Wood chip soil with (mold?) - what would you do?

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

1) Stir it in and use as usual for potting?

2) Remove the layer and use it somewhere special (where?)?

3) Encourage it to continue in the bag?

Sorry I can't get my phone photo to appear here. The growth is white and yellow.

This "potting soil" is a wonderful product from a local nursery.

Glad there are no ants involved (yet) as has happened by mid-summer in commercial soil or chips bags in my garage that also acquired a little rain.

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four (9B near 9A)
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
As a general rule, mold is bad for plants.

You imply that you have good experience with the product as a potting medium; and you state that you can remove the moldy portions. So, on the way to Go, pause at Some Sunny Place to dry and IR treat the nonmoldy (visually, at least) medium.

Mold is beneficial in the development of compost (your somewhere special for the removed portions).
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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
As a general rule, healthy soil is full of all kinds of living organisms, including mold & fungi, but I would not use moldy potting mix in a pot. Maybe just spread it on the ground somewhere outside.
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