No doubt haha... a lot of folks claim you have to run them on at least 20 hours of light, but Ive run a couple on 12/12 and they did fine
That being said, a top tier photo strain still smokes any top tier auto strain in terms of quality as far as Im concerned... it was interesting harvesting two GG4 crosses, one auto and one photo right on top of each other ... when I first tried the auto (4 Assed Monkey from Mephisto) I was like damn ... this is pretty nice
Then I dropped the Monkey Juice and tried that ... and haven't touched the 4AM jar since haha ... theyre not even playing the same sport never mind being in the same league
Agreed, i think a plant "needs" 6+ weeks of veg. Thats after 2 weeks seedling stage before flip.
Plant have to mature, just like we do.
If immature plant is flowered early it will never be what it could be.
I like to go 8 weeks minimum from sprout until flip, 10 weeks is better.
Most folks dont have the room to do this though.
Thats why outside plants always have a deeper stone with legs. They are adult plants.