Mushrooms Randomly Popping Up In My Soil

Fennimore

Fennimore

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Like the title says, there are tiny (under, or about, an inch), very light brown (almost white), mushrooms that will pop up next to and around my plants. I keep removing them as carefully as possible, as to not spread any spores... My soil is the same soil I have been using, I have used it plenty of times before, but never have had any mushrooms pop up. My growing conditions aren't even mushroom friendly!

My questions...

Why are they growing?

Are they going to complicate things?

Any way to stop them without changing the soil?

Anyway, thanks for any help you might have!! :leaf:
 
Kriegs

Kriegs

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Fennimore said:
Like the title says, there are tiny (under, or about, an inch), very light brown (almost white), mushrooms that will pop up next to and around my plants. I keep removing them as carefully as possible, as to not spread any spores... My soil is the same soil I have been using, I have used it plenty of times before, but never have had any mushrooms pop up. My growing conditions aren't even mushroom friendly!

My questions...

Why are they growing?

Are they going to complicate things?

Any way to stop them without changing the soil?

Anyway, thanks for any help you might have!! :leaf:
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Why: the spores and mycelium were already in the soil; you've just somehow created the right conditions for fruiting bodies (the mushrooms), which is actually hard to do (so, congratulations..)

Complicate things: Probably not; mushrooms take advantage of decomposing materials; not likely to compete with living material (ie your plants).

Stop them: Not in any way you'd want applied to MJ plants that will be smoked.

They're probably harmless. If anything, I'd check your room humidity (?); 'shrooms generally need a lot of humidity to jump up. Are your plants big enough to shade the soil surface from the light? The plant and soil moisture may be creating a little mushroom-friendly micro-condition at the soil surface of your pots, that isn't present anywhere else in your grow space.
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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Kriegs said:
Why: the spores and mycelium were already in the soil; you've just somehow created the right conditions for fruiting bodies (the mushrooms), which is actually hard to do (so, congratulations..)

Complicate things: Probably not; mushrooms take advantage of decomposing materials; not likely to compete with living material (ie your plants).

Stop them: Not in any way you'd want applied to MJ plants that will be smoked.

They're probably harmless. If anything, I'd check your room humidity (?); 'shrooms generally need a lot of humidity to jump up. Are your plants big enough to shade the soil surface from the light? The plant and soil moisture may be creating a little mushroom-friendly micro-condition at the soil surface of your pots, that isn't present anywhere else in your grow space.
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That helps a lot! Thanks for responding so quickly! The humidity is reading at about "19% LOW". The temp is about 79-81 degrees.
 
greensister

greensister

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Hit the shrooms with a lot of light, fungus doesnt like light.
There is some uncomposted material in your growing medium, more than likely bits of sticks. If you can remove the largest pieces from your soil, this should kill them.
You can also sprinkle a bit of powdered ferts on them. This will dry them out in a hurry and they will die. Watch out that you dont burn your plants.
You can also let the soil get a bit dry. Shrooms are so moist, they dry out and die much faster than green plants.
More than likely the shrooms wont do anything to your plants and once they eat the undecomposed organic material in your growing meduim, they will go away and youd never know they were there.
 
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kappainf

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Yeah I dont think it is an issue, I get mycelium growing all over my fox farm when its in the bag sometimes, never get shrooms though. Maybe they are magical??? I wouldn't eat them unless you know exactly what they are.
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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greensister said:
Hit the shrooms with a lot of light, fungus doesnt like light.
There is some uncomposted material in your growing medium, more than likely bits of sticks. If you can remove the largest pieces from your soil, this should kill them.
You can also sprinkle a bit of powdered ferts on them. This will dry them out in a hurry and they will die. Watch out that you dont burn your plants.
You can also let the soil get a bit dry. Shrooms are so moist, they dry out and die much faster than green plants.
More than likely the shrooms wont do anything to your plants and once they eat the undecomposed organic material in your growing meduim, they will go away and youd never know they were there.
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Yeah, they do grow on those, larger than normal, bits of sticks mixed in the soil! I just remove it like you said and throw it away. I am going to let the soil dry a bit, and see if that helps too. Thanks!!
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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Ace Smoking said:
I was experiencing this same problem. I fixed it by not using crappy soil. Invest in some nice dirt for the ladies.
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Yeah, I use cheap soil... Same stuff I have been using for a long time now. Maybe I just got a bad batch or something this time... Any suggestions on nice soil?
 
greensister

greensister

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I mix my own with compost, worm castings, perlite, and coarse sand.

Heavy on the compost, good amount of castings, some perlite and sand.

When i mixed up my batch an let it sit for a couple of months, i opened up the lid and saw some tiny shrooms growing. I located the bits of stick they were growing from and removed that. A couple of days later i saw a few more and sprinkled hign N nutes on the surface. The shrooms were gone the next day and there was a bunch of water vapor on the inside top of the lid.

Since i did this, i havent seen any shrooms in my box o soil.

Also, garden soil and potting soil are the same except potting soil is steam sterilized and garden soil is not sterilized. If you are growing inside, it is recommended that you use potting soil.
 
growman09

growman09

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at the hyro store i goto the owner says that actually means you have healthy soil probably a little too moist but wont hurt anything just pluck em out when you see them
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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growman09 said:
at the hyro store i goto the owner says that actually means you have healthy soil probably a little too moist but wont hurt anything just pluck em out when you see them
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Hmmm... Maybe I have been watering too much. Could that have something to do with it?
 
Fennimore

Fennimore

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[QUOTE="SICC";3600819]just let them gown then consume them :weed:[/QUOTE]


:idea: I could let them grow then sell them to a dumbass... No, not really. :rolleyes:
 
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