Light Warrior has yellow blobs

barbamWY · April 3, 2016

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I have never seen yellow blobs in seed starting mix. It looks like the expandable foam insulation. There is also a dead moth. I am glad I did not use this bag, but I did another already. What is the stuff growing in the bag?
Barb

Worth1 · April 3, 2016

Looks like the beginning of yellow potting soil or house plant mushrooms.
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oakley · April 3, 2016

whaaat...

Years ago a can of insulating foam exploded in my studio during a heat wave...so i moved

Looked like that all over without the fuzz.

barbamWY · April 3, 2016

Thanks Worth, that is what they look like. I am hoping the place I bought it from will take it back. I
At least it wasn't a dead mouse in there.
Barb

Cole_Robbie · April 8, 2016

Wow, pretty shrooms!

I know you think they are gross, but your plants would probably like them. I had great plants last year growing in soil that was largely moldy, half-rotten hay. The white fuzz is mycelium, and the yellow is the fruiting mushroom body. I couldn't see the mold I had under the black plastic, but I kept having giant mushrooms pop out the sides of the row. My plants were very healthy.

I don't know of any fungal life that is detrimental. I always see it as a good sign. I think what you have is a very high-quality mix that is full of life.

coolbythecoast · June 16, 2016

I used Light Warrior one year and was plagued with fungus gnats (in the house, my wife was NOT happy!). According to the manufacturer: "we don’t sterilize our soils because that would kill the very beneficial microbes which are critical in making nutrients available to plants. Your soil should be alive, not sterile!" I agree with them, their soil is alive, virtually teeming!

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Looks like the beginning of yellow potting soil or house plant mushrooms. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...310154&cad=rjt

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oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	whaaat... Years ago a can of insulating foam exploded in my studio during a heat wave...so i moved Looked like that all over without the fuzz.

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barbamWY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: North West Wyoming Posts: 466	Thanks Worth, that is what they look like. I am hoping the place I bought it from will take it back. I At least it wasn't a dead mouse in there. Barb

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Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	Wow, pretty shrooms! I know you think they are gross, but your plants would probably like them. I had great plants last year growing in soil that was largely moldy, half-rotten hay. The white fuzz is mycelium, and the yellow is the fruiting mushroom body. I couldn't see the mold I had under the black plastic, but I kept having giant mushrooms pop out the sides of the row. My plants were very healthy. I don't know of any fungal life that is detrimental. I always see it as a good sign. I think what you have is a very high-quality mix that is full of life.

June 16, 2016	#6
coolbythecoast Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 39	I used Light Warrior one year and was plagued with fungus gnats (in the house, my wife was NOT happy!). According to the manufacturer: "we don’t sterilize our soils because that would kill the very beneficial microbes which are critical in making nutrients available to plants. Your soil should be alive, not sterile!" I agree with them, their soil is alive, virtually teeming!