There are many advantages for the marijuana grower that decides they will use clones rather than germinating seeds. The first advantage is that the plants have a head start, because they do not have to go through the process of the seed breaking open and the root beginning to show, or the need to be planted in soil and breakthrough as a new plant. Instead the clone is already a cannabis plant that has several leaves; however it does not have roots and will need to sprout the roots.

By alleviating this process of germination the cannabis plant is able to grow faster than seeds and that means that the grower will be able to have more marijuana crops when they are planted indoors. This also means for the grower that is planting an outdoor crop it will give them the advantage of having an earlier harvest.