Fuck is this mold?

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smokajoe

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What does this look like (the white specs)? I noticed it today, anyways-if its mold can defeat it?

The following picture is a close up of the rock wool that my babies are planted in, the middle is just cocoa mix, is the white specs salt, or mold/problems?


Best means to deal with this?

or wtf do I need to do?salt 2 - Copy.jpg
 
queenster

queenster

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either mold or a salt build up from nute. if its mold use a mild mixture of bleach and water and spray on it.
 
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madmad

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I`ve discovered something similar recently on my new soil, but it didn`t spread or get bigger or anything and someone told me it may as well be crystalizing salts from fertilizer used in this cheap ass soil I bought. I removed the "affected" top layer just in case and it has not returned, its been almost 3 weeks now.
 
Orithil

Orithil

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I had one small area like that in one of my pots, I tasted it. Mine was salt. I flushed my pot.
 
queenster

queenster

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there are many different types of mold and some of them grow very well in bright light i.e mushrooms are a form of mold. if you are using soil cultivate the top soil with your hands every week. it looked like you are using rock wool so ya you need to spray with bleach water and cover the medium so that the light cant grow the fungus
 
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wiseguy316

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You need to give us more info, it took me a minute to figure out that the pic wasn't a crater on the moon. I have since figured out it is rockwool. that is not mold, it is algae. cover the rockwool so no light is hitting it and it will die and go away.
 
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madmad

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Phillip J Fry said:
Glad your pretty cuz you sure aint sure. Read the post above you again, some mold likes light.
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Glad you`re smug but you`re talking BS here, just like your matey in this post above me. Mold is fungi so light or no light makes no real difference to it, but in strong light the grow medium will dry up faster hence me saying mold doesn`t like light, even thought thats not 100% accurate. And mushrooms are fungi too, but mushrooms ain`t mold.
 
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tokenbrownguy

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If it is mold, I would suggest bleach with as little water as necessary...as per mold consumes water for respiration. This is why a moldy wall, or building is cleaned with solution. Adding water defeats the purpose of killing mold. For your plants sake, I hope it is salt ( which, it looks like from here).
 
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tokenbrownguy

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And yes, mold can thrive in and out of the presence of light...many differing members of the mold bunch...many different characteristics...one common one is they all need WATER...
 
Fykshun

Fykshun

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This conversation seems too good to pass up; I'm currently treating a plant for powder mildew (yes, it is a form of mold). This powder mildew presents itself in direct light on the tops of my giant fan leaves. Powder Mildew is a bitch to identify for newbs (trust me, I am one) because it presents itself as a thin white film, very similar to dried salt residue.

As for liquid increasing chances of exacerbating mold, or certainly not helping rid your plant of mold, this is definitely true to an extent, but I will state that to treat my plant, I actually spray it with Green Cure, a bicarbonate powder dissolvable in water. I must wait for the plant to dry before putting back in the tent or in direct contact with fans - my second point, which is that fans are your true enemy when it comes to mold spores. If your plant has mold spores, forget about the light, move it out of the room and out of the path of fans. Fans are like airports for mold spores, and mold spores love to travel!

Thanks for tolerating a newb's attempt at being helpful.
 
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