Need help with mold problem

[catjac1975]

i'm more on the side of "don't panic" and they may survive. most fungi are not an issue with plants. now, for some reason, you may have one of the ones that is, but i don't see it really doing damage in your pictures (if it was don't you think it'd be doing it by now?)... so i'll go with "not likely a problem just looks funky"...

All of the wrappings have been thrown out and I I bought them last year. They were fine last year-just the usual decomposing mold. I have not been able to find this preferred kind anywhere this year. And they always were good in the past.I have some that are not molding. They are a different kind that I do not like. They claim to be coir but I have found they do not decompose as well as when planted and seem like they are made of a a very strong fabric. I just have a feeling it was encouraged by the fish fertilizer that I used. I used the coir because I had them and ass of now they are not molding. And yes I thought the plants should be damaged by now. or wish full thinking. I guess if they are going to succumb it will be soon and I will have time to restart.

 

[catjac1975]

never seen anything like that, you using the same vendor for your pots? if so can you contact them and see if anyone else is having the same problem.
bet your county coop extension could help...

The extension service no longer answers questions. I guess eons of budget cuts have made it almost non existent.

 

[PhilaGardener]

The extension service no longer answers questions. I guess eons of budget cuts have made it almost non existent.

You might say they got over-extended!

Sorry to hear about the mold problem - be careful not to breathe those spores!

 

[thistlebloom]

Cat I have seen something similar to what you're describing outdoors on soil. It's a brown kind of puffy patch and bursts into a very fine powdery dust cloud if it gets scuffed.
Some sort of fungi I suppose. Not helpful to your situation I know, but I haven't ever noticed that it seemed to be damaging the plants it was near.

 

[catjac1975]

Cat I have seen something similar to what you're describing outdoors on soil. It's a brown kind of puffy patch and bursts into a very fine powdery dust cloud if it gets scuffed.
Some sort of fungi I suppose. Not helpful to your situation I know, but I haven't ever noticed that it seemed to be damaging the plants it was near.

While I am not sick or dead yet, it certainly cannot be particularly healthy.

 

[thistlebloom]

While I am not sick or dead yet, it certainly cannot be particularly healthy.

I always cringe when I make one explode.
It's just such a weird little organism.

 

[catjac1975]

I always cringe when I make one explode.
It's just such a weird little organism.

Where can we research this?

 

[catjac1975]

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3061345/brown-mold-or-fungus-growing-on-soilhelp This looks like it.

 

[Titan Farm]

Your problem could be transfer from your growing medium to the peat pots.
What medium are you using?

Check the medium pH and maybe the water your using also. I wouldn't be surprised if your medium is a bit on the acidic side.

 

[catjac1975]

Your problem could be transfer from your growing medium to the peat pots.
What medium are you using?

Check the medium pH and maybe the water your using also. I wouldn't be surprised if your medium is a bit on the acidic side.

I have a bale 0f the Green Formula, a product of Canada. I always used Promix but my farm store has not been carrying it. The mold only occurred in one type of peat pot. The coir pots and the plastic do not have the mold. I had some seed fail to germinate. As an experiment I just scraped off the mold, replanted, and used coir mix on the surface, So far the mold has not returned to the top, however the mold is still of the side of the pots. It is less poofie than it had been and the seedlings seem to be holding up fine. I do not have a ph kit. I have bought cheap ones in the past that did not work.