m0useanswered grow question 3 months ago To clarfy, it is not about the sunlight it is about the amount of uninterrupted darkness or light absence.
Plants build up hormone's in the dark that trigger flowering in photoperiod plants.
Autoflower do this in a different way and do no require a light schedule change aka its photoperiod. They also do whatever the fuck they want, some veg for 9 weeks. others for 4.
Plants need aorund 10-12hr of darkness to initiate flowering. you can give it more darkness if you want but its not likely to help anything.
Flood lights and street lamps can fuck this up if your growing outdoors. The moon does not fuck this up. You will not see anything right away plants will be in flowering a week or 2 before you see results.
Dr.Brucebugbee "cannabis researcher" came up with a simple test. Hold a book outside and try and read the words. If you can read the words. its to bright. Its not foolproof, but its a simple test with no scientific instruments like alight par meter.
Good Luck!