About making your own seeds:
You can use colloidal silver (or collidal or however it's spelled) to force a branch of the plant to form male flowers. This way you can get a lot of seeds; via inbreeding.
Depending on the genetics, this could be a wildcard, though. (Wrote a whole post about it)
About transplanting autos:
It seems that when the roots have too much resistance or get stunted, the plant might start flowering prematurely (finish before the 95 days it said on the package).
If you are careful enough, and don't touch the roots much, it's ok to transplant. (Did that last year)
About your plants:
Looks like nutrient burn to me. Severely stunted growth.
You fertilized the small seedlings, didn't you?
RE: Failing my Autoflowers..