well, the best advice I could give you, is too late ... I would have recommended you do a couple successful grows, before buying all that gear ... your hydro-store guy didn't do you any favors by selling you a lot of stuff you aren't familiar with ... if possible, you may hold on to that gear, you may need it in the future ... and, start with bagseeds, typical first grows are disastrous, it's a shame to watch expensive seeds go belly up ... keep up the research, don't plant, until you have a good grasp on it ... and, use common sense, there is a LOT of bullshit growing advice going around the Internet (here, too) ... "keep it simple, and, when in doubt, imitate nature" ... good luck, and good growing :thumbsup: