For questions about growing fungi or curing fungal diseases.
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White fungus growing on tree branches
This tree has had a tough time recently. It was heavily pruned by a former resident, and until recently was buried in the middle of a dense bamboo grove. The bamboo visible to the right is 30+ feet ...
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Fungi on the outside of clay pot
I recently bought some clay pots and put a one year old date palm in it using a potting mix of 1 year old compost, leaf mold and very few of bought horse-manure-mix. For drainage I used some stones.
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How do I prevent growth of fungus on outer wall of ceramic pots?
Many times fungus gets accumulated on the walls of my ceramic pots, it gets too thick & smelly. It is difficult for me to completely remove it with knife.
Is their any way by which we can prevent ...
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Orange spherical fungus in garden
We have a weird orange spherical fungus growing in our garden, any idea what it is and if we need to do anything special to get rid of it?
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Monstera Something or other with brown crud on the leaves
I have a pot plant with Swiss cheese kind of foliage that has got some problem possibly some sort of parasite or fungal infection, I have no idea. It's like red-brown rust that brushes off fairly ...
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oak tree white fuzz
Any idea what this is on my oak tree?? We are in the middle of a drought in central illinois and I've been seeing this on the back of my leaves.
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Mycorrhizae Innoculant. When/where/on what do I use this?
I saw a video of a guy using this symbiotic fungus powder on legume root balls that he placed in a green manuring bed. Is there a point to using this stuff in general? Right now I'm a few days away ...
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What is this fungus or weed growing in my flower bed?
I came home today and noticed two patches of this stuff in my flower bed. I recently put down new mulch and I just started watering my lawn again. I live in Texas.
1) Is this a fungus?
2) Is it ...
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What to do about fungus in lawn? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I be concerned about mushrooms in my lawn?
Every time I mow my lawn, I find a few of these bulbs of fungus.
Sometimes they are brown like in the picture I took ...
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Can I eradicate blackspot on roses with a winter pruning?
In mid-winter, I pruned my standard roses back harshly. Black-spot can be a problem on these roses. The pruning is such that they have hardly any leaves. The remaining leaves do not have any ...
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Why do my tomato leaves look powdery?
I have a threesome of tomato plants planted in on my porch. All three have some leaves that seem to be a bit white and powdery. One of the leaves has even started to turn a bit brown.
I don't think ...
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What do I do about the whitish powdery mold on my peonies?
Very early this year (starting in mid-May) my peonies' foliage was covered in whitish-gray powdery mold. What is it and what if anything should I do about it?
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What is this white growth on my cactus?
I have several cacti growing in my yard and one (t. pachanoi, if it matters) has developed a white layer across the top of the plant. It is very fine and looks almost sandy, like perhaps a mould or ...
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How to prevent avocado from drying out indoors?
I have an avocado plant that has grown indoors since it was a pit. It grew first in a badly insulated, north-facing, wet and cool house, where it grew splendidly. After i moved to a well insulated ...
