No I haven’t. Sure you’re not overthinking this @Dirt_Wizard?
The easiest way for me to grow outdoors is to dig a 3" deep hole the perimeter size of the pot and sink the pot into the hole. Make sure the drainholes are well covered. I run a drip irrigation emitter into the pot, like a 1 gpm, which is what I fed a field of trees with, 2 miles of 1/2" black poly pipe. The roots will grow through the drain holes into native soil. Easy peasy…
I’ve grown some pretty big sativas this way - O. Haze, a very sativa dominant Peak19 backcross (Colombia parent influence), etc.
In spite of staking the colas flopped over.
UB