You are not alone, sir.
Pictured below is a 4' tall plant grown in a 2 gallon pot. They were freebies from "the buddy of a chum who was the pal of my friend." Now THAT'S some trusted lineage, ain't it folks?
After about 5 weeks, they starting to flower while still under 18/6. AUTO'S!! So I grew as normal and started checking the trichomes after 7 weeks.
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After 7 weeks, I expected to see trichomes to finish but they wouldn't. 3 weeks later and still no progress on the trikes. Soon, the sugar leaves started to go brown and the main stalk resembled a badly bruised Granny Smith apple. Not good!! I chopped right then, dried and cured and when I went to spark some up - THERE WAS JUST NO THERE THERE. The only thing she accomplished was to fill up my compost.
After chop, I dumped the contents and the massive root ball had grown back upwards and reached the surface of the soil. This girl was severely root bound and died a slow death. 15 weeks of my TLC went right into the Green bin. You are not alone.
On the bright side - the pictures impressed the fuck out of the buddy of a chum who was a pal of my friend