I'll tell ya what I did... I started with 6 seeds, 5 popped, 4 were girls. I was lucky enough to score a 400 hps for free, (well sorta) and I bought 4 26w cfls some wire "Y" sockets, 2 gallon pots, scotts premium, some veg nutes. and just grow them like anything else...pretend their tomatoes or peppers. Oh yea, and FANS! they need sun, rain and wind and they are in a pitch black closet. So you gotta make all that happen. and the more consistent you are the more your plants will reward you. You will need a loupe eventually, i got one off ebay for 3.50 free s/h. and do some reading on harvest and curing. good luck man, and its well the work.