Hold on! You're wining about the costs of having your lights set on 18/6 and in the same breath you're saying you're gonna have veg/clone compartment and extra flowering compartment? Something ain't right there man. About the costs of buying all those auto seeds: Sell some of your product to cover those costs. You'd have to sacrifice one plant out of let's say eight to cover those costs and with seven left for yourself you'd have more than enough head stash. Autos yield up to 250g a plant once you're dialed in. Check Dinafem or Sweet Seeds about those. I'm not saying autos are the only way there but they are to be well considered.
Im not "wining" about anything bro. Im simply saying I intend to get into cloning once I have the space so chill out.
Growing from seed isnt optimal so I, like 90% of growers, intend to get into cloning for a
perpetual harvest. Why this surprises you and got your knickers in a twist is beyond me.
You say grow a bunch of autos, that just doesnt make sense to me. Autos grow just as big as regular strains so now way would I fit 8 in my tent, 4 would probably be pushing it.
Im a new grower and want to experiment with techniques such as FIM, Supercropping, Monstercropping, Mainlining and many others. That cant be done with autos.
So that, and also the fact that as I increase my wattage, makes it impractical for me to dedicate an entire grow to autos. I dont want to be leaving 600-1200watts on for 18 hours a day for 3months+ when I could veg a bunch of clones under low wattage for a few weeks and then only use the big wattage at 12/12 for 8 weeks.
Im not saying autos dont have their place, Im just saying that FOR ME its more practical to grow regular strains for the reasons I listed above. So take a chill pill :-)