I have never grown outdoors before just indoors. but from buying outdoor bud from the black market in canada. it is not very good. when my city gets a dry spot in august-early sept thats all that comes around. I have never seen a good outdoor crop so I am a bit biased i guess. But this bud i get that is outdoors is always a bad smell, purple popcorn nugs that have little to no crystal on the outside. Sure you can't beat the sun and outdoor yield will most always be larger, but what I like about indoor is the control you have over everything!! Since indoor growers have this exact control if used properly I think that an indoor crop would reach its genetic potential over an outdoor crop. I do hope to do an outdoor crop next year Im just starting to find a good location and what not.(that is the hardest part it seems lol) But like I said im very biased because of this one strain that always creeps around this time of year and it really is schwaggy!!!!! soo very harsh and not tasty.