1. yes the seeds you have now will be good. keep them in a cool dark place. i keep mine in a film cannister in my fridge.

2. im in college right now too. im growing three plants and using CFLs. trust me...if there is one thing not to go cheap on, its lights. you need them to grow. then worry about nutes and soil.

3. what you need to do to do an update in the thread is click on "post reply". dont click on "post thread"...when you press that, it will post your update/reply in that thread.

or just go down to the bottom of the page and post your reply in the "quick reply" box.