yeah, maybe magnifier is a thing that costs cash, but there's no more accurate stuff to tell when your weed is ready, also you can mix triches as you want(cloudy, amber, 50/50 etc.)
I'm from Europe, north latitude 57 and am growing 1x Fast bud auto and 1x auto Northern lights. I chose auto's because climate is shit here but still I think they are growing too slow.
Here's link. https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/536495-first-grow-nirvana-auto-northern-2.html
NL is 26...