Heres what you can do. Is there a closet or somewhere you can bring them inside after they get 12 hours of light? In order to get them to bud, you have to start the flowering process. you need to have them outside in the sun for 12 hours, then transfer them inside to a dark room(completely dark) for 12 hours and repeat for 8-10wks. they aslo need a new fert. for this stage. I bought shultz bloom plus and it works great. Thats funny how you added gatorade. Atleast it worked for you. There are alot of people here that are alot knowledgeable then me since I am a newbie to indoor. Normally you would just wait till the season changes and the plant will start to flower becasue it notices the change in the weather. I think outside is probably better because the plants can grow any size.