Verve compost was shit when it had peat in, I can't imagine it's any better without it. I start my seeds in Canna pro usually, not the seedling version and they do fine. You can use a root plug or Jiffy too but they do dry out rather fast so you need to keep an eye on them.
I've got so far, sweet lemon razzles fem, eleven roses fem, going to go with oss jungle lava fem and smottie remix
Will look to get at least one each of autos and outdoor. What about a new strain from karma? So far that's 40% filled, keep 'em coming.... add outdoor alfemco fuckwarp to that unless u guerrillas like to try something else. Room for a wee pack of autos in there, maybe a sweet seeds auto? or has that whole auto thing died out??
UPDATE:
Thank you, everyone, for the help, I have been using a heat mat now for a few days and I think they are starting to recover. Albeit very slowly! I have decided to bite the bullet and order some more seeds. How would you guys recommend I start them off?