Lighting for Autoflower seeds?

I am going to try some autoflowering feminized seeds for the first time and I was wondering what the best lighting regimen would be for them, would you still treat it with the 18 and 6 then switch to 12 and 12 or keep the same lighting scheme the whole growth since they auto flower?

18/6 all the way

Photoperiod has nothing to do with autos I would go 18/6 they say u can go full 24 but I believe that a dark period is needed for root production. I did mine at 18/6 for 7 weeks but had 2 switch to 12/12 for my other big girls(they were gettin huge) and they did OK but i could tell the growth slowed down alot with 12/12. I would go 18/6 the whole way.

read this thread -> https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/199319-autoflower-thread-resource-guide.html lots of info on autos

Thanks, I must have skipped over that thread!!

I leave mine 24/0, and my autoflowers are doing great.. you dont need to switch to 12/12 with autoflowers. You can do 18/6, 20/4, or 24/0 all the way through. They respond to age, rather than light. Good luck

I would use a lighting system something similar to this: turn the lights on 24/7 for for first week or so then switch it to 18-6 or even 20-4 if you want all the way. It does not require dark periods to produce the flowering stimulant hormone. Hope this helps!

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