Well, RT is as good as it gets around here so if he replies you are lucky.
I am not as experienced but did make lots of mistakes so here are a few tips.

Starting:
Read the FAQs here
Buy a good MMJ book and read it

Babies/Clones:

Don't overwater
Too much light isn't good either, work them up to full sunlight
Don't feed much at all
Keep the roots warm to encourage growth
Buy a cheap timer and put your plants under a timed light, light variation leads to failure.
Do start in small pots in weak soil nutes and buy beneficial root microbes to let the roots start nicely.
Do monitor PH obsessively.
Avoid Miracle Grow and Bayer products

Veg:
Do put them in nice big pot
Don't overfeed
Don't overwater
Dont get them hotter than 100 degrees or put them in shade
Neem often
Keep area clean and dead plant material out of pots
Don't foliar feed unless you feel lucky

I use molasses, dried blood, and bone meal and no expensive nutes.

Flower:
Never foliar feed
Buy and deploy some ladybugs weekly
Buy the spray that makes caterpillars guts stop working and use it
put copper tape at the base of all plants and planters
let roots go through wet - almost dry cycles to control root rot
stop any feeding 2 weeks before harvest and flush plants with lots of waterings

Drying
Don't put flowers in jars too early
monitor plant drying
cure in glass jars
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