Calling the plants you take cuttings from "mothers".
The word mother in every other context means there's some sort of sexual reproduction involved (which would also means the clone would get 1/2 it's gene's from the father). The more correct term is "donor".
#682
Clone is not an accurate word either, compared to it's general use.
A cloned frog for example, is an exact copy of the mother but seperate.
A clone in current marijuana terms is not the same thing.
A mj clone is still the donor. Seperate yes but still the same exact plant. Even a clone from a clone from a clone is still part of the original donor plant.
Possibly interesting clone trivia:
Like about 120 years ago an explorer in S. America stumbled upon a freak of nature.
A orange tree that had no way of reproduction. It's fruits were seedless.
He called it a Navel Orange.
He took a cutting and brought it back to the states and grafted it onto a "regular" orange tree, where it continued to grow and branch.
And every navel orange tree EVERY ONE on earth is from that cutting. You take a branch off a Navel Orage tree, graft it on a regular orange tree when little' you've got yourself a Navel Orange tree. Take branches off of it, graft it onto another regular orange tree stock and keep on going.
P.S. You can visit the original tree; it's in Riverside Ca.
More:
I met a guy who had the most amazing 8' tall tree in his back yard.
A single tree yet he got 5 kinds of citrus fruit off that tree!
Through grafting (which is basically cloning) off that single tree he harvested 2 kinds of oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefuit.
He used strains that produced fruit at different time of the year, so there was always somethin ripe on the tree.
One more interesting factoid:
Hamsters are native to the Middle East. During WWII a U.S. soldier discovered a nest that contained a mother and about 10 babies.
in bringing them back to civilization about 1/2 the babies died.
Every hamster on earth are descendants of that batch.
Not clones, but some serious inbreeding going on there, sorta like in Kentucky (official state motto: "5 Million People, 12 Last Names").
The word mother in every other context means there's some sort of sexual reproduction involved (which would also means the clone would get 1/2 it's gene's from the father). The more correct term is "donor".
#682
Clone is not an accurate word either, compared to it's general use.
A cloned frog for example, is an exact copy of the mother but seperate.
A clone in current marijuana terms is not the same thing.
A mj clone is still the donor. Seperate yes but still the same exact plant. Even a clone from a clone from a clone is still part of the original donor plant.
Possibly interesting clone trivia:
Like about 120 years ago an explorer in S. America stumbled upon a freak of nature.
A orange tree that had no way of reproduction. It's fruits were seedless.
He called it a Navel Orange.
He took a cutting and brought it back to the states and grafted it onto a "regular" orange tree, where it continued to grow and branch.
And every navel orange tree EVERY ONE on earth is from that cutting. You take a branch off a Navel Orage tree, graft it on a regular orange tree when little' you've got yourself a Navel Orange tree. Take branches off of it, graft it onto another regular orange tree stock and keep on going.
P.S. You can visit the original tree; it's in Riverside Ca.
More:
I met a guy who had the most amazing 8' tall tree in his back yard.
A single tree yet he got 5 kinds of citrus fruit off that tree!
Through grafting (which is basically cloning) off that single tree he harvested 2 kinds of oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefuit.
He used strains that produced fruit at different time of the year, so there was always somethin ripe on the tree.
One more interesting factoid:
Hamsters are native to the Middle East. During WWII a U.S. soldier discovered a nest that contained a mother and about 10 babies.
in bringing them back to civilization about 1/2 the babies died.
Every hamster on earth are descendants of that batch.
Not clones, but some serious inbreeding going on there, sorta like in Kentucky (official state motto: "5 Million People, 12 Last Names").
