will they be smaller than the parent plant when they are in flowering stage, or the same height? also, will a "clone" severed at the main stalk of a plant rather than a small limb be viable using the same growing methods?
Well if you have a 4 foot tall mother your clone will be about 3" in height. Now you can grow the clone back to 4' but it will take a while. You can take a clone from either and it will grow the same.
not sure but if it helps I taken cutting by gettin a long branch n cutting into 3 and planting every piece although the first 2 will be topped as only the last piece with have the main growing head on it. your other point yep the clones will be the same as there parent plant thats why most ppl will only clone from plants that say have a large yield or grow fast etc.....