mold on cooking soil?? Pics!!!

NeilNeverSleeps said:

I've been cooking a batch of organic soil for about 8 days now, turning it over every few days... Got up to mix it up a lil today and this is what it looked like... Not sure if this is okay or if I should ditch the whole batch... the white spots were only on the top layer of soil.. Any knowledge helps!!! Sorry I can get pics to load, not sure why, but the soil basically looks like it has Small flat cotton balls spotted on top...

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Rrog said:

Keep the soil just barely moist enough so that when you compress a fistful the soil stays as a small ball. But when you poke the soil ball, it falls apart. That's a good indicator that you have just the right moisture level for this. I liked covering the soil with a cloth while cooking. This is also a good time to introduce nematodes, BTI dunks, crab shell, etc for pests

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BDOGKush said:

Don't mean to hijack but has anyone seen this happen with store bought soil? Sounds like what happened to a bag of Roots Organic soil I had

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Rrog said:

Not the same. Crab, lobster, shrimp and insects all have a Chitin exoskeleton. That's what you want. Oyster shell is Calcium

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