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 TurntableJunky
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 Fucking Mold. 
#7365721 - 09/03/07 10:44 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Theres green mold growing on the sand in the container I have my cacti seedlings in. What can I do?
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 VirgilKane
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It's probably just algae and it happens to everyone. It won't hurt anything.
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TurntableJunky
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Its green and it smells bad. Wouldnt this be mold?
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cpw1971
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if it looks like this your ok.....
just give em some fresh air daily, maybe a few hours
Edited by cpw1971 (09/03/07 10:57 PM)
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You usually get Algae on the surface from it being wet and humid the entire time for weeks. Very green and thick, but I've never noticed much smell from it. I suppose it could be mold, but I've never had any problems with it.
A fungicide could be applied in a VERY diluted solution by soaking from the bottom, I suppose. Better wait until someone who's done it chimes in. I've just scraped it up before avoiding the seedlings...it's thick like scraping scum from a concrete wall in a ditch.
Mold may not even hurt if that's what it is.
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 Re: Fucking Mold. [Re: cpw1971]
#7365809 - 09/03/07 11:05 PM (5 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wow, man! You've got a nice fuzzy colony there!
TTJ, here's the only pic I have ATM of a seedling tray with some in it. It's usually completely covered with the bright green you see a few spots of here after about three or fours weeks. You can see where the original colony is piled up in the upper edges from scraping it up when I pulled the seedlings to do grafts.
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TurntableJunky
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Yeah thats sort of what it looks like but does that smell?
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VirgilKane
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Eh, just what you'd expect wet, algae laden soil to smell like I guess. Kinda like an aquarium that needs cleaning?
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TurntableJunky
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Ah thanx thats exactly how I would describe it my old fishtank used to smell like that.
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Dr. uarewotueat
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if its moss or algae it wont do any harm, u could scrape it up if u wanted to or just leave it...
however if i smells bad, it might well be mold... if so, get some fungicide in a sprayer and blast it before it consumes your seedlings.
should be pretty easy to tell the difference between mold, algae and moss.
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generally its a good idea to soak your seedling medium with a fungicide before u sow the seeds.
prevents damping off and possible mold at a later stage.
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TurntableJunky
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I read that I could just dilute hydrogen peroxide to 7 parts water 1 part hydrogen peroxide and that that would kill the mold and not harm my cacti.
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that would depend on the concentration of the h2o2 solution u started with.
i think 3% is the recommended concentration of the final solution for killing off fungus... although thats from memory so u will have to check for yourself.
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TurntableJunky
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k thanx
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you gotta watch out for the white fuzz/old mans hair
just lost a diffusa the other day to it 
now to go pray for more seeds lol
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TurntableJunky
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Damn that sux dude.
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