Definitely needs drain holes lol! Careful not to overwater, and being tall, not to knock over, but it would work. I would, however, suggest a smaller pot and learning the wet/dry cycle and seeing the roots and such, then transplanting (which is actually real easy). You can go straight into a big pot, but being new, and knowing that overwatering is the probably THE main cause of most new growers' issues, I would suggest taking a few extra days to learn on a smaller pot. Lots of people here to help, too, if needed when you would go to transplant. Just my 2 cents. Good luck
Yes auto will work and im not sayin ur wrong but id just fork thr cash for a good grow bag from amazon or wish tbh Sent from my SM-J727P using Tapatalk