'Flowering time' question

[Ricardo77]

Hey all, I'm interested in growing 'Trainwreck'

I will have a good 12-15 weeks in a southern Mediterranean climate to grow from beginning to end, outdoors.

RQS have a 'Feminized' (https://www.royalqueenseeds.de/feminisierte-hanfsamen/655-trainwreck.html) seed on their site
and an 'Auto' variety (https://www.royalqueenseeds.de/autoflowering-hanfsamen/657-trainwreck-automatic.html)

The feminized link suggests that the 'Auto' needs 12-13 weeks after germination to complete, whilst the 'feminized' says it needs a 'flowering time' of 9-10 weeks.

I'm confused. I always thought that autos were the fastest harvesters - it's suggests not so, in this case.
What exactly is the 'flowering time'? - From germination to harvest..? or the period the plant develops it's first bud until flowering is ready for harvest?

Any help, muchly appreciated?

Confused newby..

 

[Lil Dab]

Autos are counted from seed/sprout Photos are counted from flip to flower. Depending on strains they can be very comparable all depends on how long you veg your photos and how fast the auto sexes

 

[Rick Dirte']

Rule of thumb is most autos need 8 weeks of flowering time. They’ll usually start pre flower
Any where from 20 to 35 days. So most will finish from 11 to 13 weeks. Of coarse there are exceptions some will run up to or over 100 days

 

[JP1]

If you only have a 12-15 week total growing season I'd pick the auto. Photo plant flowering time starts from when the days start to get shorter. Around here that's mid August. So the 10 weeks flowering would finish late October no matter when I planted them. Growing season here is mid May to mid Sept, so photos never finish before they bugs come out and they rot. Autos I can plant mid May and they'll be done by early Sept