I’m also now concerned about the auto flower variety I’m growing for first time ever. They are just coming out of seedlings stage and starting to vigorously grow as expected and they are already starting to flower at 8 inches tall. I know to expect some stretching but still only gets so big before completion. So at this stage I’m looking at 1 zip per if I’m lucky. It’s hard to compare to a normal female that can reach 10 ft and provide several pounds per one plant. Is this normal for the auto flower or am I doing something wrong. Right now they are in veg room at 18 hours daily from 600 CMH Nursery pots with Ocean Forest soil. Use PH amended water and Fox Farm nutes as well as Superthrive. RH at 55 and intake and exhaust fans for circulation and extraction. Air conditioner is off at this time for early vegetation. They will be going outside once weather here breaks along with regular females. My question is will they just continue flowering until competition regardless?? And is there a way to get them bigger than 8 inches before they bud ? Sucks growing out a plant for months for end product that’s gone in days. Doesn’t add up