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Apr 24, 2024 4:46 PM CST
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LA, ca
Hi there! My sweet house plant has a yellow goop? in the soil that I just noticed... I've had her for two years at least and have never seen anything like it before. I am wondering if it's from the plant food pump I started using in the recent months? If you could please help identify and let me know what I need to do, I would appreciate it! The leaves look fine and it's continuing to grow with new baby leaves, not sure about the roots πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ
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Apr 24, 2024 5:25 PM CST
California Central Valley (Zone 8b)
Region: California
If its organic fertilizer, it could be mold or fungus growing on the particles in the fertilizer that aren't completely decomposed. That looks like miniature slime mold.
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Apr 25, 2024 2:40 AM CST
Kaneohe, Hawaii
@Lucy68 is correct (as usual.) It is a slime mold, Fuligo septica, commonly called 'dog vomit'. It helps break down dead material in the soil. It is not harmful to your plant. Whenever I have it it usually passes through the yellow or vegetative stage quickly but remains unseen in the soil.
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Apr 25, 2024 3:13 PM CST
N. California (Zone 10b)
I think it is the mycelium of the very common flower-pot mushroom - Leucocoprinus birnbaumii.
Nothing to worry about.
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