants.
There are other reasons but if speed is your biggest concern clone wins hands down. Especially with sativas.
Dr. Who
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Like Goldberg say's.
The difference in time is that time between the seed getting to the same point as when you put the rooted clone into it's media.
rkymtnman
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kind of unfair. a seed is a seed and a clone is a semi mature plant.
It will depend on how you are comparing them If you have a clone you've just taken or has rooted and a seed you've just germinated then yes the clone is of course going to be quicker as it's much further along in it's cycle but if you are comparing them at the same stage of development(so the seed has germinated and has multiple nodes and so does the clone) then they should be growing at about the same pace
WeedFreak78
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Clones, generally, take around 10-14 day's from cutting until they have established roots and can be flowered. Seeds take, generally, around 4+weeks from seed till they are sexually mature.
Both will finish flowering the same, clones or seed, doesn't matter as far as finishing flower is concerned, if that's what you meant.
Both will finish flowering the same, clones or seed, doesn't matter as far as finishing flower is concerned, if that's what you meant.
WeedFreak78
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A plant is mature when it shows preflowers at the nodes, nothing else determines maturity. I have 2 week old seedlings that are putting out 5 blade leaves on their second set , they are no where near mature.
chemphlegm
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they both finish at the same time with mature trichomes happening side by side with seeded or cloned plants
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DaveInCave
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I guess it also depends a lot on your workflow.
If you have mother plants and a perpetual set up with a clone room, or if you can buy rooted clones legally then clones are faster by 2-4 weeks.
But for example a friend of mine lives in an illegal state and grows only 1-2 plants a time, and was wondering whether to pop a seed for the next grow or to take a clone for his next grow (basically comparing a seed from day 0 to a clone from day 0) and he told me in the end the difference was than a week at in favor of the clone.
If you have mother plants and a perpetual set up with a clone room, or if you can buy rooted clones legally then clones are faster by 2-4 weeks.
But for example a friend of mine lives in an illegal state and grows only 1-2 plants a time, and was wondering whether to pop a seed for the next grow or to take a clone for his next grow (basically comparing a seed from day 0 to a clone from day 0) and he told me in the end the difference was than a week at in favor of the clone.