Mycelium growth.

aussie antics

aussie antics

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Whats us peeps. So came to give my girls a little TLC today and noticed what I believe to be some mycelium growth around all my lower roots. Here's the deal, let me know if you think I'm on track...
Third year organic, 35g airport dropped into a muck bucket so I can give the roots big drinks. Let the pot dry out completely between feed / watering. Have been feeding with general organics, compost tea x 2 (with the last actually being a more fungal based with oats) and 2 feeds of alfalfa tea.
Found this on the bottom roots today.

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This ones on a Friesland strain, present on my Apollo and galactic jacks. All grown outdoors, all plants absolutely charging and loving life despite the average summer.
 
SensiPuff

SensiPuff

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Cobweb mold caused by excess organic material from your tea maybe? I put some soil amendment in my soil bin and cam back a few days later, something in it had molded over. Looked similar to what u got going on. I just dried the soil out well, never saw it again.
It doesn't quite look like mycelium in my opinion.. more like a mold
 
SensiPuff

SensiPuff

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Also why are your roots dark brown like That? How's the leaves and plant look? Almost looks like root rot. Id scrape away the nasty and dry it out
 
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J-Icky

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If I had to guess their roots are that color do to the organics and a good amount of humic's being present in the soil. It could also be because they have been exposed to the air so the outer layer of the root has hardened off
 
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J-Icky

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It looks like it could be but even if its not, its gonna break down organic matter and make it more available for your plants. But the fact that, that is exactly what happens everytime I let my soil mix cook and it seems to be focused on and around the roots make it look like it is a beneficial fungus of some sort.
 
aussie antics

aussie antics

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IMG_2379.JPG IMG_2378.JPG IMG_2402.JPG Sorry for the late reply here guys. So a few days after I noticed this, as SensiP sensed, the leaves started to show a few spots of powdery mildew. I took the airpot (hence the brown root tips that have been air exposed and self oruned) and left it to thoroughly dry out. Then hit it with a 10/1 water : milk solution and she's clearing up beautifully and back to charging.
 
DonTesla

DonTesla

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aussie antics said:
View attachment 3989573 View attachment 3989572 View attachment 3989576 Sorry for the late reply here guys. So a few days after I noticed this, as SensiP sensed, the leaves started to show a few spots of powdery mildew. I took the airpot (hence the brown root tips that have been air exposed and self oruned) and left it to thoroughly dry out. Then hit it with a 10/1 water : milk solution and she's clearing up beautifully and back to charging.
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oatmeal will get the fungal party started, real quick

put oats right in tea or pre fed soil some oat flour ?
 
Nugachino

Nugachino

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Looking good buddy. Not sure if it's mycelium or not. But, your plants dont seem to be phased by it. So I wouldnt worry too much.
 
kstoco16

kstoco16

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I've had what I believe to be mycelium and long story short it was on the topsoil and i was overwatering and had favorable conditions along with some cheap soil. Your issue does not look anywhere close to the mycelium that grew with my plants, the myclium showed up in parts of my topsoil with fruiting bodies (mushrooms) in a 5"x5"ish field and did not feed on the plant, the mycelium was feeding on decaying plant matter in the cheap soil (a few wood chips) and a constantly moist environment. It looks to me like the fungus/mold in your picture is feeding directly on your plants roots and I would imagine that's a harmful disease or indicates a favorable environment for other diseases like mildew or mold either in the whole grow or localized around those roots.

TL:DR : Doesn't look like the mycelium I've experienced, looks like it's feeding directly on your plant's roots and that's probably not good. No exp with root diseases.
 
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J-Icky

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kstoco16 said:
I've had what I believe to be mycelium and long story short it was on the topsoil and i was overwatering and had favorable conditions along with some cheap soil. Your issue does not look anywhere close to the mycelium that grew with my plants, the myclium showed up in parts of my topsoil with fruiting bodies (mushrooms) in a 5"x5"ish field and did not feed on the plant, the mycelium was feeding on decaying plant matter in the cheap soil (a few wood chips) and a constantly moist environment. It looks to me like the fungus/mold in your picture is feeding directly on your plants roots and I would imagine that's a harmful disease or indicates a favorable environment for other diseases like mildew or mold either in the whole grow or localized around those roots.

TL:DR : Doesn't look like the mycelium I've experienced, looks like it's feeding directly on your plant's roots and that's probably not good. No exp with root diseases.
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Mycelium attaches to the root and helps feed the plant in exchange for sugars released by the roots. So yes it kind of is feeding on the root, but its also feeding the root too. Thats why growers inoculate their medium/roots with mycelium intentionally.
 
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