I have a bunch of tips honestly;
1. Don't tell anyone, not your friends because friends turn into thrives that would die for grams when you enviove them. Best to not even tell your family. Only include those you need to. (We don't count because people who grow, don't steal other grows)
2. Start now, and train like the wind.
3. I'd go with 5 gal pots or higher. Or again if you're growing in the woods I'd make sure to find a spot that you have a hard time getting to.
4. Around here oct is the latest we can harvest really withought a greenhouse. Rippers come before that, careful.
5. Mild, make sure to get a strain that can handle some rain and humid times. Mildew is a bad one around august