Once you have separate veg and flower up and running you get a harvest every couple of months depending on what you're growing. From that perspective it's a little quicker turn around and you have more potent weed. When I first started growing, autos were all I grew, my cousin too, after a while I couldn't stand it anymore, I had to make the switch to photoperiod plants. It drove me nuts that I was putting all that time into growing something that didn't have the power I was looking for. I've heard they've gotten better, one reason I'm trying this one, just to find out for myself but, I'd never switch back. There was some that my cousin was growing back then that were pretty nice, real frosty, nice smell and flavor but, every time you smoked it there was that one important aspect missing.... potency!