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I'm growing with Auto's too, Buddha Seeds "Syrup" and "Red Dwarf" strains, as well as Serious Seeds strain called "Smurfberry". I've also seen autoflowers of White Widow by Lowlife Seeds. It's as potent as the plant that mothered and fathered it. My next strain to grow, Delicious Seeds "La Diva" has stats stating that it's 15% THC, 100% Indica-ruderalis crossbreed, and yields 300 grams per meter square. Autoflowers are great for the medical grower, in my humble opinion, because not everyone has room for a 9 foot Sativa in their closet, you know?

It's early for you yet, but I just purchased an Ozone generator because I'm six weeks in with my autoflowers and they're starting to show their first resin glands [seen under my 60x-100x hand-held microscope]. You should invest in one in the next few weeks, unless you're okay with police quite literally kicking your door down. Smell, in some parts, is enough to get a warrant. Up until flowering, it'll help keep the smell down if you use a natural fertilizer regiment such as Peruvian Sea Bird or Jamaican Bat Guano, or earthworm castings. During flowering, it'll keep the distinct 'skunk' smell to a minimum.

Make sure when you use nutrients, not to get any on the leaves. If you do, use a spray bottle full of water to spray it off of the leaf before it dries. If you don't, the leaf will turn brown because you killed part of it. Learn from my mistakes.

In my humble opinion, you germinated too few seeds. I started out with eight seedlings; 5 Smurfberry, 1 Syrup, 1 Quasar, and 1 Red Dwarf. Two never came up, another popped but never laid its taproot down and died, and another one was quite literally murdered by someone who calls me 'friend'. To learn from this: Not every seed is strong, not every plant can survive manhandling by people who aren't as attached to the plant as you are. Pinch your seed between your fingers, it should be strong. If it cracks, it's not worth it. A good seed is dark, and under a magnifying glass has what is best described as Zebra lines.

I'm not allowed to advertise brands or shops here, so I'll keep it general. Read as many books as you can on Marijuana horticulture, and watch as many videos as you can. Growers like Jorge Cervantes have a plethora of both to watch. Personally, I have about five grow DVD's I watch on a constant basis to keep me fresh on what I'm doing, and a field growers bible that I keep in my growers box.

Keep your fertilizers organic, because you're going to be ingesting this at some point. You're growing it, if you go for the good stuff, you'll get good stuff in return.

You're going to want to invest in a 5x or higher-powered magnifying glass. I know your pack says "Feminized", and both DNA Genetics [hey, I have one of their lighters!] and both Green House Seed Co are top quality providers with a great reputation, you might get the odd herm seed, or most unlikely, a full-on male. Go to a surplus store, I picked up a jewelers loupe, 6x magnifying lens, and some surgical forceps for under $10.

My last bit of advice is stop replanting so much. Your plants will be happier for it. My seeds were not germinated in a wet paper towel, or in anything other than their final growing medium. My seeds have never, ever left their growing medium, from start to finish. The only time they've ever been stressed out is when I did my nutrient purge the other night because I drowned them [but only just a little]. I've found that Autoflowers do just fine under a 24/0 grow cycle, even through flowering. Try to recreate nature as best you can, or do better than it can. I've found incredible results with CO2, and I'm so thrilled you're doing it on your first grow.

I'm on my 'second' grow. My cat broke in to the grow room and ate all the seedlings, so I had to restart.

Honestly, read as much as you can as often as you can. I hope your auto's turn out well.