enlighten them then big guy!
E.
Love to, E.
All of what I am about to say is completely true, I have witnessed, heard, and experienced everything in this post.
What we refer to as Cannabis, is simply a weed, and is only a Medicine to a chosen few. There are over 5,000 different strains and every strain has different effects because, everyones body system is different.
What we have(indica, Sativa) in this case "autoflowering" are all different types of weed, and if grown in optimal climates, they will show better results with different types/strains. There is no such thing as "the best strain" or "the best type of weed" clearly because, of our body system, and how we react to certain things.
Many of the great benefits of a auto plant is that, you only need one space to grow them, it can be grown outside with no/low attention, no need to worry about switching light cycles and last that which come first when people think autos is... QUICK HARVEST! This does not mean that it has "low thc" this does not mean you get "less yield" I have grown non-autos and within the same time frame I have gotten more off of a auto then... Well anything actually. If you want to grow non autos, then you think of either 12/12 from seed. Or you think about where to place your mother and clones. So you want to spend, 3 weeks(benefit of the doubt) to grow a mother out, then take clones, give them another week to root and be ready for flowering. Under a 600w HPS(that's what I have) I can fit comfortably 10 rooted clones under it. Yield would be anywheres from .5-1oz a plant. So you're lookin at 1 month to establish clones, and another 2-3 months to harvest those clones, for roughly 10oz(again benefiting of the doubt) all in 3-4 months... Now, I can fit 5 autos under my HPS, and I receive 2.5-3oz a plant, I do not scrog, I do not cut anything, I feed and water. That's all. This is anywheres from 6-8 weeks(1.5-2 months) to double the time it took you to grow out your clones, I had already harvested 2 times, and have 5 more on the way and I got 12.5-15oz from my crop... I've been growing autos for almost 2 years now, I'll admit, not all strains are good, but they are improving quite nicely. Heard of the "auto pounder"? I grew that, right next to big bud auto.. Both very nice yield, not much frost though, then I grew WW X Big Bud.. The sound of that makes me think I don't have to explain that at all. You get the just.
Lighting? Yeah, autos receive more light, which rings most of our ears with 'bigger electric bill' what I do to fix this, is that once my seedlings get to a certain age, I move them under a HPS. Seedlings are under a LED UFO intill then. Why put seedlings under a 600w HPS? So you can fuck your grow up and blame it on the autos? Hah! I sware the people I've seen talk crap about autos are people who: 1) grew them wrong. 2) have not grown them, and they just don't like the idea.
Potency? If anything, I will have to say that my auto NL was more potent then my indica NL(same seed bank) same grow room, same tension, same care, auto wins both potency and yield for time wise. You can grow a indica for as long as you want, the longer it's in veg, the more "mature" it's going to be, there for, potency and weight will differ in this case. With autos, there is no time to veg. It goes strain to work as a seedling. Like a baby in Africa. They push themselves to there limit doing there best to provide you with the best smoke, while my auto is fighting to push it's pistils out and get tall, and bulk out, your indica is still in veg, enjoying the sunlight.. Taking it's sweet time.
Sorry, I'll shut up now.
Autos rule!
