glad i got the sub early on 
i agree with shrub hes a great grower your babies look perfect i was a little worried when i first started growin the plants are so dense i thought penetration on such a bush would be minimal surely i should give her a little defol but then they stretched and boy do they my fastbud went from about 10cm to around 70cm in 4days and still kept a great node spacing 
the stretch phase is so spectacular shes a couple of cm and then all of a sudden bang shes a full on tree/bush should start around week 4 and when shes done a few days later its the buds time to shine im starting to find the more research i do autos dont really have that strong an odour all major vendors say the plants stink but all grows i have read and my grow are showing that the smell isnt to bad my fb is just about finished and altho has a odour not enough to stink out anywhere lol i think i may need a carbon filter for drying though 
community for all the support and guidance 
sounds spot on aslong as the budsites get exposed to the light they can start focusing on producing you them fat buds the fan leaves block alot of light off lower branches but the branches dont block any light on fan leaves so the whole plant gets a chance to grow i was worried with sc as she was all leaf untill she had her stretch i wanted to give her a total defol but i waited and since she stretched the buds are amazing i think ill get over a oz n a half but she is small even still but yep you will notice the stretch more on the multi branched babies to begin with but when the stretch is up thats when the bud really starts to take shape im sorry to hear this is your third attempt at a grow but your babies look great your going to go the distance with these ladies they tell you everything through there leaves mate they will go pale with lack of nutes and not look as nice as they did over nute they will burn/discolour over hot/humid they will curl as with too much light under/over water the leaves will droop heavily with over water tends to lead to discolaration and burning aswell also if the plant seems too bend away from light its too close and if its towards light its too far hope this helps but best thing to do with autos is k.i.s.s
Geordie, I'm here to see you to the distance also. I'm on my 1st grow also, but it's non-auto. I would like to stick around & learn from you. I have 2 Freebie Autos that I'll be growing and I'll surely use your journal for some advice.
Also, I sent you a friend request.
No problem geordie im always happy to help a fellow grower i look forward to the pics
Plants are starting to stretch there legs now i think, i'm onto the 4th week now and i think its around 4-6 weeks is the best part of the stretch before entering flowering which i'm so excited to see. As for the nutes i have added a very small amount to 2 litres of water and fed all the plants round about the same. In the following images you'll see some discolouration in the leaves of the "Big Gal" (chicken & mushroom) and i put it down to low/no nutrients so i took some action yesterday and fed them all. 
I'm all caught up,plants are def doing grt.glad we cleared the air on Scots thread lastnight,an glad u actually seen the funny side of it.I've def got a good set up now,I'll watch from the side lines an let the expert growers guide u in the right direction,take care buddy
... Pleased your all setup and ready to go, having a good setup really helps. My last two attempts were really bad and failed epicly due to 1. total misunderstanding on what the fuck i was supposed to be doing and 2. poor/not the right equipment. But i to now have a fairly nice setup, one that at the moment is working even down to the pot noodle containers in which i will be using again even though theres a mixed debate about transplanting auto's a few experienced growers do this. My reason for choosing them was simply to get them under my T5 light, 3 big pot simply wouldnt have went under and i dont think i would have the result i've got.... However i'm open to the expert growers here to advice further on this....
