Mold in coco coir medium

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cequi

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• Jan 23, 2016

• #1

pretty much sums it up already, woke up this morning and saw white mold in the bottom of one of my 4plants. Soil is already very dry i was about to water but wandering what i should do now.. The medium is coco coir mixed with perlite (about 30% perlite). Thanks in advance guys and girls,

 

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lawlrus

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• Jan 23, 2016

• #2

Are you channeling Ray Charles with those photos? I can't see shit. Could you be seeing salt build-up? That can look similar to PM in my experience.

Why are you mixing coco with perlite? That's unnecessary and likely doing more harm than good.

 

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cequi

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• Jan 23, 2016

• #3

Thanks for the quick awnser!
Its hard to take a picture of, maybe this one you can see better. Its white and a bit transparent looking.

I searched and saw many people saying mixing perlite with coco is fine but maybe your right

 

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lawlrus

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• Jan 23, 2016

• #4

It may not produce negative results, but it won't produce more favorable results than straight coco will either. It's a soil-less medium, it does not need the aeration that perlite provides.

I still can't see a thing in that photo man, but from what I can tell, it's not salt build-up based on my experience with that.

 

horribleherk

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #5

I would go to wal- mart & get the garden- safe spray that works on mites, insects& fungus & spray the base of those plants I always kept an oscillating fan on my plants ,have a few coco grows under my belt I like 40% perlite/ 60% coco & smart pots good luck

 

ryan1918

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• Jan 24, 2016

• #6

I wouldn't spray anything unless you sure know it's PM, because I've never really heard of pm growing in your medium, what's your temps and humidity, I don't see any PM do you have a scope because you can tell if it is or not, it looks very fuzzy

 

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cequi

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• Jan 25, 2016

• #7

I cabt get a clearer picture sorry guys.
I picked up the white stuff and threw it away. It hasent appeared back yet so i think ill just wait for now.
I alwais have a fan rotating on my plants. My temp is around 18-24C with humity between 35-45%