i grow afgani outdoors. they are a tough, hardy, medium yielding plant outside. you can stagger your harvest to tailor your highs from spacy/functional, to a late harvest, backache pain releif/super couchlock stone. from spring start mine are all about 5' tall now and by october they'll be about 7' tall. mine are fairly drought resistant, 3-4 days in high 80's - lo 90's between watering. and because they are a non-hybrid landrace plant they are disease resistant. the only problems i've ever heard are that they are not high enough in thc for some people, and they're buds in humid conditions are subject to bud rot. iv'e never experienced that but in sept,oct here it's pretty arid most days. i think they are very good for beginners. good luck, and you will find much help here on his site. the people here are great.