I'm sorry I got you guys hung up on 25%. That's the worst case!
It's the same as "save up to 25%"....you will rarely save all 25%!!! And yes Rad, if we do everything perfectly with the clone, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference, but there would be one weather you could tell it or not!
And you have to treat the mother pretty badly to be less potent than her clones. Yes, operator error is a common "lack of control". Good luck duplicating everything exactly from grow to grow....I've never been able to do that in my short experience of 47 years as a Cali grower for all you folks.
Rad. you were explaining why you would use a clone since you do well with seeds. You said they were identical. That's just not true!
One has a tap root and the other doesn't. Not even close to identical !!!
Are you arguing that they will grow identically and the tap root makes no difference?
I'll take that bet as big as you'd like to make it!
Most cloned food is first gen clone. Or close to it. That's why we have seed banks and not clone banks.
Once again, I'm so sorry I wasn't able to make my point clearly without tangents and side arguments. My fault you big brains!
I'll stop posting here. I'm just distracting you. Good luck and great grows to you.