I thought this was a bad case of mealies but upon unpotting, the
odor was a very strong mushroom mouldy type smell.

I call this stuff Flak but someone told me it is California snow mould?

I washed the plant removing all the bark mix from the roots, sprayed with a
solution of water &
Physan, trimmed the dead roots repotted.

Just thought you may like to see some of the nasty stuff.
Cheers Wendy

Wendy,

So maybe not root mealy bugs. You're probably lucky.
Your last two posts showed up 2 1/2 hours after after the first post.

Bob


"Wendy7" wrote in message
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I thought this was a bad case of mealies but upon unpotting, the
odor was a very strong mushroom mouldy type smell.

I call this stuff Flak but someone told me it is California snow mould?

I washed the plant removing all the bark mix from the roots, sprayed with
a
solution of water &
Physan, trimmed the dead roots repotted.

Just thought you may like to see some of the nasty stuff.
Cheers Wendy

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:59:53 -0700, Wendy7 wrote
(in article ):

I thought this was a bad case of mealies but upon unpotting, the
odor was a very strong mushroom mouldy type smell.

I call this stuff Flak but someone told me it is California snow mould?

I washed the plant removing all the bark mix from the roots, sprayed with a
solution of water &
Physan, trimmed the dead roots repotted.

Just thought you may like to see some of the nasty stuff.
Cheers Wendy

Yuk! I lost one of these to something else. Hope you've rescued yours in
time.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D200

Don't want to blame CA, but it does look like snow mold. I hope you got it
all washed off, that stuff is stubborn!

Also, the potting mix it was on didn't look all THAT old. So the stuff may
be growing in one of your bags of mix. Watch carefully next time you make a
batch. Kenni

"Wendy7" wrote in message
news
I thought this was a bad case of mealies but upon unpotting, the
odor was a very strong mushroom mouldy type smell.

I call this stuff Flak but someone told me it is California snow mould?

I washed the plant removing all the bark mix from the roots, sprayed with
a
solution of water &
Physan, trimmed the dead roots repotted.

Just thought you may like to see some of the nasty stuff.
Cheers Wendy

Yes Kenni, you are correct, it wasn't that long ago that I repotted the
plant. Also I
do have to keep an eye on my bark in storage. I have a couple of wired
frames & sun
dry all of it.
Thanks for your comments, always appreciate your input.
Cheers Wendy

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
. ..
Don't want to blame CA, but it does look like snow mold. I hope you got
it all washed off, that stuff is stubborn!

Also, the potting mix it was on didn't look all THAT old. So the stuff
may be growing in one of your bags of mix. Watch carefully next time you
make a batch. Kenni

"Wendy7" wrote in message
news
I thought this was a bad case of mealies but upon unpotting, the
odor was a very strong mushroom mouldy type smell.

I call this stuff Flak but someone told me it is California snow mould?

I washed the plant removing all the bark mix from the roots, sprayed with
a
solution of water &
Physan, trimmed the dead roots repotted.

Just thought you may like to see some of the nasty stuff.
Cheers Wendy