Smokey you can't rush a good plant. Some auto strains will work but regardless you need that veg time to establish a good root system. With doing a 12/12 your roots wont get big & go deep. Small roots = a really small plant. If your looking for your plant to be about 8-12 high (not a plentiful...
Your plants looks like they need more gh grow(N), don't go to over bored w/ the nutes since it will take about a week or 2 for the color to come back. As long as your tops leafs are still green your good.You can't rush time. Also since your going into flowering mode get something w/ carbs, gh...
I would try using RO (reverse osmosis) water instead of that hard spring water. you can get 5 gal juges at your supermarket. I triend using that water and it added alot of salt build up because of all the minerals.
My first time growing indoors too. Im using soiless mediums but im going hydroponics, started seeds about 3 weeks ago and my plants are about the same size as yours. I think that my plants are are the end stages of seedlings going into veg mode.(next week) Im using root 66 at 1/2 strength, and...