A cannabis clone is a cutting taken from a mature mother plant and rooted to create a new plant. Because it is genetically identical to the parent, the clone inherits the same growth patterns, potency, aroma, flowering time, and overall characteristics.
Clones are already rooted when they arrive, which means they skip the germination and early seedling stage. This gives growers a significant head start compared to seeds. You also avoid the uncertainty of male plants or inconsistent phenotypes that can occur with seed-grown plants.
For Canadian growers, rooted cannabis clones offer a reliable way to start with proven genetics and achieve more consistent results. They are especially useful when you want specific high-THC strains or traits you already know perform well.
Why Growers Prefer Cuttings
Shorter path to harvest
No germination lottery or sexing
Female-only starts every time
Greater value than seed packs
Built for Canadian shipping routes
True-to-type genetic copies
The Disadvantages of Growing Cannabis Seeds
The Cannabis Seedling Phase
- In the natural world, cannabis plants begin from seed like most other plants.
- In general, it takes 4-10-days for seedlings to emerge from the seed. After this, cannabis plants remain in the seedling phase for 2-3 weeks.
The Cannabis Vegetative Phase
- After the seedling phase, cannabis plants switch to the vegetative phase. This period lasts 3 to 18 weeks and accounts for most root and shoot growth.
The Cannabis Sexing Phase
- After months of hard work, your cannabis plants will show their sex because it’s now sexually mature. However, cannabis cultivators only look for females, as females produce cannabis flowers.
- If your cannabis plant is a male — you just wasted months of time, money, and effort on a lost cause. In other words, the chance of cannabis seeds being male or female is 50/50 — a risk you shouldn’t take.
Extreme Variation Among Cannabis Seeds
- Lastly, all seeds exhibit different phenotypes.
- Although the seeds may be the same strain (genotype) — they exhibit different traits, such as growth difficulty, yield, aroma, flavor, and potency. After 6-months of growing a single cannabis plant, you may find the results lacking and not what you expected.