I would be surprised if any of the companies claiming to have the mint pheno would be selling regular seeds yet, they wanna keep it to themselves for...
1st pic looks like a male, despite being stunted they look good for the most part. The curling of the leaves is cause by heat stress, add another fan...
Don't give into urban tales on that dark period shiz, (or any of them imo) its not going to induce flowering any quicker, just stress em and possibly...