So you have to keep buying and popping seeds right? I'm not knocking autoflower, but seems like kind of a waste of money (compared to photoperiod). Cloning is not difficult and saves some time as well as money.
Also, what happens if you get a nice phenotype you really like in an AF? Better take a pic because once its gone its gone...
Didn't mean to thread jack.
100% second this..... Autos are nice for stealth personal and speed, but they lack ability to reproduce, clone, etc.
If I want speed I can always clone and run 12/12 from jump...... Autos are also nice for late O.D. season starts and newbies.
But the thought of having to pop seeds over and over, and most now are fem, so even if I wanted to breed not gonna happen unless I force Hermy with ruderalias I heard is a toughy not to mention cannot be good for the other ladies whom might ger knocked up, and the stress required to do it.
Dont get it twisted, Autos are awesome for what there design is, but if your gonna run even a semi commercial/large hobby, caregiver etc op. And especially a perpetual Autos are just not a good idea in my book.
For a perpetual, find a consistent flowering strain, by that i mean both switch to finish time-line and hopefully canopy size, and use those...... You can augment or supplement/start with flower to get it going but the buying and popping of seeds is just a waste of what most perpetual growers are working so hard for the $$$$$$'s
MY humble opinion,
EMO