I did two outdoor autos last spring. Started indoors in mid feb. Put them outside as soon as night time temps were reliably over 50 degrees. I did one in an octopot which is a media sleeve with a 6 gallon reservoir at the base for water/nutrients. I got over 2oz of fairly larfy product from an ILGM white widow auto. The other one was run at the same time but planted in dirt. I got around 20 grams off that one.
Even though most folks would consider my yield a waste of their time, I thought they were both fun grows and I learned a lot. There was an 8 day period last April where I was in Puerto Rico so my plants didn’t get any attention from anyone for 8+ days and they both lived.
I’ll be doing similar runs again this spring when the time is right.