First time growing outdoors

One week in, and I'm already annoyed with moving them back and forth into the shed. Part of the problems is 1) the door way, and 2) an equally narrow section between a trellis (with grape vine) and hedge mean that I need to be pushing the dolly (so the leaves/stems get pushed upwards and don't catch against obstacles. Pushing, instead of pulling, a dolly with a heavy object is non-optimal for bumps. Between this year and next I'm planning to get some Tropicanna Poison, which is an F1 child of a photo and an auto. So while it flowers like standard photos, it flowers faster, like an auto. Assuming we like the product that I'll grow over the winter, we can have some clones ready for next year's outdoor grow and the fast flower will hopefully mean I can get a harvest without worrying about Oct. weather. The stretch is definitely underway, with the tops putting out a bunch of tops with pre-flowers very evident before the leaves are even fully formed. I find it odd that I'm seeing less physical stretch (i.e. height) than I saw with the indoor plants. Only about 4" of difference in height of the branch I use for measuring.