I have had much luck with EVERY AUTO I GREW…EXCEPT GG4…and only from HGC seeds…Here and there I get a hermie, when I stress the sh$t out of one, or do not watch my lights, but better than 90% of the time they grow very well. I believe the flavor, potency and visual are better with auto’s but be prepared to get nowhere near the harvest as you do from a photo…there really is no veg period…just a couple / few weeks and they go right into flower so you lose a lot of vegetation growth…
For an 8-12 week endeavor, start to finish, I can grow 5/6/7 different strains, a couple of each, rather than just the 4 photo period plants I would normally grow.
Best and easiest - GirlScoutCookie, White Widow, almost any Gelato
best choices for me - GrandDaddyPurp, Alaskan Purp, G13, Lemon Haze, Pineapple, Tangerine, Bruce, AK47…Even some of the CBD (not from HGC yet but they will get there). grew seedsman 30:1 and it was mind boggling. Tasted like old pipe smoke (cavendiish—didn’t even smell like MJ when you burned it)…no high but chilled my body out like nothing else, pain, anxiety…I also grew some Rde CBD 20:1…these all have less than 1% THC…