I feel like if you have your unrooted clones in root plugs or rock wool cubes it would be easy to explain to the police or in court that they are/were not really plants yet. the truth is i dont really know the answer. too me a plant without roots isnt a plant. i would think that any mediocre lawyer could convince the DA or at least a member of the jury, that an unrooted clone isnt a plant, if it even came to that. Im in cali and ive never factored my unrooted clones into my plant numbers.
Yeah, it seems logical that it shouldn't count...but then again it's obvious the people who made these laws don't really know anything about mj... in MI your allowed 12 plants but only 2.5oz? I can't do a recirculating system because of this, I will either be doing soil, coco or DWC (each bucket isolated as individual) and then staggering the harvests - 1 plant every couple weeks or so. This way I will never go over the 2.5oz limit. Kind of ridiculous. If anyones only getting 2.5oz off 12 (or even 6) plants I seriously feel bad for them. Not to mention if your only getting 2.5oz every 2-3 months that wouldn't even be enough medication for some patients.