Plants are dying

Well, last night I asked my brother to go get me a fluorescent light and he came back with a plant light apparently but he didn't tell me it was 50 watts so this morning when I went to turn the lights off they're all just laying on the ground looking dead. I watered then hoping that could help. They've all grown their first two leaves and are still in their small cups. I really need help to rescue these fellas can someone help me? I already took out the other light and let them sleep for the day.

And my light on time is 4:00 and my light off time is 7:30.

I should have given more information so I will now. I have a big chest that Im growing 3 plants in they've all sprouted out and grown their two leaves. I have a lamp with a normal fluorescent 13 watt lightbulb with a metal half ball around it (I don't know the name of it lol) I turn the light on around 4:20 PM and turn it off around 7:30 AM before I go to school. Right now I'm getting new carpet and re doing my room so they've been moving around alot but treated well. Last night my brother got the plant light for me and didn't tell me it was 50 watts and I used it all night long and when I went to turn the light off this morning it was blazing hot in the chest and the plants were all laying on their sides and looking kinda sad. I feel like an asshole for doing this to them. But I would really help if someone could tell me how to help them out. I will post pictures in a second when I get home. Someone please help me.

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Well, those are the sad fellas. I just watered them thinking that that might have been the problem since I water them with a spray can only a couple squirts like 3 times so I actually watered them after this picture.

Can anyone help?

are you growing in bark chips? the light is not the problem. check your temps, they look overwatered.. check humidity, are you feeding them? pots have drainiage holes?.. to be honest, I don't see anything being done like it should be here..

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Originally Posted by Douglas1

are you growing in bark chips? the light is not the problem. check your temps, they look overwatered.. check humidity, are you feeding them? pots have drainiage holes?.. to be honest, I don't see anything being done like it should be here..

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It's organic soil. So I just used that soil I don't know it might have bark chips. The temperature is 72 and I just watered them and changed the light and they're actually getting better. Yes they have drainage holes.

what kind of soil it is is actually pretty darned important :).. you typically want finer grains, sphagnum moss is good.. fox farms soils are good. then you mix that with pearlite. the wood that I can see in your photo should not be there at all. they don't really support micro life.. which is where a soil grow gets most of its nutrients once the plant has pulled what it can from its surroundings. the little microbes keep breaking down the organic material into nutrients useable by the plant. you can probably grow in that, but it will be more like hydroponics, where you have to feed them with a nutrient mix, and its possible the wood will soak up salts, and eventually poison your plant..