Ordered my first pack of seeds! My favorite Super Lemon Haze

From herbies, thanks to you guys and rollitup for the 5% off. I bought the three pack because I figured you can clone plants so why would you need more seeds?

So I'm ready to also buy at least a 65 gallon smart pot to plant one seed for now. I'm concerned about the timing of the season here in Los Angeles because I'm thinking even in a big pot it will flower soon and be small. Right?

So my plan is to just plant it in a small pot and grow it indoors for a few months, then move it outside in the right month and let it enjoy the sun. Good idea?

I need some help because I don't know anything about soil mixture and nutes and timing. All I know about is Ocean's Forest. Can someone tell me about a good soil mix and the type of nutes and the timing for that or at least recommend a book that has all the information that I could start reading?

The whole soil and nute thing is overwhelming me and the wide variety of books also is because I don't know which one(s) to read.

Are you really set on doing soil?
There is an alternative called "soilless mix". For example, Canna Terra Pro is what I have been using.
It looks and feels like really really awesome soil, I think it's made from peat.
Advantages are
-it has no added nutes, so you're in complete control.
-if you add about 40% perlite (cheap white rocks that hold onto water), you get really good aeration and drainage
-it isn't soil, and so it doesn't have a lot of the potential pest problems that a living thing like soil/compost has

Disadvantage
-it's a bit more expensive. I bought a 50L bag for $35, but it was enough for 6 plants and $6/plant is fair enough
-you can't really do organic in it properly. Compost defeats the purpose of soilless imho

On my first grow I went to a big hardware store in my area and bought some standard nutes from the nute section (~$30) because they were cheaper than getting stuff from the hydro store (~$75).
Trust me when I say it's easier to drop the extra $45 and get nutrients that are specifically tailored to weed.
I ended up buying the stuff from the hydro store on my second grow, now I have a fuck tonne of random nutrients but all I use is veg, bloom and cal/mag as well as some PH up because my bloom formula is too acidic in PH.

That's another thing, get a PH monitor and a TDS monitor. I got mine from ebay for ~$10ea. Totally worth it so you know what you're feeding your plants.

You must have a huge yard That'll be 8ft tall by next year.

Why not try this. Plant one seed in a small pot ( 1 gallon or so) and put it under a few CFLs for 20 hrs per day.. In 3 weeks time it should be big enough to put outside. Plant it in a 5 gallon bucket or pot and put it in your yard in a shady area at first then ater a few days move it into the sun.. It will begin to flower once outside. It will also likely grow a lot taller for the first few weeks.

See what you get and learn a few lessons. I'll guess you'll have an ounce or two of your favorite bud by Thanksgiving.. Then if next year you want a monster just plant a seed in February indoors and put it outside in April.

It's hard to beat Ocean Forest for new - intermediate growers. You can find it at any hydro store in LA. Might as well get the Fox Farms Trio of nutrients also. Follow the instructions/feed schedule on their website, not on the bottle.