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Newbie first autoflower

I hope she gets a lot more thicker cuz the buds are no bigger than a nickel maybe a little bit bigger than a nickel
 

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Leaves look healthy, nice color. Pistils same, a few are darkening. I see one plant looks like it's stretching nicely.
 
That's just the beginning, those buds should stack into nice nugs, they get thicker in diameter, tight when you squeeze them when they're getting closer to harvest. Most pistils will turn darker, curl inward. Nice frost on the leaves, keep doing what you're doing? Have you found a bloom booster product yet? (I couldn't open the 3 pics above, it happens here at times, nothing you did wrong) I'd like to see farther away pics, to see the buds on the branches from the side, to see what's growing up. :)
 
In pic #7 can you see the budlets/pistils that are below fan leaves? You might need to clip off a few fans, train, or tuck and fold so that those lower buds get light penetration. From above you want to see light get through to the soil level, from the top of the plant.
 
I had to open in new tab then enlarge but it distorts up to a point. This seems to happen in long threads or with a lot of pics, or I need to clear my cache? Anyway, can you see how much more light is getting to the middle buds in the last pic? That will help them grow up bigger. I wouldn't remove any more leaves, don't want to stunt them. In the 1st or 2nd pic I saw thicker buds. On my first grow I was amazed to see how it all develops into big fat colas. Just let them recover from the leaf removal, keep environment good, don't stress, patience. :)
 
I can see them in the small pics I just can't click on them to see larger like usual - it happens to most of us on here at some point. I don't know why, but then it works normally again. The look good, let them fill up, frost up and fatten up. I'll try looking again later. I cleared cache on my laptop, it's just a site thing, nothing you did.
 
Yay Jay1245 happy for you! I chopped the top third off of a small auto yesterday, the underneath buds still growing would be a good picture to show how the greenery forms into compact buds. It's hard to visualize until you see it happen. Don't rush the girls. When more/most of the pistils darken - they can turn brown, orange, tan - it's close. It generally takes weeks longer to be prime for harvest than what is suggested, this is where patience matters. And I would try to take pics without the grow lights affecting the colors of the pistils or trichs. Phone/camera with flash taken in a dark tent gives better viewing for up close trich checks. The last pics looks nice but they still have more to grow, IMO. I thought about taking off Lemon's top buds two weeks ago but I kept checking for how tight the nugs were, the pistils were darker and low smaller buds/branches had grown taller. As long as my trichs don't get too much amber % I'll let the bottom half grow as long as it keeps getting bigger, tighter buds. It's worth the wait. I've been smoking the one photo strain I grew last year 90% of the time this year so I have inventory, yippee! Thankful. Variety is nice but I'm still waiting on these autos to be at their best before harvesting. I have the bottom of that Lemon auto and a Northern Lights auto that's 3 weeks younger still growing. One thing, your trim time will be much shorter than if you were growing photos. I was traumatized, LOL, after trimming my closet full of 3 photo plants that vegged for a long time when I was the newb here.
 
OK, I was able to open a few of your pics. The first set the pistils look great but still light-colored. The 2nd set of pics the colors might not be true on the pistils but those colas are still growing buds that will form into bigger, tighter nugs. They look great, healthy. So do you think the defoliating of leaves helped them grow more? Just be sure to not remove the biggest fan leaf on each cola, they power the plant. When you do take close ups to check trich colors focus on the pistils/bud trichs not the leaves' trich colors, when looking at amber %.
 
Puglover1 ok got it Thanks for the advice I just see a lot of YouTube videos and my autoflower just really looks really really small I don’t know why but it’s not even 12in tall like I’m just not seeing the mistake I’m having here i a just trying to figure out what I did wrong cuz the grow details about my autoflower states it should be at least 3 feet tall and mine is nowhere near that just a little bummed about that like I can send pictures but pictures don’t really show like the buds are no bigger than a quarter round if that I really thought it would be a way bigger plant just kinda disappointed at the moment well I am going to start my next autoflower this weekend sometime it’s called blue dynamite hopefully it will be a better grow the second time just don’t know why the grape cookies is so small like a foot tall that’s it kinda sad lol but it’s whatever I just have to go with it and be happy with what I get from it just wish I would have known what I did wrong so I don’t fuck up again you know but it cool thanks for the advice
 
Autos, hybrids can be totally different phenos, like sisters and brothers in a human family. You seem to have a good environment and they look healthy. I'm about to finish my 2nd grow/1st autos and my plants were 4-5" inches tall at 12 weeks. I'll be lucky to get an 1/8th ounce out of one NL dwarf, after drying and the stems' weight subtracted. I understand expecting what you see in pics but some of these folks have been growing for decades, experience, knowledge, or it's their strain, or light. Sorry, could be better could be worse. Trust me. You still have time on this one, it'll get better before it's done.
 
Puglover1 hey so I guess I need to buy me a microscope or a magnifying glass to see my trichomes better she is looking good but the buds don’t seem to be getting too much bigger tightening up yes but still really small they look bigger in the pictures cuz of the zoom in on them but I will find something that I can use to measure it by ok bout to add new pictures
 
Hi, I saw pic #4, 5 & 6 (that loading thing strikes again), those are in more true light. I see not enough dark, curled-inward pistils and very few slightly-amber trichs. I'll try looking again tmrw. Tired. I know it's hard to wait but you're not in any danger ATM plus you have to dry and cure still. Depends on what you want in effect but the longer you wait the bigger the yield and probably stronger buzz. I wish my plants looked that healthy, honestly. I'll be starting grow 3 soon with a better light, better ventilation and temp control, and a new soil so it's always a learning experiment. You've done well.
 
Oh, to take a good pic of a bud that you think is nearing maturity I find they show up best when taken in the dark using flash. Only that bud shows up and the trichs are easier to see. You can buy a jeweler's loupe, I just put a cheap (I won it) macro clip-on lens over my phone's camera, my phone is a Samsung, it needs upgrading but pics are still OK..
 
Hi, I was deleting Google Photos, my storage is full. Those are great pics of frosty buds. If you can take a close up of a bud top, like from the top, it's easier to see if trichs are all cloudy or if there are ambers on the buds, not just the leaves. Like in a dark tent with flash, the buds show up well with a dark/blackish background. You can turn your light(s) off for pics, it won't hurt anything. Getting close but your pistils are still mostly white, it seems. Let them keep getting fatter and tighter - are they feeling tight when you squeeze one?
 
Oh they are really really tight dense buds my gf is on the way she is going to take pictures with the little off and she will send them to me and I will send them to you or on here witch ever works best for you I took so many pictures last night with the light off but camera is not to good I guess lol
 
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