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Austell, GA

Ok, here is the situation:

I bury my vines. It's been raining for about 3-4 days. This morning, very foggy, damp, and wet.

Then, I see this white stuff growing all over the soil.

I've hit it with some fungicide, but should I be concerned?

See pics:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1722099&l=6b2250a5ac&id=1366222874

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1722100&l=c1961fa994&id=1366222874

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1722101&l=84526701c6&id=1366222874

8/1/2009 10:36:20 AM

Did you use mycor when you buried the nodes?

if so you might have jumped the gun with the fungicide

8/1/2009 10:50:02 AM

Austell, GA

I didn't use mycor.

Since my garden soil is Georgia hard-packed soil and too hard to dig up, my wife bought some bags of potting soil at home depot - that way she didn't have to take a pick-axe to the cement like ground.

Well, after 3-4 days of rain, that white stuff showed up. If you look close, that white stuff only appears where the "imported" soil was placed. So, since that imported soil is "rich" compared to the clay "regular" soil, I think that the white stuff is a fungus, eating all the decaying organic matter.

But, should I be concerned? If so, besides hitting it with some fungicide, what should I do?

8/1/2009 11:01:42 AM

Pataskala,OH

That looks like mushroom mycelium.

8/1/2009 11:54:31 AM

Pataskala,OH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mushroom%27s_roots_(myc%C3%A9lium).jpg

8/1/2009 11:55:07 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Agree with Nic.

8/1/2009 3:08:10 PM

Austell, GA

Thanks. If you are right, then the daconil should take care of it...

8/2/2009 1:43:35 AM

Rhode Island

semper fi brother pumpkinmaster. every marine is your brother, even the relics like me--lol. usmc 1959 to 1962.
best of luck
pap

8/6/2009 7:46:34 AM

Austell, GA

Pap, Semper Fi back at you! I am still in (1991 - present).

8/7/2009 1:53:00 AM