i gotta a couple good do's and dont's.
donts: tell ANYONE what your doing.
get stressed out over a grow.
do's: have fun, its your grow.
decide what you want out of your grow and how much time you
have to invest on the "on hands" part of it.
the "never use bagseed comment" i cant agree with...just means you HAVE to pay attention to your ladies. you do what your resourses allow you to do. as for tap water, fill your jugs and let them sit 24 hours, if your ph is too high, use ph down or a lemon or epsom salts etc.... and you'll be fine. everyone has their own way of growing, dont mean its right or wrong, just different, stick with the basics and you wont go wrong. there's a few on here that grow for profit, personally, i dont have their beliefs and i seriously look down on them, but thats their right.
another good DO is keep an open mind, alot of great experiments are going on and have been done, learn from them...if you can, improve them...thats something we ALL would appreciate.
research, very important. that way your not trying to ask a question without knowing the basic principles of what your wanting to do...this site does give a SECURE means of research...THEN ask questions, cause when some of these guys...and ladies start answering, they're not wanting to explain something of basic principle. ya wanna learn, show ya wanna learn. sorry if this seems harsh...but i dont think everyone will disagree. and soak up EVERY bit of mojo sent your way, its a long and rewarding road to be impressed with your own smoke.