green fungus on top of 35 day old supersoil, is it good?

is geen fungus on top of your supersoil good like the white fungus or is it bad?

  • no, it's not good and heres what you should do to get rid of it, or fix it

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  • yes, it's the same as the white fungus

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uncle j dog

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I've had a batch of supersoil cooking for 35 days in 50 gal. trashcans with roots organic soil bags duct tapped to the top becuase i don't havew lids, so I look through the little holes and I recently saw some green fungus or mold on top. Now I know the white fungus is good but what about green, is it good or bad, and if it's bad what should I do? I planned on letting it cook for like 6 weeks but now I don't know what to do. PLEASE HELP ASAP!!! Thank you
 

Saturnine

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If you were growing mushrooms, I'd say it's time to panic, but since you're not then you really have nothing to worry about.
That's most likely trichoderma which is a white fungus, but its spores are green in color and there's actually a couple different substrains of trich that are beneficial to plants in the same way mycorrhizal fungi are.
Mold thrives in moist environments with little to no airflow, so if its bothering you then just dump out and mix up your soil mix occasionally before throwing it back in the trash cans and find something a bit more porous to cover your cans with. HTH
 

CA MTN MAN

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Any time of mold, mildew, fungus or anything like that is never good . It means your humidity is too high
 

TWS

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no. He's cooking off soil so I would presume humidity to be high. Santas beard is good mold or fungi along with plenty of other fungi and bacteria . it's is most likely algae from nutrient rich soil and sunlight.
 
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burner89

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I sometimes get a type of green algae on the top of my potting mix, especially early in the season when it takes a while to dry out. From what I've read about it, the main concern is it blocks airflow to the soil. I just break it up with a small gardening rake/fork.
 
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