"Another thing, people have been telling me about the concept of stretching and is not suppose to be good, and i cant comprehend this. what the hell is stretching and how do i prevent it, if it aint good."

Stretching is caused by the light being too far from the plant. It tries to stretch to reach the light. The way you defeat stretching is by putting the light close to the plant. If the light is close to the plant, you will get way more side growth which is a good thing. The problem you will run into by putting your light close to your plants will be high temps.

Being low on cash flow is not an excuse for not getting some CFL's for veg from Wal Mart or any other box store cause they only cost a few dollars literally. If you DON'T have a couple of bucks, I don't think you should be growing your own WEED. I'm not knocking you for being broke, I just feel that you can spring for the bulbs.