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sounds like fungal indeed.

The picea I would have planted and put outside to wait for spring. Non-tropical species often germinate poorly under tropical conditions.

Do not re-use soil of failed batches.

Just out of curiosity, is there a best season of the year to sow seeds? (Northern Hemisphere, 6-7 plant zone, lots of snow until end of march)

Or is it species dependent? ie. tropical anytime its warm or inside, but with evergreen conifers, it's best done in fall or spring...

I am thinking I may need to adjust my expectations when sowing seed. The 15-40 days, as I understand it, can vary a lot for different species, like I have read some can take 2-3 months to germinate. And I got the 15-40 days thing from a kit, which I know they can have wrong info... I may need to research germination for each species I plan to sow...

You need to sow the seed so that germination occurs in the optimal time for it to grow a long time before it needs to prepare for bad times. Late winter dowing is optimal.

I sow ALL my temperate species over winter OUTSIDE. They spend the winter in the cold, as natural. Then when the temperature starts to rise, dormance of the seeds has been naturally broken and they wake up.

Tropicals similar: Sow them as you are entering spring. When they germinate there should be lots of light to keep growth short and stocky. This might mean you need a grow-light. The plants will then have a half year of good warm outside temperatures to get established before they might need to move to wintershelter indoors, if in temperae zones.