HOW LONG CAN YOU CLONE TILL THE GENETICS LOSE POTENCY OVERTIME?

GreenestBasterd

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Had my purple cheddar clone since 2014, still just as tasty and potent as the first run!!
If you thinks it’s going “downhill” a common tip is to take the clone or mother plant and rejuvenate it outdoors in the summer sun then either clone again or pop back into your mother room.
 

Tracker

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A long time ago I had a clone of Pure Kush that certainly was several generations old, and I continued it on at least 10 generations. It was consistently dank every time. Quality, aroma, yield never degraded.
 

Tolerance Break

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Think of anything alive.
The youngest has the most vigor. When something alive gets old it becomes weaker more susceptible to disease etc. Not magic elves. Basic biology
Trees, alligators, and fungus would beg to differ. There is a biological ceiling to how large a plant can get, but the act of cloning more or less restarts the cycle.
 

V256.420

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1 million licks to get to the center of a tootsie............................what thread is this again? :eyesmoke:
 

T.H.Cammo

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I think the reason some people are concerned that clones will eventually "lose something", or deteriorate over time, is because of the way they percieve clones in the first place. As stated above, clones are thought of as "an EXACT replica", or in other cases the cloning process is thought of in terms of generations. It's not about replicas or generations.

It's the same damn plant! It is literally a cutting of the same plant. There is no replicating or generating involved. We've all heard of a lizard growing a new tail - well it's kind of like that, only, in reverse. It's like a lizard's tail growing a new lizard (sort of) - just a whole lot less complicated! IT'S THE SAME DAMN PLANT!
 

Fishbulb

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I have a clone of a clone of clone........that 6 year old now and she's fine I'd say I've clone over 30 times from the original plant
 

Manidoo

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Chem91 SKVA 30 years old this summer and is still one of the hardest of cuts to aquire unless you want a S1? I don't see anyone with the original Bubba Kush or OG saying anything but positive words run after run either and those are pushing towards 30 as well.
 

Herb & Suds

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Chem91 SKVA 30 years old this summer and is still one of the hardest of cuts to aquire unless you want a S1? I don't see anyone with the original Bubba Kush or OG saying anything but positive words run after run either and those are pushing towards 30 as well.
Welcome to RIU new member :weed:
 

Star Dog

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Chem91 SKVA 30 years old this summer and is still one of the hardest of cuts to aquire unless you want a S1? I don't see anyone with the original Bubba Kush or OG saying anything but positive words run after run either and those are pushing towards 30 as well.
Do you have any photos of your 30 year old?
 
genetic drift is a real phenomenon but that usually occurs over a long period of time...

I read a while back that a few different cuttings of famous grape wine grapes were actually the same plant mutated over time...

theoretically the grapes became different over thousandths of years....

now im assuming we are talking about vigor...

Dj suggested that if a clone got weak on him he would put it outside to kind of regenerate the roots and it would be good as new...
 

Star Dog

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genetic drift is a real phenomenon but that usually occurs over a long period of time...

I read a while back that a few different cuttings of famous grape wine grapes were actually the same plant mutated over time...

theoretically the grapes became different over thousandths of years....

now im assuming we are talking about vigor...

Dj suggested that if a clone got weak on him he would put it outside to kind of regenerate the roots and it would be good as new...
I've read that before?

Iirc it was something regarding looking after/maintaining bonsai mothers, idk who dj short is but it's possible that I read his article on UK420 a decade ago?

Did he use a the name "old timer" by chance?
 
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