I'm sorry to hear that your plants died dude!!!!! Have you started your new grow yet???
Hey man, ANYTHING that I can do to help make sure you have a successful and VERY KICK ASS grow this time around, just let me know and I'll do it! You seem like a cool guy, and I want to see you succeed and produce some kick ass weed with your "ghetto grow" set up. Ghetto or not, it will work for you, and I'm sure it will produce some fine smoke for you. I only worry about you having enough light/lumens when it comes time to flower. The more lumens, the easier it is to "kick" the plants in to flower mode. In fact, with out enough lumens, some times plants will not even kick in to flowering. PLUS, more lumens = fatter colas/buds!!!
Keep me posted, brutha!!! -S