Yeah for me, autos are also more something I may actually do this year outdoors, as in my mind that's the perfect use for them. So depending on our spring I am toying with the idea of actually guerilla'ing the Amnesia Haze auto outdoors (after starting her indoors for 2 weeks or so)...
80 days from seed isn't that much for a sativa tho -- my nl5xhaze is going to run a good 120-140 days if I can let her finish normally and I didn't even really veg her out for lack of root space... just to put that into perspective
I was thinking of a quick auto run indoors too because I need to move this year around August -- and I don't want to do it with some big bushy photoperiods in midbloom! LOL just imagining that, film material!
Also, I saw a guy who started a photoperiod together with autos, which he was able to harvest shortly after he'd sent the photoperiod into flower -- a halfway through harvest! ideal for an impatient person like me
Stick, your point with the energy cost is something to keep in mind indeed, but autos CAN also be run on a more economical light schedule ...
I've been reading a bit into the gas lantern routine for veg (12 hours light, 5.5 dark, 1hr light, another 5.5 dark) and may ditch 18/6 for good anyways if I find it works well for me.
Ok my nematodes just arrived and I've lost my train of thought here haha
Off I go to get them into my soil!