Oh for sure that is his problem Str8.. I've done 4 grows now regarding Auto's and on each one I've used different light schedules so I can learn for myself what they like and don't like.. I started with 24/0, then 18/6 and last grow 12/12.. I even allowed light leaks in on the 18/6 vs full on darkness to see how they'd respond to a light leak, you know, like hermie issues.. NONE. I noticed on 12/12 they stretched a bit more then on 18/6.. bud production on 24/0 vs 18/6, I felt the 6hrs of darkness produced harder buds, more dense and better resins.. I just feel all MJ plants need an area of darkness to do the magic they do.. this run I just switched them from 18/6 to 14/10 to see if I can get them to stretch just a little more for the next 2wks.. we'll see, but 8hrs of light would be very strain specific as I'm sure at least 1 Auto would perform under that low of light conditions, but overall bud production would be quite limited so lots of plants would be needed to make up for it and a high # of plants can be held against you under certain circumstances... better off with 4 big ones with lots of training then 16 smaller ones to achieve the same goal in the end.. change your light schedule to at least 12/12 and watch her.... if not to late in the game already... LUCK.
