I started autos alongside photos.
What I found was really wait til autos hit flower then start photos otherwise you gotta get creative and monitor the ppfd to keep them from over-vegging your space while the autos finish lol.
Autos were a trip...flowered in 5 weeks (possibly due to more red lighting I suspect) but no biggie I just assumed they'd finish budding in another 5 weeks maybe 7 quick plants right? ....no more like 9 weeks....seems like flower period is just as long as photos they are just quicker to get there! Lol
Yea the bud looks good, curing is a deed though and I'm trying to get my touch back...also not sure the autos hit my potency or terpene expectations. Just was hoping for a little more...to be fair I put the plants thru hell and back so it was a miracle to finish....got one jar curing out the smells nice got a real hazy sort of blue dream smell coming on. I suspect that's the nevils haze in the strain so if that jar ends up curing nice I'll be happier