Ooh! Ooh! This sounds fun. I put some time into this when I should have been working, so I hope it helps.

1) Pruners - $20.49

This will be your most used tool. Eventually, you can upgrade into Felcos or Bahcos, but right now just get these Coronas. They're honestly a better size for hobby gardeners (fit right in your pocket), and the're very high quality for the price.

2) Your First Gardening Book - $17.06

Gardening Without Work by Ruth Stout. It's simple and gives you a general plan that really does work very well. It's a must for beginning gardeners, imho. You can find just about any other information you need on the internet (for now). Very little maintenance required, including fertilizing, weeding, applying pesticides, etc. (In a nutshell, the main step involves putting down an 8" layer of mulch...).

If you want to go with a more traditional raised bed setup, you should buy Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening. It's a fantastic back yard gardening book, as well, but the methods are kind of pricey and less sustainable. Still, it's a great system for growing a lot of food in limited space and it was the first book I used.

3) Indestructible Garden Trowel - $15.99

This will be your second most used tool. This particular model is about as indestructible as it gets short of this bad boy. You'll use it for digging holes for transplanting, mostly. Don't buy a cheap one or it will bend or break or both.

4) Fertilizer - $7.83 + $11.06 = $24.26

I chose cottonseed meal because that's what Ruth Stout recommends using (the rest of the nutrients in her system come from the giant mounds of mulch). Apply as she indicates.

I also added some Fish Emulsion Liquid Fertilizer because I love the stuff. It's a great way to add some extra nitrogen (and just a little P & K) mid season to your veggies or even to your compost pile when it gets carbon heavy. The stuff I have right now stinks, but the plants love it and it's easy to apply if you have a watering can.

Make sure you tailor your fertilizer to whatever system you're using, though. Don't fertilize like Ruth if you're not using her mulch based system. If you're using Square Foot Gardening, you won't be fertilizing at all, but you will be using lots of peat, vermiculite, and (different kinds of) compost. Etc, etc, etc.

5) Work Gloves - $10.97

These are specifically for women, but there's a button to switch to men's if that's you. You won't wear them all the time, but you'll be happy you have them when you need them. Notice that this comes with 6 pairs of gloves. I misplace gloves all the time, so having several is handy (hehe).

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Total: $88.77

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Notes:

• Save the rest for now. You're inevitably going to become enamored with something like earthworm casings, azomite, or a nozzle for your gardening hose down the line. Your future self will thank you for having some extra cash to buy it with, and this is plenty to get you started on your way to being a badass backyard gardener.
  
  
• The two above methods claim to be mostly pest free. In my experience, nothing is pest free, and you just need to grow enough quantity to weather the storm when it does randomly come. I would just concentrate on growing healthy plants first and foremost and then let the chips fall where they may. You might turn to pesticides later, and that's fine, but hold off on buying any until you know what is nibbling on your plants. Most pesticides are specific to the pest.
  
  
• Notice that I don't include any seeds. Your first year of gardening, I'd honestly recommend just buying live plants from your local nursery (and sticking to plants bred to survive in your region). Growing from seed can be hard, and your entire crop of seedlings dying is a humbling experience, I can assure you.
  
  The other reason there are no seeds on my list is because I don't recommend buying them on Amazon. I've had bad experiences every time I've tried it. If you need seeds, go with a good seed dealer, like Johnny's Selected Seeds, Burpee, etc, or find a good nursery in your area.
  
  
• If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
  
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  TL;DR: Pruners, a book to get you started, a durable trowel, fertilizer that is specific to your growing plan, and some gloves. Enjoy!

Okay... so here we go and please try not to take this as me being a jerk. I AM trying to help.

> 1. Which of EWC, Guano, bone & blood meal is required/optional?

1. Will I encounter any nutrient burn/deficiency with organics?<br />

2. For pests, how do I prevent/treat them organically? (predators? products? neem?)
   
3. How much can I expect to yield in these conditions
   
4. Is curing just a slower method of drying to improve potency?
   
5. Any other pointers/Tips/ Warnings for a new grower like me?
   
   
6. None of this is required. It is all optional.
   
7. What organics? Are you talking about soil? What do you mean here?
   
8. This was all covered in the www.growweedeasy.com website. And information lacking there can be easily sought out on the web. This leads me to think that you didn't "thoroughly read the growweedeasy easy site, as well the important threads in the microgrowery & autoflowers subs" as per your reply above.
   
9. Again, this is covered on that site. There are some rough calculations for this that takes your plant size/grow space and your light wattage and type and gives you a basic eyeball estimate of what you can expect. Something like ".5 grams for each watt" type of thing.
   
10. Once more... all those tips and warnings are on that website, and in various sidebar panels in the grow subs like you mentioned. And can be easily sought on the web.
    
    So, you can certainly find that information because you have "already visited those sites/subs and read the information". Or, you didn't read any of it... which seems more likely based on the questions you're asking.
    
    I'll try some:
    
    
11. Go with a premix soil to start with. No, not Miracle Grow. Get some Fox Farms soils... I am using their Ocean Forest soil (commonly referred to on these sites as FFoF/FFOF), or their Happy Frog soil. It has all those cool things already in the soil, like perilite, guana, worm castings, etc. It's pretty fucking sweet. Looks so much 'better' than standard big box potting soils.
    
12. I don't know what organics you mean. But I have not had any issues with the FFoF soil and some Alaska Fish Fertilizer I used during veg. I have used nothing else (yet) during flowering, because I transplanted right before flipping the lights, and the soil has everything it needs for a month or so (depending on frequency of watering). I plan to add in the "Morbloom" 0-10-10 also from Alaska in the next watering cycle and will use that for 4 weeks until I "flush".
    
13. There are too many pests for us to just say what info you need. I'll tell you this though: a plant's best defense is being healthy. So, the better you can make your grow environment for optimal plant life, the better your plant will be in fending off any pests. A few tips: standing water and high humidity will attract flying insects in any environment. So, keep your soil as dry as you can for as long as you can. Diatomaceous Earth on top of the soil will help keep that environment unhealthy for many flying insects like gnats and shit. Also, sometimes I will 'bottom feed' (watering into the runoff tray and allowing the soil/medium to soak up water) this will keep the top of the soil dry. As always, someone will be along to tell you why I am wrong in doing this... lol. Welcome to our subs!
    
14. We'll need to know a lot more information to determine what you COULD expect if everything goes fairly well during the 3-4 months of your plant's life. Honestly, it will take me longer to type out what info we need, and it will take you longer to type all the answers out than it would for you to find that on growweedeasy.com or google. Sorry to be blunt. Pun intended and also not intended. Schrodinger's Pun.
    
15. Yeah...
    
    So there are some helpful tips from me. As always, your mileage may vary, and that is usually based on the environment and level of care you give the plants.
    
    Here is the link to my 56 day veg grow diary.
    
    Here is the link to my 19.5 day flower diary.
    
    ProTip: click the heading link once the page loads to open the actual imgur link. The pictures are bigger and the text is easier to read.
    
    Please post a diary or blog so we can see what progress you have! And as always, hippy growing. I mean happy growing 8)...
    
    
    
    
    
    

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https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Hydroponic-Observation-Window-Growing/dp/B01DXYMQ9M/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=grow+tent&qid=1565576981&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE1NE9VWlZWRU5XRDEmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA5Mzg4NjExVFFNUjlER1NVSTlDJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA3MjU0NTQzRFE0RVE3WjdOUjdBJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

https://www.amazon.com/Lilly-Miller-100099247-Quart-Fertilizer/dp/B000BX4QGK/ref=sr_1_3?crid=WQYMXKQ4RC54&keywords=alaska+fish+fertilizer&qid=1565577089&s=gateway&sprefix=alaska+fish+f%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.com/PH-Meter-Automatic-Calibration-Accuracy/dp/B07NYZBYD3/ref=sr_1_11_sspa?keywords=ph+pen&qid=1565577113&s=gateway&sr=8-11-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEySTVLNEg3S0dWVE5FJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDg2MzQ2MkI3SDdRUEoySjFFRSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTY4Njk3Mkg0MERVWUxEVlg3WiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

https://www.amazon.com/Hydroponic-pH-Down-Control-Kit/dp/B00TYW6Q58/ref=sr_1_18?keywords=ph+up&qid=1565577139&s=gateway&sr=8-18

that will do what youre looking for. Make sure if you use that fertilizer that you ph your water after you use it because it will tank you PH down to about 4. If someone tells you you have to spend more than $400 to get started they are wrong. You do not need to spend that much. You can ... but you dont have to.

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miricle gro performance organics is like twelve bucks a bag at lowes and is OMRI certified

Hello! fish fertilizers like this are super gentle but not balanced (5-1-1). I use this all winter long IF i see my plant has not stopped growing! Usually the Philodendron hederaceum, scindapsus pictus and Epipremnum aureum get a very diluted dose of fish fertilizer or organic balanced fertilizer. Just figure out what works for your plant and speak it's language. If you see it's growing during the winter but leaves are smaller than usual... this might be a sign you plant needs food. happy growing :)