I have sprouted a seed in a 24 oz styrofoam cup, it's under a 26w cfl (equivalent to 100w) don't have any grow box nor do I know anything about growing. But it seems to be ok considering it's the middle of winter. But I'd like to learn to grow so I can grow to smoke, I seem to be paying way too much on weed and would rather just pay for the equipment to grow rather than just buy the product
how much do you have to spend? you wont get to far with what you have going on now. you should have a grow box, more lights, timers and fans.
as a beginner myself i found that the biggest challenge was "sexing" my plants. i ordered 10 regular seeds and only got 5 to germinate. one died along my journey and i ended up with one female which is now in flower (it took me almost 6 months to get to this point). i did try a "found seed", put that "seedling" into flower and lucked out. i guess my point is that, unless you know that it is a female i would suggest growing a few to experiment with. research, have fun, learn from your successes and failures, and have patience.