Clones are coming to Barney’s Farm. Our best known strains, along with limited edition and collab releases, will be available as rooted cuttings taken from our own mother plants, sold in sets of three, with strains you can mix and match. No germination, no sexing, no waiting to find out which phenotype you got. Add your email below, and we will tell you the day they go live, before the launch is announced anywhere else.
What a cannabis clone is
A clone is a cutting taken from a living cannabis plant and rooted until it stands as a plant in its own right. Not a seedling. Not a new genetic individual. The same plant, continued. It carries the exact genetics of the mother, so it expresses the same cannabinoid profile, the same terpenes, the same growth structure, and the same flowering time.
Growers call them cuttings or cuts. Everything sold here leaves us already rooted, so the propagation stage is finished and the root system is established before the box is packed.
Why growers choose clones over seeds
A clone removes variables. You already know the strain, and the plant in front of you will behave the way its strain page says it will. There is nothing to germinate, so nothing fails at germination. A cutting from a female mother is female, so there is no sexing stage to sit through. There is one phenotype in the box, and it is the one we selected.
The time saving is real too. A clone runs roughly three weeks ahead of a seed started the same day, and it carries that head start into a shorter, more predictable veg cycle.
Seeds still have their place. A seed builds a taproot, where a cutting builds a fibrous lateral root mass and is more likely to need staking, and a pack of seeds gives you a shot at an exceptional phenotype. Neither is the wrong answer. They answer different questions.
How Barney’s Farm clones are different
Most clone sellers are nurseries. They buy genetics in, propagate them, and sell the cuttings on, and the chain between the plant you receive and the person who bred it runs several hands long. Nobody in that chain owes anything to the original selection, which is why two clones sold under the same strain name by two different nurseries can grow into visibly different plants.
We bred these strains. The mothers we cut from are the same stock behind the seeds we have been selling for forty years, so a clone bought here is not somebody else’s interpretation of a Barney’s Farm strain. It is the plant itself, cut and grown on at our own California cultivation site.
Every mother clears a hop latent viroid test before we take anything from her. That is why experienced and commercial growers source clones from us rather than from a nursery several hands down the chain.
How many clones to order
Three is both the minimum and the unit. Clones ship in sets of three, mixed however you like from the strains listed that week, so a set can be three of one strain or one each of three. Later in the year every clone will be packed individually, which opens up any number from three upward.
Canopy decides the rest, not budget. Three fills a standard tent and pays for the space it takes. Six suits a larger tent, a light deprivation run, or anyone who wants to run a single strain uniformly, which is where clones earn their price back.
What to do when your clones arrive
Every clone box has a built-in LED light, so the plants travel lit rather than spending the whole trip in the dark. Open the box on delivery day anyway. Air and steady light come first. Water does not.
- Unpack straight away and stand the plants upright under low light, around 18 hours on and 6 off at a modest intensity. Full power lighting on day one will bleach a plant that has been in a box.
- Check the medium with a finger. Damp is correct. Soaked is not, and a waterlogged cutting will sit still for a week before it does anything.
- Give the plants a day to settle before transplanting. That is the short time a clone needs to acclimatize to its new home.
- Transplant into a small container first rather than the final pot. A rooted cutting in a large volume of medium spends its energy searching for the edges and stays wet too long.
- Hold humidity around 60 to 70 percent for the first three or four days, then bring it back down to your normal veg range.
- Do not feed for the first week. The plug already holds what the plant needs, and a young root system burns easily.
- Stake early if a plant is tall for its root mass. Clones build lateral roots rather than a taproot, so light support is normal and not a sign that something has gone wrong.
Strains available as clones
The clone collection is drawn from the same genetic library we sell as seed, so the grow data on each product page applies directly to the plant you receive. Flowering time, yield range, height, cannabinoid content, and terpene profile were all recorded on plants from this same line.
FAQs about cannabis clones
Can I grow your clones outdoors?
Yes, and the strain page tells you whether a given genetic suits it. Watch the timing rather than the plant itself. A clone taken from a mature mother is already past its juvenile phase, so putting one outside too early in the season can push it straight into flower and then back out again when the days lengthen. Wait until the light cycle is stable in your region, then harden the plant off over several days before it sits out full time.
Are your clones feminized?
Yes. A cutting carries the sex of the plant it was taken from, and every mother in our propagation room is female. There is no male risk with a clone and no sexing stage, which is one of the main reasons growers working to a schedule choose them over seed.
Are your clones tested for hop latent viroid?
Yes. We test every mother plant for HLVd before taking cuttings, and we propagate only from stock that has cleared. All our clones come guaranteed HLVd-free.
What condition will my clones be in when they arrive?
Rooted rather than freshly cut, with a developed root system visible at the edge of the plug, and enough top growth to go straight into your own medium once the plant has settled. The box carries its own LED light, so the plants are not sitting in the dark in transit. Some drooping after transit is normal and lifts within a day under light. What matters is that the roots are white and the stem is firm.
How long until I can flip a clone to flower?
That depends on how big you want the plant, not on the clone’s age. Most growers veg a rooted clone for two to four weeks to build a frame that can carry the flower. If you flip a week after arrival, it will finish sooner and yield less. There is no minimum age the way there is with a seedling, because the cutting came from a mature plant and is already past its juvenile phase.
How long does it take to go from clone to harvest?
Add your veg time to the strain’s flowering time. The flowering side is fixed by the genetic and is identical to the same strain grown from seed, so the figure on the product page applies. The veg side is yours to set.
How much does one clone yield?
The yield figures on each strain page apply, because the genetics are the same. What actually moves the number is your veg time, your lighting, and your training, not the fact that the plant started as a cutting. A clone vegged to the same size as a seed-grown plant under the same light produces a comparable harvest.
Will every clone of the same strain grow the same?
Yes, and that is the point. Every cutting of a given strain comes from the same mother, so they all share one phenotype. Order six of one strain and you get six plants that stretch by the same amount, finish within a day or two of each other, and respond to feeding identically. Feeding, defoliation, and harvest each become one decision instead of six. That uniformity is what makes clones worth the extra cost in a small space.
Can I take my own cuttings from a clone I bought?
Once the plant is established, you can take cuttings from it exactly as we do, and they will carry the same genetics. Keep the plant in veg while you do, because a plant already in flower does not root well. Bear in mind that cloning repeatedly from cloned stock over many generations is where viroid and vigor problems accumulate, so sterilize your tools and keep one healthy mother.
Can a beginner grow a clone?
Yes, and in one respect it is easier, because the two stages beginners most often fail at, germination and early seedling care, are already done. The trade-off is that a rooted cutting is less tolerant of overwatering and overfeeding in its first week than a seedling is. Keep the medium damp rather than wet, leave the nutrients alone for seven days, and the plant will handle the rest.
How are clones packaged and shipped?
Live plants ship differently from seeds. The root ball travels in a fixed pot so it is not disturbed in transit, the box carries a built-in LED light so the plants are not left in darkness on the way to you, and the box is built to hold the plant upright and survive handling. Shipping is priced separately from the rest of the catalog.
When do my clones ship?
We ship clones once a week so the plants spend as little time in transit as possible. Orders placed up to midnight ET on [DAY TBD] go out together on the next business day, overnight with UPS. Anything ordered after that cutoff joins the following week’s shipment, so you always know which week your plants are arriving.
Where do you ship clones?
Different rules from seeds govern live cannabis plants, and those rules vary from state to state. Enter your address at checkout, and the delivery options shown will reflect where we can currently send a live plant.
What happens if a clone arrives damaged?
Photograph the plant and the packaging on the day of delivery, before you unpot anything, and send the images to our support team. Clones are living stock, and arrival condition is our responsibility, so we’ll fix any problem documented on the day it lands with a replacement or a refund.
Are cannabis clones legal?
That depends entirely on where you are. Home cultivation is legal in some states, capped at a set plant count in others, and prohibited in the rest, and the rules covering live plants are not always the same as the rules covering seeds. Check your own state law before ordering.