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title: "The soil for my plant has started to develop white growth on top - is…"
description: "The soil for my plant has started to develop white growth on top - is this bad? What is it? Thank you :)"
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author: "Jamie S"
published: "2023-08-29T09:29:01.767Z"
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# The soil for my plant has started to develop white growth on top - is…

_Jamie S님이 2023-08-29에 게시함_

The soil for my plant has started to develop white growth on top - is this bad? What is it?

Thank you :)

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/g5T3jJh_9tvtZNjEqQYsVPyASxqdBgej1wDV6lu9RYc/bff2e38fbd594f258990c2ed6f2cad26.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### Ian Pittman🌿님이 2023-08-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Could be nothing but could also be the start of mold!! Maybe try repotting and hopefully it doesn’t come back! Hope that helps:)

#### Jamie S님이 2023-08-29에 답변했습니다.

Thank you. Do you know what causes it? Is it overwatering?

#### Ian Pittman🌿님이 2023-08-29에 답변했습니다.

Yes! The two most common causes are usually low light or overwatering, if your plant likes a lot of water but the dirt doesn’t then you could try switching pots to something more ventilated or with better drainage!

### Plant Father님이 2023-08-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

this looks more like mineral build up from hard water than mold, consider flushing the soil with distilled or rain water to rinse off the excess minerals

#### Jamie S님이 2023-08-30에 답변했습니다.

This may well be true, the water is very hard here.

### Plantsarelife님이 2023-08-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

It’s prob just fungi fungi is our freind it doesn’t do anything it just spawns on decomposing material such as soil especially when it’s moist very common on plants like your prayer plant because it likes moist soil nothing to worry about

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