Good afternoon weed SmokerJoe. I didn't think you cared but I just didn't want to do it again if you didn't like it. I live east of Seattle in the foothills. We don't get very cold here but right now we have had 3 30 degree mornings in a row but at least the sun is out. One thing that is really good about this plant is it's strength. Out of the 4 I had outside I only had one branch break off in the wind and rain. The Chernobyl I had I lost a lot of branches to the wind. The branch joints were really weak. It's just about always grown inside so it may come from years of clones that I got it from. Anyway good luck getting them to finish. I do believe the diminishing light schedule is the way to go. Happy Days