well just think of it this way, i see where your coming from with auto strain but, when u have outdoor plants if u ever have, theyll usually start budding sometime within july maybe early august at longest, when i say budding i dont mean pre flowers i mean actual buds starting to form, and i dont know exaclty what the light schedule on july 15th is, but i do know one thing, its much shorter than 12 and 12, usually gets dark around 9pm in summer and sun comes up uusally round 6 or 7, a few hrs short of 12 and 12, thats what i meant sorry to have offeneded