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I started to think... You know what really grinds my gears now??   After watching food network and travel channel over the years, I started to notice more and more that when someone says " There are chilies in the dish/recipe", "Oh it's too hot because of chili" "I put peppers in this/that"...

First year growing peppers been going very slow, with alot of set backs/problems. This has been a big learning experience. Staying positive

Started a new peat moss seed tray about two weeks ago and a white mold/fungus keeps appearing even after spinkling cinnamon on top. Any suggestions how to get rid of it?

Here are the pictures of damping off. Also I sprinkled cinnamon on top the tray cells to try and stop it.

  Thank you I appreciate all of your help

  I definitely agree with you 100% My new seed tray is a lite mix about 70/30 peat/perlite. Im going to hold back on watering my third tray this time too. Do you think it's a good idea to leave the dome and heat mat on until i see any sprouts? My other two trays have the domes off with...

  Thank you I appreciate the helpful info, also the damping off link too

  Yeah, I started using cinnamon I think its working. Also heard about a little hydrogen peroxide mixed with water will help too?

  Thank you, i definitely know now after the first semi-failed two attempts. My third tray is only peat and a little perlite. do you think its a good idea to leave the heat mat on and dome until i see any sprouts? Then remove both?

  I must admit that i was keeping the soil moist because it seemed like everyday the domes were getting so drenched with the evaporated humidity. Also there was barely any air flow until i took the domes off. I also had lights on them for about 14 hours on and 10 off. Plus I live in south...

  I didn't even think about taking off the dome until i started noticing some inch tall seedlings dying off. But now i have both domes off of my first two trays and my newest tray still has the dome on with a heat mat under it too, since none have sprouted yet.

I have a big problem, I started noticing that a lot of my germinating pepper seeds were growing about a inch tall or even just sprouting but then they slowly die off. Today I found out that this is called damping off. Can anyone please suggest any methods to cure/prevent this problem instead of...