The tall one reminds me of the year I bought several bags of compost on clearance at Menard's to mix in my media. I got plants that looked like that. I wondered about herbicide contamination. Someone else said the compost may have its nutrients out of whack, like a massive amount of copper or other minor element that was messing up other nutrient uptake.
I'd pitch the tall one, honestly. My plants that looked like that never made much.
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