God damn… we all are having this problem right now!
Interesting with the toothpicks. I haven’t found it necessary myself, but good trick to have up my sleeve
I found some damping off happening on my plant too, very early catch on my part. I think the Late Veg water level re-saturated my pod after it had been dry for some time, and I noticed some discoloration and what looked like the start of the indentation caused by damping