The plant in the picture is a Sweet Seeds Gorilla Girl Auto Fast Version. It sprouted on April 7th and still no signs of flowering.
Any idea what might be going on?
Many thanks for any opinion offered.
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There are a few possibilities.
I myself have already had the experience of a wrong seed in the packaging, where the supposed photoperiodic skunk suddenly flowered by itself.
Conversely, I’m currently experiencing that my Blue Mazar autoflower only started flowering after entering the 12h light tent. After 66 days of growth 
Perhaps the ruderalis genes are a bit more recessive in this particular plant, and the photoperiodic ones dominate.
If in doubt, you’ll have to wait until autumn to see if it starts to flower then.
Best regards and good luck.
The lady looks healthy.
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Thanks for the explanation and much appreciated.
The plant is healthy and that is another item that doesn’t make much of this square up. I imagine that it probably is a mislabelled seed at the end of it all.
Growing outdoors , so will wait and see what happens.
Thanks again,
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The answer’s in the strain name, and it’s a common mix-up for growers. 
Even though it has “Auto” in its family tree, your plant isn’t an autoflower.
Here’s what’s up with the plant:
The “Fast Version” Misunderstanding Sweet Seeds’ “F1 Fast Version” strains are made by crossing a regular photoperiod strain with an autoflowering one.
Since the autoflowering trait is totally recessive, the F1 offspring won’t flower automatically; they still rely on light cycles.
The “Fast” part just means that once the plant does start flowering, it’ll finish its bloom cycle super fast (usually around 7 weeks)
Why Hasn’t It Flowered Yet?
Because the plant depends on light cycles, it’ll happily stay in the veggie stage until it gets a change in light exposure.
If it’s outside: Since it sprouted on April 7th, it’s been growing during the longest days of spring and summer. It won’t start its flowering cycle until the natural outdoor daylight drops closer to 12 hours a day later in the summer.
If it’s inside: It’ll stay in this veggie state forever until your friend manually changes their grow light timer to a 12/12 light cycle (12 hours of light, 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness).
That said, the plant looks awesome – it’s a great, rich green color, healthy leaves, and strong node development. It’s built a solid foundation for a big yield once it finally gets flipped to bloom!
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Your friend @Nicklovin420 gave you the answer, it’s not an auto, it’s a fast version, or F1. It needs 12 hours of darkness to flower like all photoperiodic strains; only the flowering cycle is shortened. Otherwise, it’s a normal photoperiodic strain with vigorous growth. It’s crossed with ruderalis, which is what automatics are made with, but only a fraction of it, so you save time, but the characteristics of photoperiod-dependent plants are maintained.
On one hand, you’ll have more quality, on the other hand, it won’t flower until it gets 12 hours of continuous darkness.
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Good if you can read carefully. 
I hadn’t even noticed that 
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Thanks a lot for the explanation. Yep the oversight was on me.
Should have better read the package.
Looks like we will be transplanting soon.
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Probably a good thing, autos struggle outside and now you’ll end up with a monster plant 
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