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pumba
02-23-2005, 11:05 AM
IN DOOR PLANTS.........and one of the spider and pothos holders.....I put two in one pot.....well I have white mushrooms in them....it is in a hanger in front of the windows and there are MUSHROOMS.....I could not believe this...wonder if it is because I didnt' use a regular pot but one of the nice ceramic ones of my MILs that I scoffed up from her belongings.......so do I dig this up or take it out of the pot and do one with drainage?

bobbiwoz
02-24-2005, 07:31 AM
When I use a pot that has no drainage, I keep a few inches of aquarium gravel on the bottom, beneath the soil, for the extra water to drain into. I've never had mushrooms, so, I don't think it's just because you have no drainage hole. Somehow the spores got into the potting mix. If it were me, and the pothos and spider plants were OK, I would just get rid of the mushrooms and repot, don't know if that's the "best" answer.

Bobbi :flower:

Snowwark
02-24-2005, 08:09 AM
Bobbi is right, Marie, the mushroom spores probably came from your potting soil, although they can travel through the air from one source to another. Using a sterile soilless mix should do the trick.

You could try to carefully dig them out, or cut them off, but they'll keep coming. They usually aren't harmful to your plants.

:)

pumba
02-24-2005, 08:14 AM
they are ugly today.........My mother in law who worked for years at a florist always told me to get the Florists soil and not buy it in those bags from the stores.......not enough sterilization in those she would tell me....so I will take that out and put it in another pot with some more soil........

THE OTHER THING she taught me........never call it DIRT.......it is SOIL :sunny: