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

ClaytonNewbilFontaine

ClaytonNewbilFontaine

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Phytoplankton said:
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)?
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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.
 
calvin.m16

calvin.m16

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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

Budzbuddha

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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

Budzbuddha

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calvin.m16 said:
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.
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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.
 
Tangerine_

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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 yard waste.



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

Budzbuddha

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Tangerine_ said:
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.
 
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