6 Antiquated Arguments that Clones are Better than Seeds–And why they’re all wrong.

Anyone that says buying clones is better than buying seeds is lying.

Most arguments in favor of clones ignore recent advances in seed making. They say:

• Clones are more accessible than seeds.
• Clones are cheaper than seeds.
• Clones are more homogenous than seeds.
• Clones eliminate the risks of male flowers.
• Seeds require more space and time to grow.
• Feminization is not 100%.

The cannabis industry has come a long way since the 1970s, and so have the seeds.

1. Accessibility of clones does not mean that they are better.

When I moved to Colorado five years ago, most dispensaries sold clones, but seeds were hard to find (only a handful of approved seeds existed in METRC (the most common seed-to-sale system in cannabis).

It would be easy to stop here and assume that clones are better because they are easier to buy than seeds from a dispensary. But seeds do not have to come from a dispensary.