A-F Grow: Advice for a Virgin

So, first grow. Just best bag seeds and some from a friend who grows. At this stage (2 weeks in) I have six plants selected based on health and vigor. I've attached pics of my current setup and progress. Just looking to see if I'm on track and get any advice. Just bought some 10-5-8 Food and 8-6-6 fert, still unsure of when to start those....I know I need more/better light, but I've only put 40 bucks into this grow so far and want to keep it under 100 bucks. Also...aside from redoing my setup altogether (which I'll also hear advice on) should I make foil/reflective hoods on the tops of each of my three boxes?
Biggest problems so far:
Slight stretching, staked two, more dirt on 4, and fan for the last week. They were all at about 6/7 inches.
Insuff light, working on getting more/better

Soil:
1:3:2:1
Starter/Potting/Top/Manure
Also have two worms in each pot
Watering with reg water every other morning, Nitrate enriched every other other.
Room has been at at least 72, generally 74F
Was doing 16 hr light/day, now at 20 hr light/day

Welcome tips:
How to speed up grow (Don't need a huge yield, all for personal use)
General Improvement
Setup
When/How to Fert and Feed
Anything else you can think of.

Much Thanks,
Kite

Box 1:


Box 2:


Box 3:




Plants:


 
1. you are never going to stop spending money on your plants, there is always something better and more efficent to make your grow faster and stronger. when you go into a grow thinking i am only spending X amount of money you are doing your plants an injustice.

2. remove that tin foil.
 
1. Haha, yeah. I decided to increas that budget. I AM only 20 and more focused on financing my education and housing, but want to do this right.

2. Made the move to Mylar and movign the whole op into a big box in my closet.
 

zem

Well-Known Member
you would need some decent lighting that alone would be more than 40$. you could get a magnetic type ballast with a 250w or 400w HPS then build your own reflector or do vertical lighting
 
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