I had the same experience with this auto. Out of 25-30 autos in 2 years, i've had low producers at the start and so on, but this was the only 2 that amounted to zero..even after giving it 3 months..it just grew and grew, and never continued to flower after week 1. Tried everything, in the end, they were my only plants to have to ever get thrown out lol. Now going with the regular photo for over a year, and it's one of my favorite plants and it's what i grow most..never disappoints! I even had a few seeds in the last grow due to a pos moneymaker next to it, and 5 of the 6 seeds i found are now in week 1 of flower, looking great like always! Im doing a round of auto's in a few months, and will likely go back with mephisto for autos, for sure not barney's! lol