It works!

Just want to thank the RIU community for teaching me how to grow free weed. I went hella cheap using basically a mylar tent with cfl clamp lights all over the place and am finally enjoying some of the best smoke I've been able to get in my area ever! I used a variety of bagseed. I never had to ask one question like male or female or what do i do etc. all the answers are here. I ended up with 2 female plants. one was lemony and one was skunky and both take away the pain/stress/depression better than any anti-depressant/ pain medicine / cartel brick weed. What a fun hobby.
Now I'm no west coast weed snob and don't really smoke all that much (some of you are smoking ENTIRELY too much), so I know my grow doesn't meet certain standards. Hell yeah I harvested early, hell no I didn't paint my walls white, hell no I didn't make sure the room is 100% light tight, hell no I'm not wiring up a 600w HID inside my house I got old wiring and I'm not that crafty, hell yeah I used tap water to water them, get this I even used 10-10-10 granule fertilizer and it worked fine. BOOSH!
Now when I build up a tolerance to these 2 plants I'm sure i might try to "dial-it-in" a little better and see if I can get better results but for a first attempt I couldn't be happier or more stoned, and oh yeah COOKIES!!! BROWNIES!!!! Making butter and cooking with it is now more enjoyable to me than watching damn plants grow. Thanks everyone.
Tech support for growing weed, gotta love the internet!

Happy your grow was a success. As for the old house. If you can run a microwave or a window AC. You could defenetly run a 400 and a cooling fan. And with 2 plants that would be all the light you need. Or get as many T5 in there as you can. I think a single 15 amp braker can handle 8 2foot 2 bulbs. And that's way more then you will need. Better soil and bam what a difference. You will be pleased with the easy upgrade. But if your happy now and it works for you then stay stoned and happy growing.