OK....I went cheap on the soil thinking I could compensate for it but I was wrong again. For any single pot with the same volume of soil, the weight differences of each container are very obvious and some seem to drain poorly limiting O2 to the root zone. The God Bud still looks like crap and the Purple Kush is still smaller than most starters you can get so I have to wonder about genetics.
The lime is taking off and the headband seems ok too.
Today I'm off to a local supplier to pick up some fox farm ocean blend and give up on going super cheap with bad results.