Hi Folks, I grew my 1st auto this year and as an outdoor grower in California using my backyard to grow the much lower profile of my auto plant (an Orient auto from Blimburn seeds) and the shorter growth cycle was really ideal both for reasons of greater stealth and being able to harvest before the thieves are roving in search of people to steal from. This years seed purchase was entirely autos and I'm looking forward to an all auto grow next year. Looking forward to learning from growers more experienced than I. I am 62 (in a month), have been enjoying cannabis for 40+ years and growing most years for the last 35 or so. Also very encouraged by cannabis's evolving status from an illegal "demon" plant to mankinds benefactor and healer, as it has been realistically viewed for much of it's history and involvement with man.