Compost tea causing white mold

HUSTLERBOY20

HUSTLERBOY20

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Hello RIU,

I am new to brewing compost tea and have been concocting my own formula this season. I added KELP JUICE, X-TREME TEA BREW, MYCO POWDER, BAT GUANO, COW MANURE, AND THERE FEEDER PACK.

My question is I have white mold growing on my soil top which seems to not be hurting anything but Id like to find out is it mycelium or is it mold that will eventually attack my roots and or leaves?

I posted this on the outdoor forum but I haven't had any luck finding out if anyone else has had this encounter !!
Also I'm running FFOF x PROMIX HP x PERLITE = 50/50% and 25% if that helps any as well
Any info would be very helpful


THANK YOU !!!

HB 20 :eyesmoke:
 
SupraSPL

SupraSPL

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the white mold is a good thing. yes it will attack your buds if they are loaded with carbs and there is too much humidity for too long, but that would likely happen with or without the compost tea. the fungus helps break down insoluble nutrients it is good stuff.
 
SupraSPL

SupraSPL

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moisture is necessary in the soil zone to keep the insoluble nutes breaking down. i use dead fan leaves as a mulch to try and conserve moisture. that said of course you have to be careful not to end up watering too often.
 
HUSTLERBOY20

HUSTLERBOY20

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I water every 4-5 days in my 5Gal buckets. My plants are about 3ft average, some taller and the soil is ffof and promix so when it dries out or when its ready to water the edges of the soil leaves a gap between the pot and the soil. I got a hygrometer today and i average between 40-50% humidity at 90* and when I water its around 5-6pm and it brings the % up to 70 at 70*.

Im assuming this isn't as bad as some people have it such as 110* at 80% humidity or something astronomical. the fuzz looked like it got beat up by the hose so maybe it will get washed down deep into the soil and then grow shroom deeper then just the soil surface.
 
malignant

malignant

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looks like a very healthy myco herd, as in your doing a great job with your teas, can you get a better pic up just to be sure?
 
HUSTLERBOY20

HUSTLERBOY20

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Im not apple / iPhone savvy so i tried to get the proper size picture on here so you can see what it is I'm talking about..hope this turns out the right size it should be :lol:
 

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malignant

malignant

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hows the plant looking? happy? it seriously looks like the top of my earth magic, which is my myco innoculants suspended in humic acid. and my teas get a fuzzy colony on the solids a day after, and i see some of that on my soil but you have an active herd! im 99% sure your looking at a massive myco herd, feed some guano tea so it can get broken down
 
HUSTLERBOY20

HUSTLERBOY20

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Sweet I like the sounds of that. My plants are all peppy and green for the most part. Some leaves are yellowing but there mostly the bottom leaves shielded from the sun or closest to the soil so id assume those are the ones the plant chooses to consume for stored food. So your saying the pure bat guano tea will push the mycos down into the soil ?
 
missnu

missnu

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Hmm...I have some myco growing in my garden under all my plants and it doesn't look like that...more like white blocks of soil with little white tendrils coming from it...
It might be the pics, but that stuff looks fuzzy...which myco is not fuzzy...it is kind of like foamy almost, like solid, hard to explain...does that stuff puff when you touch it...or is it like poking a piece of thin styrofoam? If it is puffy then it is just some sort of mold or what not, but if it is styrofoamy then it is myco living in the soil...
 
BigJon

BigJon

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HUSTLERBOY20 said:
i think i washed it all down..i don't see it anymore
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You mentioned you had a hose running on it earlier. Is that from a chlorinated source? They say chlorine kills all beneficial bacteria. If it is from a well type source it probably washed down.
 
HUSTLERBOY20

HUSTLERBOY20

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yea its from a PWS system...I don't have enough room to put jugs all over the place. the plants seem to be doing fine though. I don't think its that strong of stuff. Ive grown in other cities where I get mad yellowing or burn marks on my plants from water..this stuff seems to keep them nice and happy
 
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