So last night i went to transplant my young plant from its solo cup to it's 5gal airpot. However, when i took it out, i noticed white fuzzy mold on some of the roots. I placed it in the airpot anyway because it was late, but now i'm a little curious as to what harm may come, will it die, and if there's anything i should do? I've never had this problem. The roots "were" super healthy looking. Would peroxide help? Any thoughts would be appreciated . Thank you!
White fuzzy mold on roots in soil...
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tpc_mikey
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Kinda need alot more info then above to make an educated decision but most important what type of soil are you in? alot of organic soils will culture some beneficial fungus's that are good for your roots, if they were very white and looked healthy leave them alone is all i can say.
Dr. Who
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What semi-crappy answers!
What you are seeing is the roots "fuzzy hairs" that actually do the work of feeding the plant! Any myco strains that work on and around the roots them selves. Are harder to see then the root structure your talking about.
Your golden!
And someone has their own Utube channel?....sounds like another good one to avoid...
Roger A. Shrubber
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^ this, any time you have something bad in your roots and you can see it that easily, your plant will already look like shit.
roots are like fractals, as you look closer, each little root has roots, and they have roots, and those have...if you see a white "cloud" around the roots of a healthy plant, thats a good thing
roots are like fractals, as you look closer, each little root has roots, and they have roots, and those have...if you see a white "cloud" around the roots of a healthy plant, thats a good thing
Thats what i thought too, which brought me here to ask. Thanks
So it was driving me nuts. I went upstairs the other day, and since the soil hadn't really set itself into the transplanted pot yet, i decided to pull out and have a look at the roots again. Whatever it was went away, and all looked pretty healthy.
Dr. Who
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It could have been that you caught the beginning forms of fungal hyphae forming a mycelium around the roots - That means the myco's were working, a very good thing.