420FastBuds Auto Grow

This was my first attempt at autos in over 20 years. The Wedding Glue plants blew me away as far as quality goes, but as usual with autos the yields were a bit disappointing. The Strawberry Banana didn't even really form buds, just a plant chalk full of larf. Like instead of forming individual buds it spread them out along the entire branch like a big larfy corn dog. It had to be genetics. I've never had that happen before. My lighting is on point...I have a 480w with lm301h diodes and Meanwell drivers putting out 900-1100 PPFD across the canopy at almost 1.5" away...and every other plant I've ever grown under that light has come out with rock solid, dense, chunky nugs. Definitely not a strain I'd grow again. The Wedding Glue however was a great plant. They just need to stabilize the genetics better so the phenos don't vary as much. Overall these plants were MUCH better than the Lowrider autos I grew back in 2002/2003, but they still leave a lot to be desired especially when it comes to yields. Last grow I got 23 dry ounces from one photoperiod in the same tent with the same light and nutrients. This grow I got a little over half that yield with 4 autos. 4x the plants for ½ the yield, but ⅓ faster harvest times. I think I want to keep exploring autos before I give up on them entirely, but so far I still feel like autos are novelty. You could just 12/12 a photoperiod from seed and get better yields and better quality with the same, if not faster, harvest times.