It's almost impossible to roll a joint after you've been trimming weed, paper sticks to your fingers
I don't think it matters smaller or bigger for success, i find it matters more top or bottom of plant for me.
i like smaller clones 2-3 nodes to fit dome and because i have to start cloning two months before may 24 to get 200 clones ready for when people want them. Small ones end up big and big one end up huge and drink a solo cups dry twice a day later on, pain in the ass watering 200 clones in solo cups. I top my moms and clone tops (they are bigger 5-7 nodes) and i find them the harder to clone, but that might be because top growth is new and bottom growth is older than the size. Tops do make awesome clones because of the branching so maybe if i was doing like 8-10 clones indoor i'd go bigger for that. I also prefer to clone in rockwool cubes because pellets kind of suck, but i can't trade in cubes because most people if they don't get them in ground right away forget to water and rockwool dries out fast.
Mothers, 17 different strains. I have no clue why i grew that many but at least i'll have a variety of weed to smoke this winter.