Was gonna post this in the thread about moms, but figured it would kind of be a hijack.
What is the general consensus on genetic drift? I have found that for myself personally when I keep moms for a long period of time, I tend to have problem. I feel like these problems could be considered genetic drift, but I don't think they are. I have some clone only's that have been alive for almost as long as I can remember. When they stay a long time in a pot they tend to go kind of red stem lockout looking after a good length of time. What i have found is that if I take cuttings in the peak of health, I never experience a degradation in the performance of the strain.
I have found that when I do have a plant go bitchy on me from having what I consider an old rootmass, I can reverse it by taking a rooted cutting, blowing it up in coco, taking another cut at what I consider the peak of health (probably two weeks from being potted) and doing this a few times, before long the problem seems to go away.
Open to what others have to say on this, and curious if others have found the same thing I have.
What is the general consensus on genetic drift? I have found that for myself personally when I keep moms for a long period of time, I tend to have problem. I feel like these problems could be considered genetic drift, but I don't think they are. I have some clone only's that have been alive for almost as long as I can remember. When they stay a long time in a pot they tend to go kind of red stem lockout looking after a good length of time. What i have found is that if I take cuttings in the peak of health, I never experience a degradation in the performance of the strain.
I have found that when I do have a plant go bitchy on me from having what I consider an old rootmass, I can reverse it by taking a rooted cutting, blowing it up in coco, taking another cut at what I consider the peak of health (probably two weeks from being potted) and doing this a few times, before long the problem seems to go away.
Open to what others have to say on this, and curious if others have found the same thing I have.