I'm a total amateur here. I was just tilling a small garden and half of it
was saturated with a white residue. Is this a bad thing? I'm on an island
on the west coast of Canada if proximity to ocean air has anything to do
with it.

TIA,
Etienne

not sure but here a 'whiteness' in the soil is usually a friendly fungus or
bacteria breaking down organic matter

Robert from the English Riviera
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Etienne etienneatoutgundotcom wrote:
: I'm a total amateur here. I was just tilling a small garden and half
: of it was saturated with a white residue. Is this a bad thing? I'm
: on an island on the west coast of Canada if proximity to ocean air
: has anything to do with it.
:
: TIA,
: Etienne

"Etienne" etienneatoutgundotcom wrote in message
...
I'm a total amateur here. I was just tilling a small garden and half of
it
was saturated with a white residue. Is this a bad thing? I'm on an
island
on the west coast of Canada if proximity to ocean air has anything to do
with it.

TIA,
Etienne


Sounds like mycellium to me. Have you seen any fungus fruits?

Geoff

"geoff" wrote in message news:b76faa$7q2

Sounds like mycellium to me. Have you seen any fungus fruits?

Geoff



P.S. Take a sniff of the white stuff you're didding up. If it smells sort
of mushroomy . . . . .

Geoff

It's possible that it's some phenomenon that we, in the UK are
unfamiliar with. I suggest asking in a group nearer home.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com