How to remove Mold and Fungus from Cactus & Succulent Seeds or Seedlings
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2018
- Hi Guys :-D in this video I show you how to remove mold and fungus on your cactus and succulent seeds and seedlings by spraying with a jet of clean water.
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Planted my first ever cacti seeds just over a week ago 😁 very exciting!! Thank you for the tips! Loving your channel! Xx
Thats fantastic news you planted your first cacti seeds :-D its so much fun to grow from seed and watch the seedlings grow over the following weeks and months :-D and so happy to hear you are enjoying my channel thank you so much :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXXX
You have perfect timing on this video! I have 4 pots of tiny seedlings that look like they're covered in a green algae. They've been sealed in ziploc baggies for 90 days, and honestly, they look stunted for their age. I'm not sure if that's due to genetics or the algae/slime. I'm hoping it goes away after I open the baggies and air the soil out a bit.
Like yours, I pasteurized my soil and I even wiped my containers with alcohol. I did notice I mainly have this problem with mixes containing soil, and that the more coco coir I use in the mix, the less mold I have. I'm afraid I can't remember if you're using coir in any of your mixes or not. But so far it has worked really well for the seeds I tried it on. I have a short video of a proud papa showing off a pot full of super healthy looking seedlings that were germinated in coco coir. .I moved them outside and I'm trying to harden them off. They're so big I wonder if they're already overcrowded and I should repot them?
Hi Lynn. I've learned the hard way that the best way to treat fungus is to never get it in the first place (I lost a lot of seedlings last year). The fungal spores are on the seed coat itself. What I do now is always cover the top of the pot with some gritty sand. Fungi can't really spread over mineral components.
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXXX
Thank you for wonderful information. Im growing succulents from seeds. Few days ago i found something was there but I didnt care about it but after I saw it, I quickly spray on them. I hope my succulents will survive and grow smoothly. Really really thank you!!!
Good luck with growing from seed :-D I bet your seedlings will grow really well for you :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXXXX
In AZ cactus like the sajuaro, grow under 'nurse' trees which protect them from mold and fungus. I had a beautiful cereus in my front yard that was suffering from a fungus. I took some bark and seed pods from a mesquite(nurse) tree and made a tea out of it, put it in a sprayer and sprayed Fred(my name for the cactus) with it. I did this daily for a week and the fungus disappeared and Fred was very happy. Turns out mesquite trees have anti-fungal and antimicrobial properties. Mesquite tea made from the beans cures pink eye, conjunctavitis over night. Seriously, over night. My sons school nurse asked how I cured pink eye so fast. I told her and she was so excited about it, but due to school rules, she couldn't share the information. So sad.
WOW that INCREDIBLE
With the 50 watt UFO how high should I keep it from the cactus seeds in the bag in a dark room or what temp ??
I know this is for seeds and such but on my lithop there is mold growing up the side? My friend said I ovee watered it but I haven't watered it in a month..What do I do
What about algea I'm kinda having a problem with algea growth on my seedling media surface any idea what I should do there still sealed in the bag I would appreciate help you could offer
Hi Justin :-D if the Algae is taking over the seedlings, you would be best to unzip the bags and very gently scrape off as much of the algae as you can, I have had this problem too especially under the grow lights as it encourages faster growth especially for moss and algae LOL and i have had to unzip the bags and gently scrape off as much as i can and then I sprinkle sharp Horticultural sand onto the top of the soil and this prevents the moss or algae coming back, you could also use very very fine grit too if you can get very fine grit, but sharp horticultural sand works well, i have now decided to use sand on the top of my seed sowing pots on top of the soil all the time now, XXXXX
So I have some euphorbia Granda cornice seeds that have white patches of mold how can I get ride of the moled?
Very interesting video Lyn. Marija is very kind and her channel is amazing. The stapelia it had become so big. I wanted so bad to see it. Thank you for that And of course that you mention me. Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing.
WOW the Stapelia seeds you gifted us are growing like lightning haha :-D and they are so healthy :-D thanks a billion again for gifting them to us dear Olga
Good to know! Must protect the babies!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Sunday ahead XXXX
My seeds haven't sprouted yet but I've been struggling imensly with fungus, I pick it off by I'm concerned that the fungus's recurring growth might prohibit the seeds from growing
Hi Eva
@@desertplantsofavalon Ahh thank you so much for your kind and detailed reply, how often would you recommend spraying the hydrogen peroxide mixture? It's my first time growing cactus seeds so really appreciate your help.
Hi Lynn, I haven’t had the courage to start seeds yet... hope yours all recover from the mould❤️👍🏼 great vid as always
Growing from seeds is such fun Nadia and I bet you will do really well with your seeds :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Growing from seed is extremely easy.
Hi thanks for the advice. All my seeds are growing just after 10 days of growing! (san pedro, prickly pear and Agave Ovatifolia). San Pedros have some white fluff mould hear and there so am a little worried.
Thats wonderful news your Cactus seeds are growing already, good luck with growing your seedlings and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Hi Lynn! Thank you so much for recommending my channel! Thank you for the video. From what I see I have the bad fungus 😣. And it’s tephrocactus alexandrii geometricus which would be so much fun to grow. The other seeds didn’t have mold (manmilaria prolifera). I should have seeded them in separate pots and bags 😏
Oh no so sorry to hear you have the bad fungus Marija :-( its so gutting when that that happens :-( thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon tephrocactus geometricus seeds are quite big and pale color. The mold made them go completely black so I threw it away. Does Huns have his method without bag online on UA-cam? I would like to experiment. 😊
I use cloche domes and round glad brand Tupperware fruit cups. It makes adorable see through tiny greenhouses.
Thats a brilliant idea, they make wonderful mini greenhouses and perfect for seedlings
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Hey! Just found your channel and it's helping me so much!
I have to ask, have you any experience with hydrogen peroxide? I have a mealybug issue and wondered if that would work? And/or If it can improve my cacti in other ways?
Thank you so much for your help so far!! 💚🌵
Hi Charlotte :-D thanks so much and I am so happy to read that my channel has helped you
@@desertplantsofavalon fasntastic! Thank you so much for replying! My cacti are going to love me after finding your channel, I'll tell them the credit is all yours haha 💚🌵
@@neonhippie1 haha Have a fantastic weekend ahead :-D XXXXX
I am growing some Saguaro seeds. They germinated, mold started to grow, and I was told to uncover the top so the mold can go away and transplant to a bigger pot because they were all clumped in a tiny space. Am I supposed to put the pot in something again like a bag? They are out of humidity now and are not thriving.
Hi there, so sorry to hear you have had problems with your Saguaro seeds, I would place them inside another bag, but because they have come out of the cover beforehand, I would pierce some holes in the new bag to allow air flow into the bag, if you see mold reappear again you can use 3% Hydrogen peroxide diluted with water at a mix of 1 tablespoon of 3% Hydrogen peroxide to a cup (250ml) of water and put into a spray bottle and spray the whole of the soil to kill any mold or fungus, good luck with your seedlings and have a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Am I missing what is in the sprayer? Spritz them with what kind of liquid? Sorry if I missed it. Lol
haha Paula :-D I forgot to mention its pure water :-D so sorry
Thanks Lynn lol yeah I wondered if I missed what you said or if you didn’t lol appreciate it
Thanks for this informative video Lyn! How are your cuties doing since then (2018)? Hope they are doing well! Wish you Lyn and Hans an amazing evening! Lots of love coming your way from Malta!
So happy you enjoyed the video Sylvia :-D Mold and fungus on seedlings is such a pain when they are still in the early seedling stages, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
Going to have nightmares about fungus now : ) I didn't know there was one that could kill in hours! I've tried opening the bag and using sterile tweezers to 'scoop' it away and afterwards dusted the soil and sometimes the seedlings with cinnamon. They have all survived this, but I will just use a water spritz next time, it looks less aggressive : ) My seed sowing is so much more 'accident' free though since I use the baggy method. Xx from Dublin
haha about the fungus nightmares Nathalie :-D fungus can be a pain for our seedlings but the water method works well and also a bit of hydrogen peroxide added to the water spritzer works well too, the baggy method works so well at preventing fungus :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I have tiny brown bugs all over the soil of my cactus seedlings 😭 I've been spraying neem oil every day for 4 days and they are still there! What should I do please? Should I repot??
Hi there :-D So sorry to hear you have bugs on the soil of your cactus seedlings, you may be best to treat the soil with a soil drench of Neem oil as spraying the seedlings will not be enough, its best to soil drench the whole compost with Neem oil, or use a soil insecticide especially for soil pests, a soil systemic insecticide may be best to use, good luck with your seedlings Sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic weekend ahead XXXX
I just bought a cactus online, & it arrived with fluffy white mould all over it. I wanted to try to treat the cactus, before throwing it away. The mould keeps coming back. Do you have any suggestions, on whether the cactus can be saved or not? & If so, how? Thank you.
Hi there, the good news is a lot of white mold on the soil can be harmless but you can also treat it with sprinkling cinnamon powder onto the soil or by spraying the top of the soil with 5ml of 3% Hydrogen peroxide mixed with 20ml of water, but if the cactus is already in damp soil then you may be best to remove the cactus completely from the pot and throw away the soil it was in, and then re pot it up again in new totally dry cactus soil, leave the cactus unwatered until mid to late March before watering again, thanks so much for watching and good luck with your cactus XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you, for your response!
The cactus was covered in white mould, not the soil. I sprayed it with soapy water, & the mould hasn't come back. Most of the fluffy mould has gone. Now, there are just tiny white dots remaining. So, I will spray the cactus once more, then, I will re-pot it into well draining soil.
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The mold on mine are actually in the drain holes. They smell when I spray them, but that's about it. The mold is not growing, so I'm not concerned too much.
I think you will be ok Levy with the mold only on the growing holes :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle XXXX
im an idiot, with my last year seedlings they got moldy and i put them in the sun, it killed the mold, but they got too hot and turned pink, so i had to put them in the shade for a week
LOL! Alex I hope your seedlings recovered ok :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon they were fine, I'm getting ready to start watering them instead of just misting the soil
What about fungus on a grown plant not a seed? The video said cactus I figured that was included
Hi Amber :-D you can spray the white fungus with rubbing alcohol also called isopropyl alcohol or a fungicide gardening spray, but I would remove your plant out of the pot first to check that the plant is not rotting from the base, if it is then make an emergency cut and sprinkle with either sulphur powder or pure cinnamon powder as Rooting powder is not as effective, and if its a cactus then I would leave the whole cutting to fully dry for at least 3 weeks before planting up as a cutting in dry very gritty cactus soil, but if there are no signs of rot then I would spray the whole cactus with the alcohol or fungicide and I would also recommend that you also change the whole of the soil in the pot too, and leave the cactus unpotted for at least 10 days before potting up into dry very gritty well draining cactus soil, good luck with your cactus and thanks so much for watching XXXX
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Hello dear, why my succulent seeds didn't grow. It was one month.. But no one didn't grow. I bought 400pcs but no one grow:(
So sorry to hear that sometimes seeds can take up to 3 months to germinate and /i would not give up yet
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you so much for your support, i hope so :) have a nice day
What if.. i water them with fungicide???🤔
Hi there :-D yes you can use a special horticultural fungicide too but sometimes it can be a little bit risky on very young seedlings, good luck with growing your seedlings and thank for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and sunny Saturday XXXX
regular water? i use "Flying Skull" mold killer. 👏👏👏 🌍 🌎
WOW I have never heard of flying skull mold killer, I will have to look into it haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Thank you for the kind message, yes that product is used in a different industry or hobby, however if i ever see a bit of white light mold/fungus on cacti seedlings i used that and it disappears. Take care Earth friends! 🌎
www.flyingskull.net/Flying-Skull-Nuke-Em-New-Formula-8-oz.html
Is it just water? Peroxide?
OMG so sorry Kaitlyn I forgot to mention I used pure water LOL! thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from right across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon thanks for the clarification, Lyn! I was in need of this video ;)
kaitlyn parker i just used a peroxide mix...i know lyn says just water but my mold was blueish, so for some reason i equate that as being worse. Did u use straight water? How were ur results?? I jus did my trichs, il let yas know in a day or 2
YoDawg 83 we were thinking alike. I used hydrogen peroxide 3% with 100% success. Mold is eradicated and seedlings look well. Im Concerned that if I did more than one treatment the seedlings would be damaged. As of now, another treatment doesn’t seem necessary. I’m not sure that plain water would be effective, but if this happens again I plan to try it out.
kaitlyn parker are ur plants also cacti?? I wasnt sure how much to spray as there is one sprout in this tray already....this is my first mold issue so its kind of a scramble. I also closed the bag back up after a few minutes... ive done all my trays as lynn does and its worked great....i seen she closes her bags in this video but she only used water......i guess il learn first hand