I think I know what the problem with the spinach damping off is. The pots are self watering and perhaps the heavy rains filled the bottom reservoir then flooded the soil. Causing any fungus or bacteria to overgrow.
I should have been tipping the excess water out regularly but forgot, lately I’ve had my hands full with just myself and the furbaby.
Am I going to have to dump this crop, get rid of the soil, clean the pot and start again?