perhaps you should start reading here! you have a lot of it to do young padawan.

all of the questions you pose are answered ad nauseam!

don't even think of putting your plants into 5 gallon buckets. first off the lighting won't do them justice. you need more light.....PERIOD!

activated carbon for the smell. you can build your own filter. again, this can be found on the boards.

read through some CFL grows. there is tons of useful information that can be found. look for monkeybone's current grow. it's pretty nice for CFLs.

then go and read some more!

the faddenator gave you good advice as well!


-shake