IME, without proper grow-lights, hibernation is the only way to go. Stop watering around early September, and put in a dark, cool place at start of October. Bring out into a shady spot around early March, and gradually increase light levels for the first month, to wake 'em up, and only after that give them a good drenching.
Like you, I had rooted cuttings by mid-summer, and I kept them on a windowsill through their first winter. They did grow, but diameter was reduced (etiolated) because they had heat, but insufficient light, so now they have a narrow section just above the base, but below the wider, proper, summer-only growth of the last few years.
http://www.shaman-austra...e-for-northern-climates/“I sometimes marvel at how far I’ve come - blissful, even, in the knowledge that I am slowly becoming a well-evolved human being - only to have the illusion shattered by an episode of bad behaviour that contradicts the new and reinforces the old. At these junctures of self-reflection, I ask the question: “are all my years of hard work unraveling before my eyes, or am I just having an episode?” For the sake of personal growth and the pursuit of equanimity, I choose the latter and accept that, on this journey of evolution, I may not encounter just one bad day, but a group of many.”
― B.G. Bowers
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