First Grow, some questions

im having a watering problem, it seems when i water them most of the water is goin straight into the overflow trays under neath the pots? will the plant automatically suck the water back into the pot or is there another way to maximize watering the plant to overcome it

you could also veg with t-5 fluorescents, relatively inexpensive and good on power consumption. Spreads light well but doesn't penetrate the lower branches as well as a metal halide will.

can anyone help the two single pics i got , the plants are not growing right they are curled up as shown in the picture and some of the plants are showing a yellow color in the leaves?

help anyone?