The soil couldn’t be the problem.. it’s light, aerated with perlite and rice hulls. Could check the pH tho. 

my best bet is the light. 
they are old and used for my past grows which had about 2-4 runs with autos that needed 18/6, so go figure on how much relatively week these bulbs are now

they are at the wrong spectrum. I only have 6 bulbs, 5 of which are warm white and are not for veg. Only 1 daylight spectrum. 

my initial plan was just to get this up and going. Make it grow normally for 2-3weeks, then use my HPS. But seems like it isn’t the case anymore.. I just wanted assurance that I still have the thumb for this before going all in. Might sound silly.. but I needed to make ends meet. Just like how u run a company.