bro trust me u wanna use soil i personally think bud has a better taste when using soil and so does everyone i know, im sure not everyone thinks that but it is the better suggestion and u do not wanna go and buy seeds for ur first grow not even ur second u wanna wait till u have a pretty damn good idea of what ur doin cause u will mess up everyone always does but u need to get a metal haloid light for ur vegging and wait on getting that high pressure sodium light cause this light is better for flowering trust me if u dont really know what ur doin at all i suggest u go to youtube.com and search for MR. GREEN and watch all 11 or 12 videos they arent very long but he goes over everything with u from lights to venalation i mean everything but his is all hydroponics but just use soil its not that much different u still use everything the same almost but check that out and let me know what u think i used his videos when i first started growin and they helped me a shit ton he also shows u the right way to clone how to top ur plants and even curing ur bud but wait on gettin that hps light for the flowering im tellin u bro and at least get a 400w one but hit me back and let me know what u think take it easy bro