Recon Auto
Recon Auto, a hybrid listed at 20% THC and described as euphoric, happy, relaxed. Posted unbranded and tracked to any New Zealand address, with the grow figures we could trace on the listing.
What the seed lot did on the bench
Every lot is checked before it goes on the shelf, and the yield figures come from New Zealand growers who sent us a harvest weight against a batch code. This lot was read on 2026-09-22, from a tray sample of 360.
Outdoor figures come from a New Zealand season, so they run below what the same cultivar reaches somewhere with a longer, drier autumn. Treat them as what this plant does here. The full report for this lot sets out the method and the terpene panel.
About Recon Auto
Will Recon finish outdoors in New Zealand? In most of the country, yes. The outdoor window runs October to April, and an autoflower started in that window runs on age rather than daylight, which takes the guesswork out of timing entirely. Balanced genetics adapt to most of the country, so the honest answer depends on where you are. The regional notes below are the short version.
Questions New Zealand Growers Ask About Recon
What medium suits it? Living soil rewards flavour, coco rewards control and speed. Neither is wrong. Choose the one you will actually maintain.
How much light? More in veg than growers expect, less in late flower than they think. Autoflowers do not need a light-cycle change, so 18 hours throughout is the simple default.
When is it ready? Trichome colour, not the calendar. The published window is 50-60 days, which is a reasonable figure to plan around, but the plant decides.
Is it beginner-friendly? It is rated easy. That means it tolerates the mistakes everyone makes in their first season.
Where do I put it? Indoors it is predictable; the indoor-friendly genetics list covers what performs in a tent. Outdoors, see the regional notes above — or the autoflowering indica range if the season is your constraint.
How does it arrive? Plain, unbranded packaging with tracking — the detail is on the shipping page.
Effect Profile
Euphoric, Happy, Relaxed is the consensus, and consensus is worth exactly what it sounds like — a starting point. 20% THC sets the scale; caryophyllene and the terpenes alongside it shape the character rather than the strength.
Onset is quick by inhalation and slow by ingestion, which is where most bad experiences begin. Expect either, depending on how much you take.
If potency is what you are shopping for, the high-THC seeds category is sorted for it.
The Terpenes
Caryophyllene leads, limonene sits behind it, and myrcene runs underneath.
Temperature changes what you get. Vaporised low, around 180 to 188 degrees, limonene and myrcene come through cleanly while caryophyllene stays in the background. Combusted, caryophyllene dominates and the finer detail is largely lost. Same flower, two different experiences.
Who It Suits
Who does well with Recon? Growers with limited headroom or no interest in managing timers. Apartment balconies. Anyone wanting more than one run in a season. First-timers included — the genetics are forgiving.
Still deciding? The indoor-friendly genetics list is the narrower place to start.
Published Figures
- Finishes in 50-60 days
- Under lights: up to 300 g/m2
- Grown out: up to 400 g/plant
- Height: 90-120 cm. Medium
- Difficulty: easy
Reported Effects
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Where Recon Auto Comes From
Documented parentage is LA Confidential × Cannadential. Where a cultivar's origin is recorded we name it on this page; where it is contested or simply unknown, the field stays empty rather than being filled with something plausible.
We did not originate the cultivars in this catalogue and do not claim to have. What we do is select and stabilise the lines we sell, so that a pack grows out more uniformly than an unworked one — which matters more in New Zealand than in most places, because an outdoor grower here is working to a frost date rather than an open-ended season. The stabilisation programme sets out how that works and what it does not cover.
Every pack is covered by our germination promise: follow the method in the germination guide and seed that fails to open is replaced free within 30 days.