Medical Marijuana Clones
Every home grower will reap benefits if he/she makes use of clones. First, growing cycles are hastened. They’ll predetermine sex of the plant, they’ll preserve the exact strain and they’ll save you money. To appreciate the benefits of medical marijuana clones more, let’s tackle them individually.
SPEEDING UP GROWING CYCLES
Marijuana often takes four or five months to mature when left to grow naturally. Harvesting, drying and curing would take an additional couple of weeks; as such, for a whole year, you will be limited to 2 crops only. But if you use hydroponics, on the other hand, growing cycles can be reduced to 3 months; so one year would give you at least 4 crops, or at most six, if you alternate two grow areas). Not only does this produce a larger amount of medical marijuana (and good rule of thumb is between two and four ounces per plant), but your expenses for electricity and nutrients are less per crop too.
PREDETERMINING THE SEX OF THE MARIJUANA PLANT
Starting with clones is the only surefire way of producing female plants. Otherwise, natural law lessens your odds to 50/50 mix of male and female plants. Some medical marijuana strains are available as feminized seeds which are claimed to produce 70% females. Remember, not only will male marijuana plants have significantly less medical effect for the patient, but if left in place, they will weaken the medical potency of the female plants through pollination (since the female plant turns its energy into producing seeds instead of flowers (buds). We recommend starting with medical marijuana clones. It’s a foolproof and guaranteed way to have 100% females.
PRESERVING THE EXACT STRAIN
Clones are an exact replica of the original plant – because they are essentially a small cutting of a marijuana plant that’s placed in a block of rock wool. This suggests that if you find a clone of the marijuana strain that you like, then you can grow that particular strain over and over again. With this, you need not worry about your pharmacies running out of stock of your favorite strain. So you don’t have to rely on the stocks of your pharmacy, instead, you’re guaranteed with a steady supply all-year round.
SAVING MONEY BY GROWING YOUR OWN MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Complete Hydroponic Starter Kits, including grow tent, cost around $400 from Stealth Hydroponics. (We recommend this hydroponic growing system for medical marijuana clones because it includes everything, is easy to setup, simple to use, and works.) We strongly advise that you grow only 3 plants even if the reservoir setup has a space for 6. This volume will guarantee that you have 3 crops per year, with each plant yielding 2 ounces; in the end, you can save up to $4000 worth of medicine yearly. Even if you factor in the costs on electricity and nutrients, your yearly harvest will only cost you $600-$750 but you can still enjoy $4000 worth of medicine.
