recovery after being stuck in seedling stage...what to expect?

Gunfer420

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So guys, I'm talking here about a single plant, an autoflower, grown in a small DIY box 24''x14''x10'' with a current total of 50W of cfl's above her (plan to put in another 50 when she matures a little). The thing is, she was kinda neglected the first 3 weeks of her life, had a poor lightning and ventilation so she started growing tall and scrawny, but then I transplanted her (yea, despite the fact autoflowers do not prefer it much) and burried the stem a bit deeper and waited.... A few days later I noticed she started growing nicely and the 2nd set of leaves finally started showing and so did the 3rd, 4th and so on. All in all I saw a huge progress, now she looks like a normal let's say 10-12 day plant but I'm worried, since I know autoflowers have like an internal clock for flowering, what to expect from this little girl? Will it just start budding in a week or so and give me a gram maybe two, or did I somehow manage to reset her clock and put her back by 3 weeks? Btw, I need to mention that besides tall, scrawny look at the beggining she never showed any other deficiencies.
 

iHearAll

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you've probably just set it back. autoflowers can flower FOREVER ..not literally ..but they will flower for a long ass time if you want to let it bulk up as much as it can. just be remain really nice
 

Gunfer420

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So you're saying that I just set her back by a few weeks and if treated nice I can still expect an average yield of an autoflower?
 

iHearAll

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So you're saying that I just set her back by a few weeks and if treated nice I can still expect an average yield of an autoflower?
yea probably. but a big factor is the genetics. if it vegs out for while like a critical mass or ultimate kind of size then don't worry so much about it but if it's one of these stealthy porch plants that makes a single giant pinecone of pot then itll be too stressed to make it to that size in it's short lifespan.
 

Gunfer420

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yea probably. but a big factor is the genetics. if it vegs out for while like a critical mass or ultimate kind of size then don't worry so much about it but if it's one of these stealthy porch plants that makes a single giant pinecone of pot then itll be too stressed to make it to that size in it's short lifespan.
Okay, thank you :) as for genetics it's RQS easy bud auto so I assume it's good. Since it's now 32 days old but looks like a healthy 12 days old plant I'm wondering what can I expect from it and considering it's genetics, is there another 8-9 weeks veg/flowering period in front of her or will she automatically start flowering in a week or so and give me just a few grams?
 
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