Boston Clone Co. is a Massachusetts nursery selling rooted clones and breeder cuts. They are a genuine grower with a real reputation, and they test their mother stock with the same lab we use. The difference between us is not testing philosophy. It is how much they will tell you before you hand over your email address.
Checked against their own site on 24 August 2026.
| The Clone Emporium | Boston Clone Co. | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per clonePublished cost of one rooted clone | ✓$40, every strainOn the site, on every listing. | ✗Not publishedNo clone price appears anywhere on their website. |
| How you buyThe actual purchase path | ✓Online checkoutPick strains, check out, done. | ✗Request an emailed menu"We email new menus monthly." "Submit Menu Request Form below to receive the most recent menu via email instantly." The only checkout on their site sells t-shirts. |
| See stock before you askKnowing what is available | ✓All 854 listed and in stock | ✗No availability shownRoughly 85 strain names are listed in their genetic library with no stock indicators of any kind. |
| Catalogue sizeStrains to choose from | ✓854 strains | ~About 85 namedCounted from their genetic library page. |
| HLVd testingHop latent viroid screening | ✓Every mother, Tumi Genomics | ✓Every mother, monthly, Tumi Genomics"Every mother plant is tested for HLVd every month with Tumi Genomics." Monthly retesting is a genuinely strong protocol. |
| Can you see the resultsEvidence, not just a claim | ✓We hold them and will send them | ✗Nothing publishedNo certificates, dates or result files appear anywhere on their site. |
| Shipping termsCost, carrier, timing | ✓Free, Monday to WednesdayPublished on our shipping page. | ✗Not statedNo shipping cost, carrier or timing for clones is published. Their /shipping-returns page returns a 404. |
| Dead on arrivalWhat you are actually promised | ✓Replaced freePhotograph it the day it lands. | ✗"Guaranteed", undefinedThe word appears once, on the homepage, with no window, no remedy and no policy page. Their store-policy and FAQ URLs both 404. |
| Order minimumWhat it takes to start | ✓$200, five clonesStated up front. | ?Not statedNo minimum is published on the site. |
| Where they shipCoverage | ✓NationwideEvery state has its own page with local growing notes. | ~International offered, no listThey advertise international shipping but publish no list of states or countries served. |
| Pest and disease programmeWhat they do beyond testing | ~Not published in detail | ✓Full IPM pageThey publish their integrated pest management rotation product by product. Genuinely more transparent than us on this one. |
Monthly HLVd retesting. We test every mother. They say they retest every mother every month. If they do it, that is a tighter cadence than most nurseries run, and it is the right way to catch an infection that arrived after the first clean result.
They publish their IPM. Their pest management page lists the actual products and how they use them, down to dunking clones as an outgoing QC step. We do not publish that level of detail and they deserve credit for it.
A real reputation in New England. They have been in the scene and people know them. A published price list is not the only thing that makes a nursery worth buying from.
This one is not about who grows better plants. It is about how much you have to give up to find out what things cost.
To buy from them you request a menu, wait for an email, and hope what you want is on it. To buy from us you open the shop, see 854 strains at $40 each with stock showing, and check out. Both of us test our mothers with Tumi Genomics. Only one of us will hand you the results.
If you already have their menu and the price works for you, buy the plant. If you are trying to compare two nurseries before spending money, one of us has made that possible.
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All pages accessed 24 August 2026, at bostoncloneco.com. Note that bostonclones.com does not resolve; the company trades as Boston Clone Co. Sites change without notice — check theirs before deciding. Quoted material is verbatim.
Testing claim and strain list: /genetic-library. Menu-request model and "guaranteed": homepage. IPM programme: /ipm. Contact and company description: /contact. Missing policy pages verified by 404 response at /shipping-returns, /store-policy and /faq. Their published FAQ page renders empty. We found no test certificates published on the site, and no listing for Boston Clone Co. in Tumi Genomics' own public materials — which is not evidence against their claim, only that we could not independently confirm it.