First attempt at autos

Before I get into the purpose of this post, let me give some history. I've grown before for several years, however I never used fem or auto seeds. Took a two year break from it, now decided to get back in. These are the first auto female seeds I've ever tried.

I"m trying to determine how far from the optimal harvest they currently are, some buds look ready, but I wanted a few other opinions to make sure i'm not just jumping the gun with anticipation.
The strains include: Snowstorm #2, Roadrunner and Bubblelicious.

Just realized how hard it is to see some of the buds in these photos, I'll try to post some better ones later on today.

same here for autos. 18/6 when she flowers or 20/4. ive read some posts that state that it causes bigger yeild

I've run mine 18/6 after the first month, which was all 24/7. So yea they can flower in any light cycle, that's pretty bad ass!

you not got a scope to check trichomes ?

The photos got shrunk, took some cropped out some shots of the crop for closer views. Some aren't ready, still milky white and going straight out, some are turning colors and curling in. Supposed i could pluck some of the matured ones and let the rest flower for a little longer.

Imo not quite ready. Def get a scope to see trichomes

From what i see these buds look really airy and sparse, what lights are these under, i am presuming CFL's?

CFLs. I also had a ph issue at first. Took a bit to get that sorted out. They are starting to bend the stems over