help with growing first time!!

Hi, i have recently started to grow just out of curiosity. I have about 15 bag seeds i have saved from the best strains i have bought. I germinated in a wet paper towl in a tupperware container for 4 days and most of the roots came out.
I used a cardboard box with the inside covered with tinfoil, and i am planting in plastic containers in about 4 inches of soil. My lights are regular desk lamps, but i bought 150 watt bulbs for them.
First i had them in an outdoor storage closet. One of the plants sprouted quickly, but died right away, I live in Florida and think it may be the heat(gets to about 90-95), the soil dries out to almost flakes every 6 hours.
I recently moved the box inside with a fan, but it still feels hot in the box. Do you think that the tinfoil may be causing this because i have heard both positive and negative effects from this. Also could it be the bulbs generating too much heat? Is there a way to effectively grow without changing much, or spending too much cash? Thank you for any help/tips!

1st remove the tinfoil, it isn't a good reflector and it burns the plants. you need a 6500k cfl light for vegging. yeah 95 is wayyyy to hot. i would suggest hitting up the grow FAQ

If heat is an issue, foil is not good to use.

What type of bulbs are you using? If they are standard light bulbs, they will not work. You'll need CFLs.

Plants need more than 4 inches of soil once they get past the seedling stage.

You should read most of this faq rjq. There is a lot of great stuff there.

A regular screw in type of light bulb just will not work. You should get a florescent or a small HID light to grow with.

This hobby takes a lot of work and money to get endless supplies of delicous bud, but one can grow a plant up using nothing more than a suitable location and a couple of florescent shop lights.

And by the time it is ready to flower you can get a proper light.



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