Papa_Tanswered grow question 3 years ago Well the better way to put it is the difference between a photo period plant vs an auto flower plant. Both types of seed can be feminized so don’t confuse the terms.
But yes Auto flower plants don’t need a change in light to start flowering. Photo period plants need a change in light schedule to start producing flower.
So if high stress training techniques like topping, fimming, super cropping these are things you want to do with a photo period as you can keep it in vegetation for as long as you want and she has the time to recover from stresses.
Auto flower plants have a short limited life so keeping them as happy as possible through its life is important. So you would typically only want to use a little low stress training on auto flower plants.