Mimosa 1st Time Grower,

If you plan on doing massive grows and collecting pollen/breeding or pheno hunting, then regular seeds are great, clone out a great mother queen. If you want to keep your grows simple and make the hobby less complected feminized seeds are way. there are massive debates about both subjects, reg vs fem and auto vs photo. I've grown autos and photo types, they are both fun and have their own set of needs that are mildly different from each other. I grow fem's as I don't want to have to sort though my plants and my space is tight indoors. Autos are great because you can set it and forget it in terms of light schedules. They will always flower on a internal clock and over all need less nutes as they complete their life cycle faster. Downside you can't clone them and they tend to produce smaller plants vs their photo counterparts because of their set growing clocks internally, but their yield can be impressive once u learn their ways. Photos are great because you can get massive plants/yeilds if done right and clone them if you want, you control the time they switch from vegetative to flower if indoors. downsides are the longer the plants alive the more it will cost in electricity if indoors and longer life means more opportunities for problems with pests or other factors. You can grow a photo plant like a auto and do 12/12 light cycle from seed. best to experiment and see what works best for you.