mycorrhizae mold on surface ? Or just mold?

Launchpad_Mcquack

Launchpad_Mcquack

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Was looking at my young plants , noticed some green algae on a few of the pete pellets .

Looking closer, noticed white spots on the surfaces and mesh. I’m new to mycorrhizae, I understand it covers the roots, but what about the surface? I sprinkle mycorrhizae in each hole before planting and during transition to the solo cups.

It doesn’t look like white mold that I’ve seen before. But I did just come back from 3 years off.

Plants look fine otherwise, minus low ppm rust spots from transitioning from well water.
 

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bam0813

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Not sure about mold but i would get those up potted,especially the ones on the left.
Look too big to still be in just a peat pellet imo
 
Launchpad_Mcquack

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bam0813 said:
Not sure about mold but i would get those up potted,especially the ones on the left.
Look too big to still be in just a peat pellet imo
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You’re close. The bigger ones are 2 weeks old Friday. This weekend they’re getting transferred. It’s why I was asking bout the mold, was going to pull apart the pellets during transfer if its bad.
 
2Hearts

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Its just a harmless organism of the peat pellet or spore from the air that settled there. Fungi mold left over thermophile even something in a different family. You add water and heat to organic matter and it becomes prime real estate for such stuff which is where the mycorrhazia stuff comes from.

You can eliminate it but a lot just live with it or run different irrigation cycles and it soon dissapears.

If it was bad and your plant ilunhealthy you would see plants start to die off but healthy plants outgrow and defend off most stuff with ease.

I hope it helps you not worry so much.
 
Launchpad_Mcquack

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2Hearts said:
Its just a harmless organism of the peat pellet or spore from the air that settled there. Fungi mold left over thermophile even something in a different family. You add water and heat to organic matter and it becomes prime real estate for such stuff which is where the mycorrhazia stuff comes from.

You can eliminate it but a lot just live with it or run different irrigation cycles and it soon dissapears.

If it was bad and your plant ilunhealthy you would see plants start to die off but healthy plants outgrow and defend off most stuff with ease.

I hope it helps you not worry so much.
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Yeah thanks, 6 years of growing with jiffy’s and never had this issue. Only thing different in my germination set up is the mycorrhizae.
 
2Hearts

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Launchpad_Mcquack said:
Yeah thanks, 6 years of growing with jiffy’s and never had this issue. Only thing different in my germination set up is the mycorrhizae.
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Maybe it was a multi species product and thats one of them, more likely something else feasting on them. Sterile stuff can breed stuff that is later wiped out by other stuff and a load of other stuff im not really specialized in so more just guesswork and seeen enough to ignore most.
 
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