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I noticed when I germinated the seeds, the roots had like a light fuzz to them. Are they the new roots branching out or is that MOLD? haha... not sure. just the habaneras had that the bhut did not. Well I planted them anyway, is there anything I can use to help get rid of that mold if it is mold?
 
1 Tbsp peroxide (3%) per gallon of water will not hurt the seedlings and it will get rid of the mold...
 
MrOneEyedBoh said:
I noticed when I germinated the seeds, the roots had like a light fuzz to them. Are they the new roots branching out or is that MOLD? haha... not sure. just the habaneras had that the bhut did not. Well I planted them anyway, is there anything I can use to help get rid of that mold if it is mold?
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I suspect what you saw were root hairs. Did they look sorta like this radish sprout?

rthairs.jpg
 
yeah i think its just the fine hairs that you actually need on your roots... the more hairs you have the better intake the plants have for nutes..
 
wordwiz said:
The guy looks like he is wearing boxing glove!

Mike
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Yeah, it's a funky seedling, but it was the best example of root hairs I could find on a quick google.


Pam
 
Whew, glad I used the search function. I was worried that I had mold in the seedling tray but after a closer look it seems like it is just root hairs. Gotta love the search function! ;)
 
I top water with a diluted mixture of Epsom Salt, Superthrive and Miracle Gro in 1 gallon water jugs, quantities like a pinch of epsom salt, pinch of miracle gro, few drops of Superthrive and a few drops of Potassium Permanganate to ward off algae from the tap (Aquarium stuff).

This really helps with leaching of nutrients from the soil, I do this in addition to normal fertilizer every so often.

If they look like they need calcium, I replace the epsom salt with dolomite lime (pellet form, dissolves really quick).
 
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