I've been thinking. Last year almost all of my plant starters died. I never had that problem in the townhouse. We also had two fledgling geraniums, a baby bay laurel, and two citrus plants die.
We don't overwater, occasionally fertilize with organic fertilizer, don't put the plants in direct sunlight (that don't want it), and maintain proper temperatures for them.
I don't know why I think so, but I think it's our water that's causing the problems. We have hard water at our house which has caused problems with mineral buildup in some of the water lines. To address this, we had a salt water softener installed. I've assumed that the tech who did the work calibrated the unit to provide the proper amount of salinity to the water, but I'm not so sure.
To test it going forward, I'm going to solely water our plants with water obtained from the dehumidifiers in the basement.
I'm also going to do some digging into how to control the softener control system.
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