First Time Growing Anything

16 weeks into this grow and I'm concluding that some things in cannabis cultivation will just be a mystery. Supposedly this first grow are White Widow autoflowers. As a new grower the thought of a quick and easy to grow strain was appealing. As it turns out, I was pushing 11 weeks before these plants started to flower - and then only after I cut their light back to 12/12 - something I didn't expect to have to do. Once they went into flower things really took off! 5 weeks into flower and I'm guessing I'm one or two weeks out from harvesting. It's like they were photoperiods during vegetation and autos during flower! With all that said, I'm not complaining. The plants have been an easy and healthy grow and I think the yields are going to be quite a bit more than I expected. It's been an enjoyable education so far!