You should be good with pretty much anything. Your shortest day is 10hrs longest 14.5hrs doesn’t get below 10 degrees Celsius if google is correct. Summer solstice is in December so you may have enough light to stop them from going into flower straight away if you plant around then. You are at a...
Ran 3 sugar cane from in house genetics got three different phenotypes. One heavy yeilder average trichome production. One frosty but small gland heads and one with very large trichomes that nearly went an orange red colour at the end.
Because autos flower under any light schedule. They will produce much larger yields in a smaller time frame. If you are going for weight with quick turnover autos are the way to go.