Lalambchop1 said:
I'm having trouble with fungus in my wintersown pots. These have only rec'd rainfall since they were put out. Both of these pics were shot through the hole in the jug. In some jugs with tiny seeds I used white sand to help distribute them. On the whole those have worse fungus than the ones without.
@Lalambchop1, are you sure that's fungus? I'm by far no expert, but it looks like green stuff on the surface and not white. Isn't fungus usually white? Could the green possibly be something else that's healthier?
At any rate, I had a bad, bad fungus problem in one of my indoor planters. I had bought some organic, non-sterilized potting soil and didn't notice that it was totally contaminated with fungus gnats. I planted everything indoors and watched as the gnats thrived (UGH!
), some of my tiny plants died, and the top of the soil turned white. I purchased some nematodes and also used a turkey baster to distribute cinnamon over the surface of the soil and after a bit, the gnats and the white disappeared. The whole thing seems to be quite healthy now.
Maybe the more experienced gardeners can tell us whether cinnamon would harm winter seedlings? If not, I highly recommend the turkey-baster method. I got my baster for $1 at the dollar-tree store! But first, please check to be sure that's what you have. I think that if it's green, it might be something else. I wanted to Google it but couldn't think of anything but "green stuff in my garden." Needless to say, that turned up quite a bit
. Oh, wait, could it be moss?
