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By aart
Posts:  2
Joined:  Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:42 am
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Hello All! This is my first post here. I have been lurking for about a month now and really appreciate all the great info!

I got my first plants on 11/18 and recently started to notice something brown/orange growing. Does anyone know what it is and what I should do? For now i have separated the plant from the others. I have hydrogen peroxide and read here that 3% diluted 1:10 is an option. My plants are in my living room and that's really my only option for the time being so I cant use anything that stinks.

While capturing photos for this post I also noticed a little critter crawling around! Does anybody know what it is and/or should I care?

Photos are taken with a 100mm macro lens with some quick post processing.

Appreciate your help in advance.
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The VFTs will be going dormant in the fridge soon.
By sbrooks
Posts:  748
Joined:  Tue May 22, 2012 3:33 pm
#347572
Welcome!
aart wrote: While capturing photos for this post I also noticed a little critter crawling around! Does anybody know what it is and/or should I care?
Looks like a silverfish:

https://www.google.com/search?q=silverf ... 966#imgrc=_

The brown and orange things might be a slime mold?

I would pick them out, and then maybe apply the peroxide or some CP-safe fungicide like Dalconil.

Neem Oil for the Silverfish.

Slime molds, fungi, and silverfish love very damp environments. Maybe cut back on moisture a bit.
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