Hey man, if I was growing your 10 plants, this is what I would do to keep it simple. Find your location, stay off your property, and go back in the woods taking different ways to get there, just don’t make a path. Make sure sun exposure is good. If you cut small trees or bushes hide them under the underbrush. Don’t leave any trash or anything that will be identifiable to you, if you’re really paranoid, shut the cell off as well, I do. Loosen up the ground in the whole area; I would leave 4ft at least or more between the regular beans and at least 2ft between the autos. When you plant, put the autos out front towards the sun, they won’t grow as tall, so they won’t shade or be shaded by the ones in the back. More space is better, now lime the whole area.
Don’t waste your peat moss or pro mix whichever one you want to use. When you plant, dig your hole, mix that soil with the peat moss add a little extra lime to the mix of peat and native soil from the hole, dig the hole as big as you want, like 2ft round and 16in deep. Peat moss ($6 a bag) can be bought in a bag with no additives and is cheaper than ProMix($32 a bag). Perlite is not needed to grow outdoors, don’t waste money and go with plain peat.
Now for a critter ridder, I use chicken wire 2ft high for a fence, stapled to the trees or cut and make small poles when need be. With my new roll of poultry wire, I have a way to dip it in green paint to help camouflage but this is only an extra step, not necessary for the first timer, I use my patch year after year and want to keep it that way. When I put up the wire I spend extra money on this stuff taking every step to ensure it stays unseen from the air. I use whatever length necessary to stay under the limbs of sounding trees and out of sight. An extra $15 on another roll of wire to be able to harvest your crop is well worth it. I have means of being able to go flying in a small Cessna plane, so I have seen my patches from the air, the plants are blended in with the surrounding but the wire shines in the sun, so does trash and buckets. Don’t plant in a row!!!!
You should only need one to two bags of peat, spend time looking for that perfect spot, it will mean all the difference in the end, DON’T SHOW YOUR BUDDYS; they will rip you off, TELL NO ONE!!!!!!!!!
Any fresh organic manure is going to bring animals that dig up or walk on your plants. Make organic patches well in advance, but I have used cow manure as a tea, here’s what I do. I carry in a small amount of manure, one shovel full per bucket put water, and manure in bucket and stir until it is dissolved, add to plants. They love it and will grow 6in a week. Don’t overdo it, once or twice a summer is enough. Find a water soluble bloom booster and start using it once they start budding.
When growing from seed, keep an eye out for males. Keep it simple and cheap, I’m sure you’ll have a big harvest.