I've propagated auto strains for years.....have developed a love for the "little ones".....providing myself with quality goods has been fun and keeps me in 6-8 different strains at all times in cure or after-cure periods......Joint Doctor has been my fav breeder but even then, one can get a shitty batch....though my fav auto has been lowryder 2, I just had a batch fail miserable and got only 30% germ......
That all being said, any reseller and even breeders can and will have bad batches.....I've just gone through 3-4 months with nirvana's bubblicious auto and northern light autos....Since I typically run even my autos at 12/12 after they're 4-5 weeks old and healthy, I didn't experience the problem with my nirvana autos.....Sure I got small yeilds.....but I can report the busting open the cure jar of the recent harvest of nirvana bubblicious auto was some very good smoke....very dank odor and a good evenness in head & body "fucked up".... Vaping shows off the real flavor of the strain which definitely has the unmistakable fruit/bubblegum flavor.I count that cured jar of nugs a treasure and goes in the upper drawer...
Next week is the cure jar opening of the NL auto which was a beautiful 16" tall overall with one 8" cola and several hard little nugs surrounding it....got a different dankness....wass very chrystally...One of the most recent "fire" was some joint doctor diesel ryder and lowlife lemon skunk....definitely taste like they sound! When I first get a harvest dry, I'll check out a nug but always put the rest in a cure jar to get the ultimate sweetness and flavor enhancements......patience does pay off.
For those who are contempating doing autos, I can say they have been and will continure to be my fav grow....