its not my first dwc, i have a female "bagseed" in flower now. i started with 4. i had to learn a little but this site has been the greatest teacher by far. as far as the dwc goes. i do 5 gallon bucket bubblers..nothing fancy, just does the trick right now. id imagine there are more cost effective ways but im learning...and from my knowledge you can clone off of a dirt plant into hydro.ive read about a few people doing it from dirt ,rinsing the roots and so on, i read it on here somewhere....i personally like the hydro, dont get me wrong though, dirt is easier, and you have more reaction time with dirt, hydro is constantly checking this and that, its really cool thus far tho.