Giving it another shot...but I'm $$Broke$$

So I've been trying to figure out a setup for a while in my new place. The last time I tried I think I kept the seeds that I ordered too long and none ended up popping. This time I took a bunch of nice looking seeds out of a bag of the best looking shwag I've seen in a while and figured I use these to test out whatever set up I end up making. I am not working at the moment and am trying to do this on the lowest budget possible so I am missing a lot of stuff that I know I need but I have some supplies I've picked up along the way. So far all I've picked up from walmart is jiffy pots and jiffy mix seed starter for $4 and sponges for a dollar that I got from target to use in my aerogarden.

The pH is way off in aerogarden but out of three seeds two already have roots about 1/4 in. from the surface of the water and I put in an airstone so I'll probably need to get some nutrients within a week or two. I'm gonna go with it and see how it goes. 4 seeds in the jiffy pots are out and looking much better than the aerogarden bunch but it has only been 3 days so we'll see how it goes.

This is mostly for my own reference but if you have something you think might be helpful feel free to comment.

Hey man im just trying out the aerogarden and I would appreciate it if you can help me by giving me any tips with regards to settings and how long to have lights/pump on and off for. Any tips would be great! Thanks dude.

They have a whole aerogarden section here that I checked out when I first started, but I just set it on tomato and let it do it's thing though.

these are some pics of my seedlings at 3 days. I have about 10 or 12 that have broken the surface so everything is looking okay so far minus a little bit of stretching.

It has been raining lately so I've collected about 2 gallons of rainwater and have been using that to water for the past two weeks.
I have a total of 3 26 watt cfl on it now. 5250 lumens for 10 seedlings.