Hi, Diana - thanks. Since I was using a high end commercial “soil”, the Burpee’s Seed Starting Mix, and some of the containers were new (didn’t seem to matter -results were equally disastrous, new starter containers or old), I’m gonna run with the soil too wet. I don’t think I quite took well enough into account how astonishingly well these new “super soils” retain moisture and watered TOO “regularly” without rechecking the soil(s). Usually my problem is the opposite — I get overwhelmed with stuff to do, and don’t quite get back to the plants in time over a couple warm to hot low humidity days - so I get back to my starts a day too late to find they sprouted and then wilted in dry (soil) containers. :-(
There’s a LOT of trial and error in seed starting. It ain’t for the faint of heart, LOL!