Does your soil smell like FART

Does your soil smell like FART#222218

By ps3isawesome -  Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:46 am
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- Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:46 am #222218

Well I finally got to repotting, eh it's a lot of work.

This is my first time repotting and man do some of the soil smell like nasty fart.

Is it because of the gas build up?

Is this any indication of anything I'm doing wrong? Or is this normal?

Thanks!

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Re: Does your soil smell like FART#222219

By Goodkoalie -  Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:49 am
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- Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:49 am #222219

ps3isawesome wrote:Well I finally got to repotting, eh it's a lot of work.

This is my first time repotting and man do some of the soil smell like nasty fart.

Is it because of the gas build up?

Is this any indication of anything I'm doing wrong? Or is this normal?

Thanks!

I think it could be that your soil was kept to wet, or it has been to long since you last changed the soil.

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Re: Does your soil smell like FART#222231

By SFLguy -  Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:57 am
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- Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:57 am #222231

Anaerobic conditions will usually lead to having a bad smell

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Re: Does your soil smell like FART#222233

By chevyguy8893 -  Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:04 am
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- Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:04 am #222233

It is the result of gas production (e.g. hydrogen sulfide gas, methane) from anaerobic bacteria in the media. I wouldn't say it is anything out of the ordinary or something to worry about. It is more noticeable to me in plants grown using the tray method with constant standing water. The bacteria doesn't take much time to form colonies in the lower layers of the container, even with new media.

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Re: Does your soil smell like FART#222234

By ps3isawesome -  Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:16 am
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- Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:16 am #222234

thanks guy! I'll uhh i guess flush the pots more often

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Re: Does your soil smell like FART#222235

By tish -  Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:33 am
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- Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:33 am #222235

Sorry to bump in, is this also related to humic acid ? Those dark mustard color stuff on the surface of soil especially obvious on tip of perlite and dead sphagnum stem poking out of peat.

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Re: Does your soil smell like FART#224171

By Robster_24 -  Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:37 am
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- Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:37 am #224171

it can happen a lot if you use sand collected from rivers or lakes...

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