Seriously man,look for the 12/12 thread, dell boy is pulling like 2 oz a plant from 12/12, there is no point in autos,they are a gimmick for seed cos to make money off of people that buy into the idea,you can have a perpetual grow at 12/12 and pull the same if not more of better quality and save on energy, the best use for autos is out doors in spain etc, but inside in a controlled environment they are pretty pointless,they are all about making you go back to the seed company to buy more seeds more than anything,as you cant reveg/clone and most are now fem to stop you breeding too,.If you have a veg room make use of it,get a few bonsai mums on the go and get a cloning regime on the go that means you are harvesting every 8 weeks,thats just my opinion though
i see your point, 12/12 from seed works great with the right strains but in a producing sense, think about this...
if an autoflower took the same time to finish as a seed from 12/12 and was rather grown at 18/6 or 24/0, would it not do more photosynthesis, thus making for more production?
if you can give the light the most energy you can and still let it flower, why not give it as much as possibe?
plants veg faster on 24/0, so wouldnt they flower faster and more effectively on 24/0?
and short stuff is still selling regular autos, i dont buy fems, and as far as potency goes, ive already covered that autos potency could be improved tenfold what it is now, but some breeders are pushing the limits such as stitch. it takes years of backcrossing and isolating this gene,
autos are being improved every year, soon it will be just as potent as any photoperiod, and most likely a bigger yield since you can fit more light time into its life.
a high potency auto strain is coming soon and just remember i said that, one day one of the most popular strains will carry the auto genetic, it'll sweep the grow world and although people cant clone, they can easily set aside a male and save his pollen flowers, after all they will all flower by a given date. pollen is easy to store and you can just brush it on any bud and get a seed, people make it much more complicated than it is, especially if you can just hide a male in a bush somewhere and come back to collect his pollen sacs, they'll be ready in under three months regardless of season.