Autoflower Harvest - Need Advice

Hey Guys,

I Germinated 2 Northern Lights Auto seeds on the 22nd of October
They were placed in rockwool on the 24th of October, root out and everything.

I would say the first set of leaves showed between the 26th to the 29th of October.
This is a Hydroponic Grow
(The reason I'm explaining this is because I always get confused counting the weeks)

So, everything is going great, and according to my counting January 26th marked my 13th week of growing (not flowering), I'm just confused about the time, these auto flowers were suppose to finish weeks ago, and I know u gotta let it do its thing but I'm just wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

From what I read and learned, the last 2 weeks the buds fatten up and then its ready for harvest, my buds fattened up 3 weeks ago and and stopped puffing up, its producing a lot of trichomes though but its not dying and the trichomes are mostly clear (at least from what I see with my 50x jeweler's loupe)


I uploaded pictures of just 1 plant, it has been LSTd (but it was my first time so i think i messed it up a little bit) You can see some the second plant on the right (Not lSTd) and got stunt a little bit.



Would love your feedback

Just remember, Im in my 3rd month on an auto flower.

Main Cola:
Close Up:




(Pictures won't upload, will upload them once uploading is fixed)

Auto Carmelicous did the same for me, week 15 and 2 are cloudy, the other 5 are all clear and looks like 3ish weeks left, its my first Auto run though usualy do Photos, so i have no advice just an expierence,

Photos Up

The Trichs are somewhat milky, from the structure of the bud i would say at least 2 week, Maybe take a pic without flash for more in depth examination,

I just chopped a few Auto OGs and Auto Critical x Jack Herrers that i popped a month before these dates on 9/16 sprouted leaves 9/20-9/21. Popped them to test a new room out while moms were growing and clones got to size. Here are some pics of each for an idea, the Critical x Jack was garbage the OG was pretty good. Autos suck man, i use them as test dummies in a new room to dial it in only while waiting for photo moms and clones to flood the table with.

Critical x Jack:


OG:


Share a bit more on your on your light schedule as that plays a part big time, what type of boosters are you running and whats your standard PPM right now.

g$420 said:

Share a bit more on your on your light schedule as that plays a part big time, what type of boosters are you running and whats your standard PPM right now.

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This is my first grow, I do have a PPM meter but I never really used it.

Nutrients (Half of the recommended dosage): FloraGrow Series and Golden Tree from Humboldt's Secret
Pot: 5 Gal
Light: 20/4 500W LED

I flushed the plant for 5 days thinking it would be time to harvest, but now its back on Bloom Nutes.

I do have Big Bud from Advanced Nutrients but I don't think I should be using it at this stage.

The time it took for these 2 to grow, I should have just went for a photo seed.

Modjo84 said:

The time it took for these 2 to grow, I should have just went for a photo seed.

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This is what i have expierenced with the autos that actually produce a yield, its understandable but does not make sense to run Auto when you can get better production and quality from Photo is the same time,