First time grower...

I've got a few questions to ask...

-The best soil to use? I've heard that Miracle grow isn't always the best...

-Nutrients. No idea. Could I get a few suggestions?

-Lighting. I've read into it .. and I'm going to get a few cfl's. I just need to know what kind of wattage I'll need.

MG works but it already has nutes in it so it is easy to loose your plants to nute burn
some good soil is probabaly just organic soil with some perlite and vercumulite
for nutes you can use foxfarm and some other "high end" nutes
lighting get a 4' fluorescent with a warm white and cool white bulbs for veg lighs on 18/6
and for flowering a 400 watt High pressure sodium bulb with a ballast on for 12/12
look into the GROW FAQ's or on google