mold on top of soil

[johnb1963]

hello my friends, so i planted two seeds Tuesday evening, and put them inside my tent. when i got home today, i went to water them, and there is mold all over the top soil. i didn't have any fans on, as I didn't think i needed them yet? the seeds haven't sprouted, do you think they will, or should i dig them out? can I scrape the top moldy soil off, and put the outdoors, and see if it goes away? any advise?

[D.A.A.S.69]

Probably not much help here, but I've had that happen quite a few times, an I can't remember that it ever caused any harm,
If I remember right, it went away after I got the fans going.

[ChadWestport]

Are you using any organic ingredients in that soil? What kind / brand is it?

I would turn the fan on to get air moving in the tent, but you need to have a way of measuring the temperature and humidity in the tent. Preferable a unit that shows you the high and low peaks too. You can find these on Amazon for $10. I suspect your RH is off the charts right now.

[gbauto]

I use beneficial microbes with Tribus in my coco grows and it's not unusual for me to have signs of microbial growth in the medium.
Never had any issues.

[MeEasy]

That's completely normal for good soil to have mycelium fungus growing on it. It's not going hurt your grow at all it's good fungus

[johnb1963]

wow, that's great news. the seeds are northern lights auto fems, and the soil is a 50 /50 mix of fox farms ocean forest and happy frog, with 25% organic perlite mixed in. first time I have mixed the two, but I read somewhere it works good for autos.

[ChadWestport]

I've seen many people who have done that mix. I haven't myself but as long as you control the airflow and humidity, seems like you are going to do great.