Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?

Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227511

By ps3isawesome -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:15 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:15 am #227511

The soil came with the seller from California Car and although it hasn't decomposed or been a year (got it back in October), it has a lot of green jelly on top and when I flip the soil over, it's kind of black underneath it.

I want to know if this may be time to change the soil judging by the look of it.

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Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227513

By Cory -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:17 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:17 am #227513

You can carefully pull the slimy stuff off the top of you like and replace it.
Not sure what you mean by black when you flip the soil over.

I would resist re potting unless necessary helis really don't like it

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227515

By ps3isawesome -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:21 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:21 am #227515

you can see some grey and black color on the soil. That's underneath the top layer of soil.

Ya, I didn't want to risk disturbing their roots either. So I wanna be sure

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227517

By Cory -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:48 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:48 am #227517

Your not going to be able to remove the Lfs from the roots anyways without catastrophic damage.

If it's not pot bound then I leave them be. I would just clean the top of off you choose to do so and leave it be

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227520

By ps3isawesome -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:08 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:08 am #227520

oh man that is such a good point, damn it. So what should i do when it really is time to change the soil? I have tried to repot plants potted in LFSM and it's a horrible experience.

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227533

By Cory -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:04 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:04 am #227533

Just repot it like a plug it will be fine

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227536

By David F -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:32 am
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:32 am #227536

Green Jelly huh? I think it will be perfectly happy in its current state.

I'm no heli expert but I've seen green algae in plenty of setups, as well as club moss (which is arguably worse).

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227574

By w03 -  Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:09 pm
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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 3:09 pm #227574

Did you fertilize it with Maxsea? It always stains my sphagnum a swampy green color when I use it.

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Re: Is it time to change the soil of my Helis?#227641

By ps3isawesome -  Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:57 am
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- Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:57 am #227641

thanks guys for helping me out. Nah I dont' fertilize it with anything except bloodworm. This is just my jankiest soil so far.

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