FIRSTtimer with auto's need a lil advice

ok so i started a few bubblegummer's and there doing realy great. my questions are as follows

1 using hps lights and in my veg room for the 18/6 schedule to bud out and very nice i might say.. at the end do i put them in a dark room or a 12/12 room to finish out and flush..(like a photo plant i put them in 5-8 days for flush and sugar up. ) or do i just leave them in 18/6 ????


2 can i clone an auto during early growth?/? what will this do to the main plant
will the clones root, when or if they do will they veg a lil or stay on the same growth rate as the main plant....??


3 what happens when i run an auto in a bud room on 12/12 for the complete schedule??

thank you for any and all help and all info will be taken with a grain of salt as not to offend any and all help..
KEEP ON GROWIN !!!!!!!!!

1. 20/4 18/6 is recommend for auto strains anything less than that will diminish yields

2. You don't clone auto. they mature and flower based on age not photoperiod. how you going to stop it from flowering. impossible if its a true auto.

3. Smaller Yields.