possibilities: 1. soil kept too damp, Pythium Wilt ruining sprouts, 2. too rich soil, I've had better results with cheap, mild soil, transplanting into the 'good stuff' after the first couple weeks ...
EASY No-Touch germination method : as an experiment, I dropped dry seeds into Rapid-Rooters, in my home-made bubble cloner ... planted 13 seeds, 11 sprouted within 40 hours, with zero input from me ... turned it on, walked away, came back to sprouted seedlings :thumbsup: