FIRST clOSET Setup, what am I doing wrong

[9mmpistl]

Basically I didnt plan on starting this, I was bored, had about 5 seeds from a bag of mid grade chron, I planted them in "jungle growth professional flower and vegitable mix, 100% organic plus ferts", when they were only a day or two old I left them with out light and water for 24 hours, they were rough, but they all came back, I only kept three, put one outside(spider mites). the two left are 2 1/2 weeks old, switching to 20/4 light tonight, 18/6 tomorrow and until flowering. I should mention they were only getting 3 13w cfls(2400 lumens) til 3 days ago. now I have 6 23w cfls @ 6500K, and 1 65w redder spectrum cfl like 2500k or 3000k, total of 14500 lumens, should this be sufficient light for the two all veg? how long til I transplant? and the bending of the leaves in the pic is that from over watering? how much water everyday? Thank you Thank you for reading, any help would, well... help! ANY CHANGES THAT SHOULD BE MADE PLZ

THE pic Of BULBS ADD 1 65w to middle (pic from b4 I installed it)

[FlyGuyOU]

looks to me that its stretching, the is mostly from the too few lights beforehand. you can keep the light right ontop of the plants.
you don't want to water them everyday, just when the dirt is dry when you poke into in w/ your finger.
you also want about a gallon of soil for every foot of growth on your plant.

[9mmpistl]

when can I start low stress twist tie, without risk of breaking it

[Backpacker420]

I'm not expert but I would probably take rocks out. Do they benefit the plant at all?

[9mmpistl]

yeah the rocks, they hold warmth from the lights, when the lights are off it helps keep the temp up, plus certain people think Im growing house plants in there, like tomatos. plan on transplanting in a couple weeks, maybe 3

[twitch]

i put rocks on top of mine some times so when i water it doesnt drill a hole in the dirt

oh yea dont put any ferts on seedlings

[9mmpistl]

ok so I built a rubbermaid grow box, same lights. one intake fan at bottom, two exhaust fans up top, car windshield sun blockers lining the inside, I just started theses guys on miracle grow organic fertilizers when my calyx and bottom fan leaves started dying, the bottom fan leaves got a growing brown spot on them so i clipped them off, since giving them ferts they have exploded with growth, I can check on them in the morning and by night I notice the top leaves almost double in size! Im hoping that at this rate I can start flowering in 2 weeks as I want smaller plants this being my first grow, dont wanna raise any eyebrows either, I only feed them bottled water now because my well water has way too may sediments in it, I appoligize for the shitty quality pics, next time I will use a better cam, Im thinking about transplanting the third smallest girl outside(dont know if in pictures) and having an out door mother to take clones off of, will that work? take clones from outside and flower in?

[9mmpistl]

Has anyone ever used one of these and are they worth a damn? its
an electronic ph tester with a soil fertility gauge too, its made by ferry morse seed company, has two metal leads you plug into the dirt runs on a AA battery, I bought it for $20 at lowes, should I take it back?

[carinia]

Looking better 9mm! Im not familiar with that brand but it should be alright. Be careful abot your fertilizing regimine since you already ahve soil with ferts in it. How old are they now? You could probably force flower in 2 weeks, but your yield would be severely reduced. Good luck!