:tiphat: Welcome Pop'! ..good question, and indeed there is a good reason why you don't see it done much. It's not an issue of difficulty, but one of practicality and a pointless exercise.... Auto's will begin flowering with the first month, often sooner, and there's basically no stopping or delaying it, unlike photo's where veg'ing can be extended with light cycling; the plants age is marked literally at the cellular level, so when you take a cutting of an auto, say, at 3 weeks age, you haven't reset the clock in any way... the plant still thinks it's 3 weeks old! Even if you get it to root up, it'll begin blooming right away, with little to no increase in size... I've seen pics of cloned auto's that were blooming nicely,...at 3-4" tall!

I get what you mean about seed costs bro',... and price is no real indicator of quality either! :stoneslap: I can tell you that the big seed houses are hardly the only place to find seeds, fem'ed or otherwise; the very best deal out there for quality, well documented strains is at RCMC "wg's Cool" Look them up here in the seed forum! Many of our own in-house breeders sell their seeds through them; they ship world-wide, and always you get freebies, and I don't mean 2-3, but a pack of 10, usually... :dance2: again, best of all, you can see fully documented grows of many strains they have, right here, so you
know what you're getting! Last i checked, a 10-12 pack of seeds, regardless of breeder, is only $45 bucks! Add the freebies in, and the deal is unbeatable!... shipping is modest, from what I've seen reports of... Happy Hunting mate!