It is often added to peat based soils to improve drainage and structure. It tends to add air to the soil as opposed to holding water in the soil.
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Stinkhorns start off as an egg like golf ball sized structure in the soil.
Small white balls in soil. I m leaning towards the little white balls being a fungus of some type. I had this on a few grows now is it bad they look like tiny white balls smaller than my perlite chunks and they are fairly symetrical and are highly concentrated by my roots. Stinkhorns start off as an egg like golf ball sized structure in the soil.
Today i noticed hundreds of small white balls that have appeared in several areas. I have also seen re ground eps beadboard from manufacture of styrofoam cups used in potting soils serving only to lighten up the mix. White eggs in the soil 27 06 2007 07 14 am i found a small cluster of white eggs while i was digging the other day and just wandered what they might be.
They are probably about 1 5mm wide. When processed for use in potting soil perlite is heated. I was wondering if it might be those midichlorians or the micro beasties.
Around a week ago i applied lawn clippings to the surface of the soil in my greenhouse as a mulch. The fungi live off dead organic matter and are commonly found in mulched areas in the landscape. The soil was previously free of visible weeds or other pests and i m aware that i may have made a mistake in introducing non composted grass clippings.
As the fungus develops a stalk grows upward and is topped with a slimy cap coated with a mass of olive green to brown spores. The plant is dying now and i don t know. The little white balls are fungal hyphae common to potting medium of most kinds.
As the fungus develops a stalk grows upward and is topped with a. The fungi is feeding on the organic ingredients that potting soils are made of peat bark coir etc. Soil in roots organic on all grows with go.
Perlite used in soil resembles tiny white plastic foam balls but it s actually a naturally occurring volcanic glass. As i said before i d scrape it off the soil and isolate it to see what comes from it. Anyone can recognize that.
It s probably not harmful to your plants but if you let it propagate it will be on all your soil soon. The objects in the photo are probably the immature fruiting bodies of a kind of fungus called a stinkhorn. I have removed them just incase but havent squashed them incase they are something i might want in the soil.
Small white balls like insects egss or salt mass in my plant pot. I d not be surprised if little mushrooms don t appear at some point the fruiting bodies of the underground hyphae and mycellium. The fungi live off dead organic matter and are commonly found in mulched areas in the landscape.
Since i got my indoor flower plant i noticed there are a few white thingies like sugar balls or salt i thought they could be something good for the plant or eggs of some insects.
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