well in my point of view i think that first grow has to be done into soil either indoors or outdoors....keeping in my mind a high yield in my first attempt ever to grow cannabis, i have chosen to buy expensive seeds , not the most expensive anyway.....
mistake 1....(this saved the crop in the end), picked an outdoor strain to grow indoors
mistake 2....picked 2 different types of soil.....pure manure killed 2 of them, 3 of them propably turned hermies and gave some seeds (200-300 in total)......luckily the other type of soil (special for flowering plants like ie geranium) helped significantly the other 4 of them.....more or less in the end out of 4 medium sized&3 dwarf ladies had a total yield of around 600-650 gr in a grow area of 15sqft.....i consider this a successful first grow but given the fact that my ladies had all different sizes i think that smaller ,one sized, plants can fill up the horizontal space more efficiently if grown small.....maybe you wonder why i'm saying all these......sometimes you learn from your mistakes and some other times from other peoples' mistakes....as for what seeds are good to buy, tell your friend to go to
www.overgrow.com , there he can find a strain which he/she likes.....moreover there are reports with photos and comments along with yields...after he/she has picked the strain safest and wisest thing to do is to get in touch with the breeder for the seeds......as for electrical equipment and stuff, just in case, visit www.insidesun.com.....i'm feeling like an advertiser now, bouhahahahahahahahaha i am toasted, hahahahahahahahahahahahahah again, up'n'high.........
NGOS:)