Doh !
Sativas are not more tricky to grow under non HID than HID, I've seen superb results in various Neons setup with 12+ weekers, stretch is much more manageable, or scrog for the stretchy ones ..
I have to disagree with this too.
Before I grew with HID I grew with fluros and I also grew outside.
There are MANY strains of sativas that will just not produce hardly any resin under low light. They will grow fine. But they will not be very potent at all. Even under low HID lights like 250w many won't do well. You can manage them okay under a 600w light but honestly even then in many cases the plant would do much better under sunlight.
But I completely disagree that sativas aren't more finicky about light intensity.