Deformed New Leaves

I've got this Afrodite nearly done but the biatch has been giving me a few problems throughout. Yes, it's an auto flower and all autoflowering ladies are shit, better go with reg seeds, blah blah blah...
the issue i had previously was that it needed to be switched to 12/12 to get it to flower, otherwise it seemed to be doing pretty well. it then started to flower but was producing shit loads of leaves and lots of tiny buds that weren't getting big at all. I tried a non-organic bloom fert to no real effect. I think I also accidentally damaged the top bud/cola, which started to grow again (what's that all about?) with deformed leaves. other leaves kinda got the "five fingers" closer together, instead of being nicely open like they were before. nutes lock? anyway, here are some pictures, please help.

nice them lad be watchin..what are the leds like...

kevin murphy said:

nice them lad be watchin..what are the leds like...

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still not entirely sure about LEDs and in my experience they're not good for seedlings. I use 150w CFL (red and blue) alone for a couple of weeks then add the LED. It works much better that way but I think they're probably not worth the expense yet. CFLs are a lot cheaper and seem to have the best ratio electricity/heat/bud, although I'm thinking to bake with 600w HPS for the last couple of weeks. I'm sure there will be plenty of people who'll disagree with all this.

so no one knows why the leaves are deformed and weird then?

after reading around in many different places, I'm starting to believe that the deformity and the return to growth could be due to light stress. I think the plant could be confused and doesn't know if it should flower or veg. I had to put it under 12/12 to make it flower even if it is, allegedly, an autoflower but then brought it back to 18/6 to give it as much energy as possible, but perhaps that was a mistake and I should have left it on 12/12. any thoughts?

you should of never put it on 12/ 12 if its a auto. that's way the call them autos. they flower without a light change. still not sure if that would make it do that. i have had a few plants i got from ? a place. that where not autos. yours my not be. i got a pack of 10. 2 where not autos.

I'd put it on 12/12 and keep it there. If it's not budding right and only growing more leaves then that means it's reverting back to the Veg state.

smokey2117 said:

I'd put it on 12/12 and keep it there. If it's not budding right and only growing more leaves then that means it's reverting back to the Veg state.

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Yeah, I did that yesterday. My mistake was in thinking that once it started flowering it could have been brought back to 18/6, being (allegedly) an autoflower. It clearly doesn't work that way. I hope it will still fatten up a bit, but it's near its end so I think I fucked it up. Oh well... good experience I guess

shizz said:

you should of never put it on 12/ 12 if its a auto. that's way the call them autos. they flower without a light change. still not sure if that would make it do that. i have had a few plants i got from ? a place. that where not autos. yours my not be. i got a pack of 10. 2 where not autos.

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dude, I know how autoflowers are supposed to work, but if the bitch doesn't flower by itself I need to put the smack down and force her to do it. The only way is 12/12.

pH readings of run-off and the liquid you are introducing?

Could be improper pH range or fluctuations in pH producing strangely-shaped leaves.

thrash4ever said:

pH readings of run-off and the liquid you are introducing?

Could be improper pH range or fluctuations in pH producing strangely-shaped leaves.

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didn't check that, but I'm fairly sure it shouldn't be it. Since having it back at 12/12 it seems to be getting a little better, I'm just gutted that it happened so late in its life and I'm not sure I'll get a decent yield. We'll see, thanks for your suggestion though

It looks to me that it is re-vegging, are you noticing new growth on the plant cause it seems like its trying to put out some growth, when it does that it makes weird leaves that spiral and curl. Also it produces single fanned leaves..