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I grew only photos becasue that was all there was. It was a 5 to 6 month process to get decent returns. 8 weeks vegging, 8 weeks flowering...dry time, cure time...otherwise the plants were as small as autos are today. What we didn't have was variety and these quick turnovers that were done from seed to harvest in 8 to 11 weeks as a FULL TERM. When I used to grow (indoors), I used flood tables and could only fit 4 plants in a table...I do not do that anymore but I grow my autos in 1 gal cloth bags...I get .5 to 1 oz a plant and can fit 30 in my 8x4 tent easily. THC content is rising, CBD strains are developing but most import are the terpenes developed that were not here before, or at least not in the way they are now. I can plant 10 different strains at the same time.Yes, for me same, photoperiods are more potent, although autos are getting better.
I like them outside for multiple harvests a year, easy, small, not attracting much attention in view or smell.
What does knock me out is the oil I sometimes make from autos, pretty damn strong.
I wish they existed a few decades ago when i lived in Northern Europa where summers are short, i could have had nice summer harvests then, instead of some plants dying in autumn from fungus, cold, mist and rain.
I have tried photos in 1 gal and they just seem to stall / stress out. If I do them in 3 gal, then they work but forcing flower after 4 or 5 weeks only results in the same return. To try to compare apples to apples, the return on auto is better. Maybe because we can leave the lights on 20 hrs a day so growth is compounded. Gotta flip the photo to get a harvest in the same 10 week average I get in autos so lights go down to 12..