beginning of mould on soil im sure after 5 months..

[potentcheesydick]

at last

[Guest]

at last

I wouldn't say anything looked bad there. If it started to look grey or green mould then I'd worry. If that was the case I'd have just sprinkled some neem cake into the soil. Apparently Mycelia converts sugars and starches into other complex molecules. So I would suspect it helps the micobiome as they feed off the roots "Exudates" in order to find the plant the correct food source. Exudates are like glucose which is a form of sugar.

[potentcheesydick]

So the adding of white granulated sugar alongside the feed I've been doing can only be beneficial?, I've never heard of neem cake I thought anything starchy would cause blue mould, as long as the mycelium is present in the soil it will feed off of it rather than allowing the bad bacteria to thrive, so what about white bread crumbs and white sugar alongside a feed?

[potentcheesydick]

Just googled neem cake and it wasn't the type of cake I thought u meant lol

[Guest]

Just googled neem cake and it wasn't the type of cake I thought u meant lol

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I wouldn't ever use spray or any oil based need I've heard too many bad things. But this is OK in the soil/medium.

[Guest]

So the adding of white granulated sugar alongside the feed I've been doing can only be beneficial?, I've never heard of neem cake I thought anything starchy would cause blue mould, as long as the mycelium is present in the soil it will feed off of it rather than allowing the bad bacteria to thrive, so what about white bread crumbs and white sugar alongside a feed?

I wouldn't go adding any kind of normal sugar. That will be processed.

I never use anything processed, that contains any chemicals and it must be natural/organic with absolutely zero preservatives.

Only sugars I would add are an "Unsulphured Black Strap Mollasses"

[The Supreme Weeder]

So the adding of white granulated sugar alongside the feed I've been doing can only be beneficial?, I've never heard of neem cake I thought anything starchy would cause blue mould, as long as the mycelium is present in the soil it will feed off of it rather than allowing the bad bacteria to thrive, so what about white bread crumbs and white sugar alongside a feed?

Might be worth trying barley flour as the chitinase breaks down pathogenic fungi cell walls or aloe which has antifungicidal properties bro

[The Supreme Weeder]

Temps and wet conditions can sometimes cause algae too, what colour is this mould mate

[potentcheesydick]

No preservatives but definitely processed will avoid this from now on, cheers weeder will keep tht in mind in case mate and it looks either white or grey under light but lights colour made it hard to tell for certain, lights are off will need to wait until tomorrow but the first mould that came was white cobweb

[The Supreme Weeder]

White cobwebby type stuff sounds like mycelium as mentioned by someone up the thread. See what the daylight shows.