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I have never had so much trouble starting seedlings indoors. I believe I fucked myself the first go this year by starting some sweet potatoes with old potting mix (heard it was bad, but never had a problem before). Harvested like a hundred slips off that tray but fucked the rest of my starts. I started 2x 72-cell trays of tomatoes and 1 of peppers. Wifey and I can for a family of 6 so we grow a lot. Always grew heirlooms, but I'm a really cool guy and tried some of the commercial hybrid varieties of tomatoes (Invincible, Tachi, and another) and peppers this year. They all died and I tried two more sets of 3 trays ($fuckton). The first set got real bad. By the last set, I did everything I could think of. I sterilized everything including the surfaces. Was super precise with bottom watering. Fancy new air-pruned cell inserts. Growing medium was Pro-Mix bx with some pelleted sloow release fertilizer mixed in. Even misted with chamomile tea. Left the heat mats on all the time until seeds sprouted. What more can I do? Is it possible my (half-finished, well-ventilated) basement where I start my seeds is just a cess pool of fungus and I keep infecting my shit? Can I add some sort of amendment to the starting medium to stop the funguses? Help please. Pic attached is last set when I decided to throw in the towel.
