AutoFlowers lifecycle

I have grown autos in the past and I would say its a bit of both to be honest there's no "correct way" to cultivate a plant we as growers work with the best things we can get our hands on which is limited to each different growers situation budget or enthusiasm for cultivating. Keeping in mind that all the breeders guidelines go on "Optimal conditions" which really can mean anything. The average grower is not going to come no where near to lab style optimal condition's so I ignore almost every breeder that will give a proper timeline because as we all know a plant is ready when its ready you cannot rush mother nature. From my experience autos start slow and flower early though this will concern alot of first time growers its nothing to fear in actual fact an auto will grow very aggressively in the first few weeks of flower and be a completely different plant in the matter of 2 or 3 weeks. This along side the long finish that most autos tend to have I have never seen the benefit of taking away a very critical piece of control from the grower especially when the plant is going to take just as long as a photo anyway I cannot see the point. Along side autos being very tricky to feed also they don't like heavy feed schedule's which can cause problems later on also autos are very reactive to stress too so defoliations and other training methods can cause permanant damage and slow the plant down dramatically. I wouldnt grow them personally I have only been growing around 5 years and I prefer the control aspect of photos along with the ease of cuttings ect. though this is all just my opinion lol some growers area really good at growing autos i think most it goes down to what you feel comfetable with my rule of thumb is add two weeks on what the breeder says and your usually not far off lol