First Grow

if you want to hit the easy button, go soilless.... easier to accurately diagnose symptoms, easier to control, shorter learning curve...

cocoforcannabis.com least amountn of bro science you will find in articles and guides ... the forums are full of bro science like anywhere else. Strongly recommend doing things as simple and mundane as possible to start... see some genetic variety. Get an idea of expected results as it is a wide range per genetics. then, start doing strange and elaborate things, lol.... More likely to see they rarely do anything than waste your time and resources, lol. Just keeping a plant healthy and providing as much DLI as your ambient co2 and climate allow is 95% of all you have control over. (even if a slight exaggeration, still true)

Yes Google some guides on how to grow, and make notes. This site is great because you can enter an hour information on a diary so if something goes wrong you can look back and see what it might have been, wrong feeding or pH or whatever for example. You also get the added bonus of the community for help and the contests to ever and win things