you can start from hydro.. i did. ive never grown in soil once.. i dont want to.. that and i only own hydro equipment. id get a small flood tray for seedlings: i use General HydroponicsWater Farm's for mothers ) and a few fluoro tubes. a 3x6 flood table from botanicare (~$120 in black or white) and a 40 gallon Botanicare reservoir kit (~$100)... instead of using two 600w HIDs, id go with a single 1000w (cheaper to get one instead of two) and get a 396gph EcoPlus pump with the Botanicare fittings.. they are screw together types that have screens built in so your shit doesnt fall through. id fill the entire thing with hydroton and use 1.5" and 4" grodan rockwall cubes. dyna-gro is the nutrient line id go with, or even the general hydroponics flora series. youll need the grow, bloom, mag-pro, and pro-tekt if u use DG... order cannazyme and rhizotonic from CANNA. that right there will get you through the entire grow... if you can think of anything else. let me know.