I found these in a bag of Fox farm happy frog. It doesn't look like fungus, it looks like eggs.

[ClaytonNewbilFontaine]

I'm sure it could be fungus but it looks like it could def be eggs too. The bag sat inside for about 4 months, unopened. Anyone got any ideas? I contacted them, they replied with a copy and paste about fuzzy white mold, but it's clearly not fuzzy.

 

[Kerowacked]

Mycorrhizae?

 

[Phytoplankton]

From a distance they do look like eggs, but in the close-up it looks like there's some mycelium and they resemble tiny mushrooms or fungi of some kind. If it's fungi, that's good, if it's eggs it's more than likely bad. Is there anything inside them that would suggest they're eggs (gooey stuff)?

 

[FirstCavApache64]

They kind of look like fungi to my poor eyes. I'd toss it and get a new bag, hopefully not from the same spot. It could be from the storage conditions of the seller. My super cheap Roots Organic soil find at Walmart last buy came with a ton of grass seeds that grew all throughout the run.

 

[ClaytonNewbilFontaine]

From a distance they do look like eggs, but in the close-up it looks like there's some mycelium and they resemble tiny mushrooms or fungi of some kind. If it's fungi, that's good, if it's eggs it's more than likely bad. Is there anything inside them that would suggest they're eggs (gooey stuff)?

I never actually thought to try to see what's inside. They're pretty small but I'm going to give it a try. FF replied again and said they feel confident it's fungi.

 

[Richard Drysift]

Mycorrhizae… you want that in your mix.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Mycorrhizae colonization - good thing.

Sometimes you can feel a warm area in bag .

 

[Kushash]

White fungus balls.

 

[Kerowacked]

White fungus balls.

They make a cream for that itch

 

[waterproof808]

Mycorrhizae… you want that in your mix.

Mycorrhizae spores only grow when roots are present.

 

[Budzbuddha]

They make a cream for that itch

Plus a Loofa

 

[calvin.m16]

Hey at least you found that instead of chunks of rust and fish hooks, could be worse.
This picture made me think of the grow a bug toys:

 

[calvin.m16]

I'm pretty sure I heard Fox Farms uses Canadian residential compost to make their soils, the shit people throw in their compost bins could be anything so who knows. I've never saw mycos grow in a ball shape, to me that looks like eggs or some other contaminant, potentially non-beneficial.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Myco can live in soil void of roots. The spores mycorrhizae are highly resistant and can live for many years in the absence of plant roots. When roots come near, they germinate and colonize the roots. They do form a “ biological link “ root to soil and can remain dormant until contacting a root - then it begins to inoculate / germinate .

Why its a good reason to add vermicompost ( EWC ) to your soil mixes.

 

[Budzbuddha]

I'm pretty sure I heard Fox Farms uses Canadian residential compost to make their soils, the shit people throw in their compost bins could be anything so who knows. I've never saw mycos grow in a ball shape, to me that looks like eggs or some other contaminant, potentially non-beneficial.

Yeah there are some regional differences in product.
Element sources are different across location.

Had a few bags - needing “ screening “ . Thats why i dump bags in large tote - break up clumps - see what’s in it and amend with pumice / perlite / ewc.
Found gravel / burnt twigs and other assorted shit occasionally.

 

[waterproof808]

Its definitely not mycorrhiza spores, its a saprophytic fungi that is common in bags of soil that sit around with poor ventilation.

 

[Tangerine_]

Its just saprophytic white mold. Common in bagged soils. Think of them as little food converters.

Its definitely better than what I found in my bags of Roots soil.

This came from a single 1.5cu bag of Roots Original.

Roofing nails, plastic, 10 penny spikes, big ole rocks...basically yard waste.



I dont even wanna admit to what I paid for a pallet of that garbage.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Its just saprophytic white mold. Common in bagged soils. Think of them as little food converters.

Its definitely better than what I found in my bags of Roots soil.

This came from a single 1.5cu bag of Roots Original.
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Roofing nails, plastic, 10 penny spikes, big ole rocks...basically uncomposed yard waste.



I dont even wanna admit to what I paid for a pallet of that garbage.
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Reminds me of those cheaters in Bass competitions - shoving weights in their fish.

 

[Tangerine_]

Reminds me of those cheaters in Bass competitions - shoving weights in their fish.

That kind of cheating could get a fella killed!
Those fishermen take those comps serious.

 

[Unga Bunga]

I remember finding rocks in bricks of Mexican . Strangest thing was a dessicated snake head . Pretty good size to .