I've smoked some pretty good home grow that was grown in the same fashion as Red Rum is suggesting. Anybody who thinks you need to be a fucking expert to grow decent pot has probably never grown pot. When people grow tomatoes do they read a bunch of books on growing tomatoes? And tomatoes are harder to grow than cannabis.
He doesn't want to become a fucking farmer. Give him a break if he doesn't want to read 10 books which are probably all over his head. Reading is not that interesting especially when your young.