growing through slime

growing through slime#3799

By Adam -  Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:43 am
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- Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:43 am #3799

Here is a seedling growing through the layer of algae that has started to grow in the LFS. I'm guessing this must happen in nature as well. Hope the little guy makes it!

Adam

Re: growing through slime#3805

By linton -  Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:05 am
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- Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:05 am #3805

Looks like it has broken through just fine - the rest of the growth should follow through the same "hole". I have only ever had the slime problem when using long fiber sphagnum, so I have switched to using the same peat/sand mix for germinating my seeds and have not had a problem since.

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Re: growing through slime#3820

By Matt -  Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:08 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:08 pm #3820

When I grow in my terrarium, I get a little bit of the green slime on peat as well, but as Linton said, it's far worse on long fibered sphagnum moss. I've also noticed that seedling growth seems to be stunted by the algae. If possible, you might want to transplant that one Adam. It looks like a pretty strong grower!

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Re: growing through slime#3857

By linton -  Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:35 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:35 pm #3857

Algae will grow whenever conditions are favourable to it, which is often when a surplus of dissolved nutrients, in particular chelated iron and soluble phosphates are available. It would be interesting to see if you get the same algae growth with a different brand of moss.

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Re: growing through slime#4481

By Adam -  Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:21 am
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- Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:21 am #4481

I've now removed the cover so humidity is going to drop. At the same time, I've removed all the lfs from the top of the peat-sand mix. I've also moved the light further away from the plants as too much heat was drying out the top of the soil. The tinfoil sides make it still bright enough. I'll see how the seedlings and pullings respond to the new conditions.

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Re: growing through slime#4489

By Matt -  Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:54 am
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- Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:54 am #4489

Thanks for the update Adam. I'm looking forward to hear how things progress in the next few days.

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Re: growing through slime#4935

By Adam -  Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:35 pm
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- Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:35 pm #4935

It's been a while now with no cover and less water. The ill looking plants are not looking any more ill, so at least the change did not hurt them. In fact, the catch tray completely dried out during my time away from home this weekend. None of the plants looked like they suffered.

Re: growing through slime#4942

By Matt -  Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:55 am
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- Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:55 am #4942

Thanks for the update Adam. I hope that your seedlings continue to be healthy from here on out.

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