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Mushrooms on my peat pots!!

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Bluedave

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Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« on: May 23, 2010, 18:04 »
What the bloomin 'eck are these mushroom thingies on the peat pots that my sweetcorn is growing in - should I be worried? Can I just remove them and all will be well with the world? or do I need to pot some more up?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhh - things were going so well too!



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Trillium

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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2010, 18:29 »
Just rub them off for now and ease up on the watering which is the reason you have them. Corn appreciates a bit of water just not that much. If the mushrooms keep coming, space them out further in the sun to dry out. If they keep coming, make a spray of 1 litre water to 1 tbsp baking soda and spray the pots.
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2010, 20:20 »
Trillium, over here, we are not allowed to use, or advise to use, anything which IS NOT a registered pesticide. :D
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2010, 21:44 »
If I can put baking soda into my cakes I can spray it on my plants. :tongue2:
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2010, 22:04 »
Quote from: Ice on May 23, 2010, 21:44
If I can put baking soda into my cakes I can spray it on my plants. :tongue2:

.........and you will be amazed at how quickly they rise!  :lol:
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2010, 05:20 »
hmmmm does baking powder make anything rise ,
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010, 06:53 »
Quote from: m1ckz on May 24, 2010, 05:20
hmmmm does baking powder make anything rise ,

Seeing as you are "up and posting" at 0520 I think you are rising perfectly well already!  :lol:
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010, 07:26 »
Quote from: m1ckz on May 24, 2010, 05:20
hmmmm does baking powder make anything rise ,

Won't make my pension rise!!! :lol:
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Re: Mushrooms on my peat pots!!
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2010, 10:02 »
Quote from: DavidT on May 23, 2010, 20:20
Trillium, over here, we are not allowed to use, or advise to use, anything which IS NOT a registered pesticide. :D

Ahh, but this is to clean the pots, not kill pests.  :tongue2:
(And a  :tongue2: to DEFRA the EU or whoever.  ;) )
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