Ppl here are not nice. "You again" he only asking Q.
Yup my friend. I'm old school so idk about autos, nor do I want 2. But I from what I've read in pre flower they are similar to Fems in the way they pre flower.
For it not to stretch try keep your temp steady when lights on and off within a 4c window if you can. And after you leave pre flower. 15-25 days you can drop the temperature a lot to bring out terp profile. You'll know when it stops it won't grow anymore in height, well, it might add a few CM but very little, you'll know the change wen leaves PF, it'll go from say 10cm in a week to 1-3.