Newbie here with a quick question: I have 2 plants same genetics but one is different

[tablelegslim]

I have 2 jack herer autos in flowering stage and they are structurally built different. Ill post pictures below one has a bunch of small buds and the other has a main cola with some small buds off the side. What would cause the plants of the same genetics to do that? Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance.

 

[Dwight Monk]

Different phenotypes is all. Think of it like the fact that children from the same parents aren't exactly the same, some may have traits from Mom's side some may have traits from Dad's and some will skip back a generation or two and throw out a less dominant trait.

 

[tablelegslim]

Different phenotypes is all. Think of it like the fact that children from the same parents aren't exactly the same, some may have traits from Mom's side some may have traits from Dad's and some will skip back a generation or two and throw out a less dominant trait.

Thanks. That sure made it way easier to understand. I really appreciate it. Will the buds differ as well? So is cloning the only way to get a exact duplicate of the plant?

 

[Dwight Monk]

Thanks. That sure made it way easier to understand. I really appreciate it. Will the buds differ as well? So is cloning the only way to get a exact duplicate of the plant?

Yes can differ slightly or a lot depending on Hybrid, in example cross something fruity like a Blueberry with something more spice/pine taste like a Columbian may be more drastic difference, same as an Indica/Sativa Hybrid if some lean heavier on one side or the other then plant/bud structure can be way different. Yes cloning how you get exact duplicate, albeit after a few generations you can get some mutation/change to it slightly (or in my experience anyway as had a Blue Widow I took a clone of a clone of a clone and it was slightly different than the original Mother far as taste and color went).