hey iv grown outdoors a bit,tieing your plants over has worked great fo me and is hardly stressful on the plant.basicly all side and bottom branches grow up with the top. no cutting no topping.topping out doors can see strong wind rain and stoms blow your plant to bits if not supported prperly...
im starting a few seeds under 2ftgrowlux twin 18watters,and have 2 cuttings under a 400watt mh lamp on 24hrs in 4x4x6area,currently trying to decide on a medium for transplanting.thinking coco or bubbleponics