it is very simple. 1) germinate seed and once it is ready to plant, plant it in a plastic clear cup (plastic drinking cup) and drill 3 or 4 on the bottom for drainage. This way you can see the roots grow. Within a weeks time or sooner you will be ready to plant into a 1 gallon pot until it outgrows it, then move up to a 3 or 5 gallon (for indoor a 5 gallon pot does really good) pot for the remainder of it growing life (the season depending on what you are growing). This is how I do it and I grow indoors, have had very good success. Depending on where you live and weather, you have to make that decision. I use a small bedroom for my plants. Go to my posts and you can see what my results were as pictures say 1000 words... If you decide on a tent, no need to go outdoors. If your outdoors situation that would thrive, again that is up to you. Sun or PG&E bill. you have no control on outdoor light thus are at the mercy of Mother Nature. Indoors, you can complete a full grow in 5 months minimum indoors using the correct setup. Also depending on the type of light used, heat has to be considered thus regulating the distance from the tops of your plants so they don't burn. I use t8 tubes so I am able to keep my light 3 inches from the tops as they run very cool. So where you going? indoors ort outdoors? I can only recommend that IF you want to do both, you got to acclimate your plants to the switch, I would do it on a nice semi early morning and leave them for the day so they can get acclimated. Keep an eye on them.18/6 hr cycle for vegging, then 12/12 for flowering at the end of 8 weeks of vegging, that is transition to flower time. Transition takes about 1 week, then another 8-10 (10-12) weeks in flower (depending again what you are growing; Indica is faster, Sativa takes 2-4 weeks longer depending on it's particular strain) to harvest time.
Indoors is a whole different long story.
