I get the odd one now and again; I think it is when the compost stays damp for a little too long [rather than drying out a bit and then being watered again].
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I'm feeling deprived! The only thing I get is the moss growth if I have the compost too warm and wet. There was a film once about plant spores. What was i called now..... erm...Day Of The Triffids!http://norm-foodforthought.blogspot.com/
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They're very common. In my experience it's a sign that things are too wet. During germination and seedling stage the growing media should be moist, but not wet.
Little fungi usually appear if you use toilet toll tubes, newspaper pots, pea tubes (which are made of paper) or cardboard modules.
I don't personally get them from New Horizon compost unless it is used with the types of tubes or pots above.Last edited by Cutecumber; 09-03-2008, 02:25 PM.
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Originally posted by FoxHillGardener View PostI finally took some pictures of the skinny mushrooms. Let's see if I can attach one
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Originally posted by FoxHillGardener View PostI finally took some pictures of the skinny mushrooms. Let's see if I can attach one
What is the compost made from?http://norm-foodforthought.blogspot.com/
If it ain't broke, don't fix it and if you ain't going to eat it, don't kill it
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New Horrizons compost cotains a large amount of wood chippings. The mushrooms that have sprang up are simply the type of mushrooms/fungi that feed on wood and in the process break it down. This isnt a bad thing at all and it wont affect your seedlings. I buy new horrizons and this happens a lot. The mushrooms are not poisonous in comparison to the the deadly death cap but you really shouldnt eat them and I would wash your hands after touching them.
Mushrooms only ever produce fruiting bodies i.e the mushroom when they need to extend their hyphea which is the equivalant to a rootsystem. Fungi cant move like bacteria through soil, instead they produce a fruiting body that disperses spores which add cells onto the end of a hyphea in order for the fungi to extend. They dont grow in the same way plants do. So the fungi is only producing mushrooms in order to reach more food.
Wood is generally a hard thing to break down as it contains lignin and the normal enzymes struggle to decompose it which is why fungi has its own little niche.
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Thanks for the info AlisonC, I've also got some pretty impressive bracket fungi going on some tree stumps too. Ain't nature clever
I've had the skinnies before on loo roll tubes but this is the first time direct from the compost. I usually use New Horizon peat free, but this was Durstons brand from the milkman. I'm now back to New Horizon and not had any more. I guess it was just that bit too hot and wet for the Durstons. Note to self, open vents on propagators when weather's warm!
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