Clone seeds

[mopman 985]

A new technology is emerging on the distant horizon for the home-grown cannabis market, Dutch Passion call it ‘Clone seed’ technology. In simple terms a clone seed is a very small sample of genetic material from a carefully selected elite cannabis plant. This genetic material is placed inside a small quantity of gel and may also have a synthetic ‘shell’ around the outside.

Clone seeds, they look different to normal seeds but are attracting a lot of interest

The clone-seed grows like a normal seed into an adult female cannabis plant which is genetically identical to the original mother plant – just like a cutting. It would mean that a seed supplier would grow hundreds of seeds to select that very, very special individual specimen. It might be the most Blueberryish of Blueberry plants. Or that killer White Widow pheno which you have spent years trying to find. Or that Skunk #1 with the special flavours, rotting cheese aroma’s, insane yields and highly potent buds.

Clone seeds are a little but like getting a clone of the original, but the genetic material is suspended in a gel. Unlike or cuttings which produce small numbers of plants, clone seeds can allow mass production of plants that are genetically identical to the original. Genetic material is extracted from the mother plant and the cells reproduced in the laboratory cultures. It allows an unlimited number of clone seeds to be made. It is a technology which was originally a dream by botanists looking for ways of mass producing copies of top-performing vegetable and fruit plants.

Some people call this technology ‘artificial seeds’, we think this is a misleading name as there is nothing artificial about the result. The grower would know exactly what they are getting, all the hard work would have been done by the seed supplier to find the original elite mother plants. All you do is plant them in the confidence that you know exactly what you are getting.

People know how to extract the somatic-embryo’s. They know which hydro-gels give good results with this special ‘somatic embryo’ plant tissue. They have even identified the right type of material for making the shell out of. The ‘somatic embryo’ can be thought of as the plant equivalent to human stem cells.

The clone seeds are roughly the same size as normal cannabis seeds, but they are often transparent with a green central core of genetic material which, when planted, will grow roots, leaves and bud which is genetically identical to the mother plant. Experiments have been done to dessicate or ‘dry’ the clone seeds. It is still early days, there is a lot to learn. No-one knows if or when they will arrive. They may need to be stored in a fridge to keep them dormant, but many people already do this routinely with cannabis seeds anyhow.

This technology has already been applied to cannabis, and it works, but it is one thing to demonstrate the technology and another to commercialise it. As laws stand today there may be legal problems as this is technically ‘living’ marijuana plant tissue which might be deemed illegal in some countries. But in some US states cuttings can be bought openly under the medical marijuana laws, the same is true in Austria. So in some area’s clone seeds might be a legal alternative to cuttings. Other countries might need to wait for marijuana laws to liberalise.

What of the advantages and disadvantages?

One of the disadvantages will be that this is new. That alone will start the alarm bells ringing for some of the traditionalists. But this technology is really no different to taking cuttings (clones). It would also completely eliminate the genetic variability which inherently comes from a pack of natural seeds. Some growers and private breeders thrive on the subtle differences which come from naturally grown seed stock. No-one is saying that clone seeds would entirely replace normal seeds, however I do believe that clone-seed would be highly attractive to a large number of private self-sufficient growers one day in the future

[bluesteel 50]

great post...very interesting breakthrough

[Auto's Only 0]

Humm it would be intresting to fine out it has been done . As orchids are cloned the same way , via meristem system by cutting out embro new grow from the main stem or bulb and placing it in a agar gel under lab condition . just by 1 piece can create over 1000 new clone's

[Dust 6,284]

yeah right, i think like tok this is big, man would love that those seed come out soon and not expensive lol ^^

But love the idea great thread.

Thanks for sharing

[strik 47]

Great reading never heard of this before sounds like something wich would be a huge success in the future

[Bam-Bhole 1,903]

Incredible and good, BUT I fear like femalized seeds they would soon replace normal seeds by large numbers and believe me at one point nature will spoil that nice dream plus you'll never find even better phenos that way - okay , specialists and seedbanks will still breed new crosses - bet this would be huge success and of course I would try them out.

Looked like a cheese salad to me-darn macros..lol

[bozoph 696]

it is a form of tissue culture. they sell kits to do it at home. it is spoz to replace all your mother plants

what im talking about

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[Romeu9 491]

I like that but I find it od somehow....

Lets wait and see how it turns out.

[bozoph 696]

not the same thing to make the seeds, but same principal. u use a peice of genetic material and it multiplys. simple as that

[Fran.gh 4,583]

Really interesting Mopman, thank´s for sharing.

[Auto's Only 0]

it is a form of tissue culture. they sell kits to do it at home. it is spoz to replace all your mother plants

what im talking about

http://www.customhyd...uct=PT-STPTCKIT

you hit the nail on the head my freind , it's tissue culture and you can do it in mass multiply. 1 plant with the same all the genes times that by 10,0000 with out a mutation by doing this method .

[gobru 208]

This is interesting