I am pretty new to organic growing and have never heard of anyone having this issue... I dug a scoop out of the soil other day next to young plants and added a scoop of Dr Earth 4-6-3 and covered/ filled with about a half cup of Worm Castings, a day later I watered with recharge... Earlier today I find under my soil a yellow mass or clump has formed from the amendments. It is dense and spongy. Has anyone ever seen anything like this and should remove it? There appear to be a number of springtails and other life all over it. Plants still appear to be very healthy but I just added amendments 3 or 4 days ago. This is the clump I managed to pull apart with a couple toothpicks. Maybe its just beneficial fungi or mycelium and im being paranoid?
Yellow Clumps in soil...
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PadawanWarrior
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No worries. Next time maybe spread the top dressing out more. I like to mix my top dressing with a little EWC or compost, and pumice, and top dress with that. But some stuff I just throw on straight.
Those springtails are your friends. They're breaking down the organic amendments for the plant.
Thank you for responding... yea im not at all worried about springtails and crawlies, theres no gnats or pests in that room. More of the spongy mass of yellow mold/ nutrient clump, maybe a little white mold in there too... but ive pretty much decided it was beneficial mycelium, busted the clumps up and buried them again. just wondering if anyone else has seen this stuff as well?
Hollatchaboy
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PadawanWarrior
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First time I saw mycelium I thought it was mold and chucked the pot of soil, lol.yeesh... yea that would have freaked me out... thankfully, at least for now it is just under the soil... thinking about it, i guess this is what i wanted? Weird living soil
well yea, thats what i originally thought but its purely below the soil and not nearly as neon yellow... Im pretty sure it was just the pile of nutrients i put in one spot instead of mixing around like a smart person... all covered over with Mycelium
waterproof808
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I've seen this in Roots soil. Usually forms when a bag sits too long, if you just give it a good mixing and let it breathe it should go away.