Light Conundrum

so this is my first time growing some and after a long drawn out internet study i decided to take a few seeds out of my bag of mids and germinate those bad boys!
so a week later i have a sprout, and i put it in id say a quart sized tera-cota pot, with miracle grow poting soil. Im trying to limit the size of the bud plant, im not trying to get a high yeild or even especialy dank bud. i just want to try growing, smoke my product, and be satisfied at my work.
so the plant is about 2 inches tall, its germ leaves are still on it, but the next two big leaves are starting to seperate into stems. Im a bit concerned about how lanky and unstable its getting. so this is my setup:
its in that pot, outside, in non direct sunlight about 12 hours a day. i cant put it in direct sunlight because of security, wihch sucks, i know, but keep in mind my goal.
i also have an aquarium flourecent light in my closet, and i move the bud plant in there at night, for around 6 hours.
my question is this, will the plant be able to live under these conditions?
is there a way i can keep the plant small but still get a reasonable (id be satisfied with maybe a quarter) yeild? my ideal height for the plant would be 1.5-2 feet, so yeah if anyone has any suggestions or words of wisdom, it would be greatly appreciated, thanks

Non direct sunlight, especially less than 16 hours of it, is not enough for your plant. Don't get me wrong, it won't die. Its a weed. Its still probably going to grow, but it'll look like a frankenstein plant.

Your best bet is to keep it inside, and throw a couple of 6500k cfls on it, and put the lights on a timer of 18/6.

If you want to keep the plant small, say no bigger than 2 feet, you probably will want to flower it when its around 7-9 inches tall. During flowering, it will grow 2-3 times its size. And switch your 6500k bulbs out for 2700k.

Check out the CFL sub forum in the Indoor Growing section here on riu