Soil Mold/fungus?

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:10 am

Ive noticed some of my plants getting a white "fuzzy" layer on the suface of the soil. In all my years of taking care of plants I havnt seen it till this year, when I started using Sunshine mix #4. SO far its on one pot of bamboo seedlings (fargesia yunannensis), a sabal seedling, and my ginkgo seedling.

Is there anything I can do to get rid of it without killing the seedlings? Im assuming this is why so many of you use sand on the top layer?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:07 pm

I use sand on the top layer only to try to keep fungus gnats down to a dull roar ('coz sand dries fast).
And then I found out that's how I got the worm in my Jubaea seed...

(not sterlized).

I've used Sunshine #4 for years, never had a problem.
Hydrogen peroxide (3%) will fix the fungus/mold and not harm seedlings/plants.

It's a sign your stuff is too wet with poor air circulation, or both.

Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:32 am

Ahh thanks barb

The thing is, it couldnt have been too wet. The soil was dry before i watered it. It showed up within a few days on the Sabal seedling...