It's a 600watt hps light, so it's strong enough, maybe even too strong since they are so small. But yeah I removed the lowest leaves on 1 plant because those leaves were dead, so I removed them, but my concern is that it starts on the next leaves also. Btw im growing in soil
HPS - got it. The plant is very tall and the leaves are large. The HPS will give it the height but plants that aren't getting enough light will be tall and have a smaller number of large leaves. At that age, you should be > = 200µmol, especially with since HPS has so little blue.
One way to counteract that is to add in a blue LED. I a little Vipar XS1500 + a Rapid LED Royal Blue puck for germination and easy seedling stage. The Puck is about $20 and, because blue photons inhibit cell expansion, you'll get thicker stems and more, smaller leaves. It's a good cheap compliment to a high red light.
I'm not seeing any indication of excess light and I encourage growers to spend $32 on a Uni-T light meter. It will remove
all most of the doubt.
My knowledge of soil growing is limited but you've defnitely got some tip burn there. You're watering in a circle which is SOP. How old is the plant? I'm thinking it might be too early for nutes since soil already has nutes in it.
I'm sure a soil guru will chime in.
Wish I could be more help.