Quote Originally Posted by alienhybrid
Do you need to do 12/12 artificially in order to flower or will they do it naturally once the days shorten?
If you're growing outdoors, then yes, your plant will automatically flower once the days shorten. You could artificially induce flowering by blocking light to the plant for twelve hours a day, but that is more of a pain in the ass than it would be worth and you might as well be growing indoors if you're gonna go through that trouble.