Hey Freakshow!!
The autos are really easy to grow, and when they start to flower, they literally explode (I was very skeptical when I grew my 1st auto, as I had heard and seen such crappy grow threads).
The Lowryder 1s were weak, low-potency plants. I have grown 4 auto grows to harvest (Lowryder 2, AK 47, and White Russian). The first few times I was growin' in less than optimal conditions i.e. I had an 8 plant drip set up that was way too small for proper root growth, I was using a 400 watt HPS and in a large tent with poor reflectivity, and I wasn't using any bloom boosting nutes, just base!! I averaged around 1/2 oz. off each plant the first few harvests, and was thinking I had maxed out as many threads out there had similar yields.
When I decided to try waterfarms, in a much smaller tent, and bloom boosters, and I was shocked when my White Russian yielded 3.8 oz and the Lowryder 2 was a little over 3 oz.! I had a 150 watt HPS over each plant. with 3-125 watt and 2-85 watt cfls for side lighting, and when they flowered, I was astonished! I was thinking that when I got autos that they are gonna stay small, I was so wrong. The WR grew to 18 inches, and the Low 2 22 inches. When I switched from Koolbloom to AN Overdrive, they blew up, freakishly. But the waterfarms were key as the roots enabled the autos to really pack on the weight. I felt bad because I was reading a grow thread on another forum a few years ago, and someone claimed they got 3 oz. off their Low 2, and someone caled bullshit, and I backed them. Was I wrong, or what?! potluvr