Every time I see somebody trashing on autos I just lol. My dad was growing in the 70s and I started in the early 90s. We both quit until autos came along.
Get your seedlings in the ground in April and pray that the bugse, deer, hogs, rippers, helicopter cops etc don't see them for the next 8 months. Then sneak out into the woods at night before the first frost and harvest in the dark hoping it's finished. No thanks.
Grow photos indoors you say? Sure if you have 10' ceilings and different rooms for veg and bloom. Oops, there was a tiny little red light on the power strip - better luck next time.
I'm pulling 1/4 lb off of each plant in a cabinet the size of a washing machine every 9-10 weeks. Autos are so easy to grow that a trained monkey could do it. Sure I buy seeds sometimes, but mostly I make my own seeds so that I have a few hundred in reserve. I get to try a lot of different strains every year and my weed is always fresh.
Dad is 70, he started growing again last year and loves how easy autos are on the porch in Florida. "Easier than tomatoes"
I'm a convert and probably will never fool with photos again unless I can grow them in an outdoor garden legally.
not me in a million years.
