sooo.... i figured out the problem... you could be right still... but.. i got a fork and mixed through the soil a bit.. the water wasnt penetrating AT ALL... only the top layer of the sand.. everything else was fucking dry... so i got freaked out.... and sprayed all three pots with a total of two 500 mL water bottles, with nutrients added... i mixed the soil as i sprayed and made sure theres no dry pockets... the plants immediately sprang up... you said not to use too much nutrients right away... im a little worried now cause i pretty much just double dosed them... i had a teaspoon of the botanicare stuff with a gallon of tap water.. thats what i used to water them.. i suppose the next one or two times i water them i should just use regular plain water, eh? andddd im using a cool white light.. not sure if thats the detail you want.. but im going out to home depot asap to get a long flourescant, like the kind they use in classrooms... going to get an air purifier and also some dry ice, and put them in the room at different times of the day... good idea? or bad? any other suggestions of what i should get or what i should do?
also... the cubes are completely covered by soil right now.. but i think its okay because they were pretty fuckin dry the past 2 days if the water wasnt penetrating... or do you think i should loosen up the soil around them still?