I know I found this a little late but the main problem I see here as i'm an outdoor MI grower (and have been for quite some time) is ppl picking strains and not bothering to check when they finish...basicly in MI you cant grow sativa dominate strains or 100% sativas they will NEVER finish outside. You need to choose a plant that finishes sept 15th to oct 1st..you'll also want to look for strains from seed companys from place like holland or spain where the climate is like ours..by the time sept rolls around its getting wet and cold which will cause bud rot in a matter of days...Also if you want more than a few oz off your plants you need to start them in feb-march and plant outside a week or so after mothers day (may 10th), the last frost is usually the around then..one of the first posts said to plant june 21st which is bs unless you want small 2 oz plants, but why take the chance unless your going to come out big...
I'm growing all great white shark from greenhouse, finishes end of sept, yeild up to 800g a plant (havent had it yet but this year looks VERY promising with my 7.5 ft trees) my seeds popped march 10th and the plants went outside may 12th being about 1.5-2 ft depending on the plant, I have 18 outdoors all of which are 6-7.5ft and very bushy. The biggest is 7.5 ft tall and 3-4 ft wide, with atleast another month of veg before flowering starts so it's safe to say we might hit the 800 gram mark. I'm using advanced nute's full line of heavy harvest (spring, summer, fall) piranha, tarantula, voodoo juice, carboload, big bud, and bud igniter..fight bugs and mold with safers 3-in-1. I pre dug my holes a month ahead of time and backfilled them with 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 perlite, 1/3 native soil. Most the plants were LST'd to keep them short and bushy and I quit doing that about a month ago to just let them do their thing from here on out.
these pictures are from 2 weeks ago just a quick peek