Do these look normal?

Hello fellow growers,

A quick background. This is my first time growing anything ever in my life so I’m sure I’ve already made a ton of mistakes but bear with me. I started 3 plants from seed, they were not labeled besides being in a Canuk Seeds package of 7. I got them as a replacement seed for something that was out of stock at the time of shipping. The operator informed me they would be Jack Herer feminized at that time but I soon found out otherwise. I used the wet paper towel method to get them germinated and they all got their tap root out within 24 hours. I then moved them to rock wool cubes for the next 2-3 days until they started to sprout and their roots showed on the underside of the cube. I moved them to solo cups with fox farm ocean forest as the grow medium. At day 20, I moved them to 1 gallon pots. Shortly after this time, all 3 began to show signs of flower. As I said initially, I have never grown before and I had no idea about autoflowering plants. I switched temporarily to a 24/0 cycle from an 18/6 but soon moved to a 20/4 cycle after reading a bit more about autos. At day 33 I realized that 1 gallon pots were in no way large enough to finish these girls in and although I read that you should avoid transplanting autos, I really had no choice and nothing to lose, so I moved them to 3 gallon pots using a super soil/ocean forest mix. By this point I’m sure I have completely ruined any chance these girls have had to reach their potential, and I’m near positive I’ve stunted their growth. From what I’ve read, if I had known these were autos, I should have went from rock wool straight to 3 gallon pots with my super soil/ocean forest mix. I’m currently at day 56 from sprout and I’m not sure what kind of time frame I should aim for. The trichomes are all still clear and they are still shooting up tons of white pistils. I’m assuming since their growth is stunted, I should aim for closer to 12 weeks? As far as lighting, they move to my main flower tent (4x4 w/ 2x ES 300’s) during the 12 hour lights on cycle in there but, move back to the smaller tent for 8 hours too (I was obviously not planning to do autos and photos when I originally started). I’ll attach pictures, any insight or experience is appreciated. *the last picture was yesterday*

Your lucky to get them that far with all that transplanting....paper towel to rock wool to ffof to bigger pot to bigger pot to bigger pot. I've grown autos 15 years by just planting a fresh seed and in 2 ltr pots.
That being said, Autos can take any lighting schedule with no issues...no requirement except for "good light"....I've actually grown both autos and photos for 15 years on 12/12.
Yes, you've got a bit to go....I've seen new white pistils on plants begging for chop. Watch your trics. Read up on harvest techniques.
Happy growing.

Oldreefer said:

Your lucky to get them that far with all that transplanting....paper towel to rock wool to ffof to bigger pot to bigger pot to bigger pot. I've grown autos 15 years by just planting a fresh seed and in 2 ltr pots.
That being said, Autos can take any lighting schedule with no issues...no requirement except for "good light"....I've actually grown both autos and photos for 15 years on 12/12.
Yes, you've got a bit to go....I've seen new white pistils on plants begging for chop. Watch your trics. Read up on harvest techniques.
Happy growing.

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Appreciate the feedback, I’ll definitely be more prepared with the remaining 4 auto seeds in that pack. If I left them in the photo tent indefinitely starting now, would that cause any problems do you think? They are just starting week 3 of flower in there but I’m anxious to get these autos out permanently to open a little more room for the 4 photos.

sparxxx007 said:

Appreciate the feedback, I’ll definitely be more prepared with the remaining 4 auto seeds in that pack. If I left them in the photo tent indefinitely starting now, would that cause any problems do you think? They are just starting week 3 of flower in there but I’m anxious to get these autos out permanently to open a little more room for the 4 photos.

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No problem at all with growing autos with photos on 12/12. The hype about autos "needing" more light is all bunk I proved wrong 15 yrs ago. Sure, longer lighting schedules means a bit more yeild but how much yeild does it take to justify increased cost and problems. As I mentioned, small pots on 12/12 gives me minimum of 2 oz per plant. I might not grow monsters but I do grow a lot of weed.