Other tip, if you want start in growing, use organic fertilizers, or KNF method (isnt easy to learn that if you havent the time), there are very friendly for a newcomer in that topic, in my case, i am mixed in nutrition lines topics, i am testing a nutrition line called "top crop fertilizers"...
Nope, was a outdoor, but with pots, i was literally using the sun, cuz, you can move them afar easily, if you have a vehicle, You also have a snitch or friend in the police to help you register if you have search warrants, that helped me many times, I live in argentina, where that is illegal...
i recommend you cabbages, out of jokes, if you dont like vegetables, idk, but vegetables can fill your void stomach easily, i say you from the empirical evidence, isnt scientific too.