auto flowering seeds lighting and benifits

i have never grown auto seeds before but i have a few questions about them if anyone can help. what is the benifits of using auto seeds to begin with? i figure we control the light of our plants anyway and force them to flower anyway. is it just auto seeds maature faster? and what is the best lighting to grow autos with? 12/12 18/6 etc. so if you could help me see the benifits of growing autos
and can you clone autos or is it a 1 and done type of plant

1. Cloning: You cannot clone autos. You can get a male auto and use his pollen to make more autos.

2. Random information: The consensus believes that autos don't respond well to LST techniques.

3. Light cycles: As per the auto seed banks, they all say 18/6, 20/4 or 24/0/ Depends on the strain. I am currently growing an auto under a 20/4 light cycle.

Autos are for "quick" harvest, how much quicker than a normal harvest is still up for debate (at least with me they are). They are very short and are perfect for small grow spaces both indoors and out.

i got it now it the growth of the plant that makes them worth growing. if you have plenty of room to grow them just go with regular seeds.

leftreartire said:

if you have plenty of room to grow them just go with regular seeds.

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Not necessarily. You can plant a field of autos in a SOG set up and get a pretty big turnover.

Every grower is different. Figure out what you want and choose the way to achieve your goal.

I dont really like the whole auto flower thing, it doesnt smoke good

i just enjoy growing and i like to watch everything happen. i would guess that is taken away with auto's you dont have to do anything other than water and light. what fun is that. i like to start everything from seed and take my few clones here and there and grow them. clones are my favoite part of growing it amazes me how it works. so autos are out for me. do autos hemi also. cause that would really suck to pay the extra and hemi. guess the seeds are autos to so it not all that bad

iv tried a few autos and non have been bad and some have been very good so what strain did you have? i think how it smokes depends alot on how its been dried, cured and stored aswel

s.w.a.t.representa said:

I dont really like the whole auto flower thing, it doesnt smoke good

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i personaly dont have any autos. i have been growing a few strains for the month and i am getting ready to switch them over this weekend. i took clones from them last week so they are healed up ready to be flowered. ak-47 ak-48(nivana) northern lights. i am also vegging super skunk special c-99 and some mystery seeds i got from my last order. so should be interesting.