Growing Methods Starting with Seeds, Clones or Tissue Culture
Growers can start cannabis cultivation from seeds, clones or tissue culture.
Starter plants are crucial to successful cannabis cultivation. They are the foundation for high-quality genetics and cannabinoid-profile consistency. But they can also introduce problems out of the gate, particularly pests and diseases. For example, hop latent viroid (HLVd), also known as dudding disease, one of the biggest threats to cannabis production,[1] can easily spread through infected propagation material.
Deciding whether to start with seeds, clones or tissue culture depends on a …