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title: "Help! My seedlings have mold on the pots! I need to determine if it’s…"
description: "Help! My seedlings have mold on the pots! I need to determine if it’s safe for them or not! I touched it and it is harder to see now, but it was white and…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Madz"
published: "2024-03-30T16:31:35.240767Z"
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# Help! My seedlings have mold on the pots! I need to determine if it’s…

_Posted by Madz on 2024-03-30_

Help! My seedlings have mold on the pots! I need to determine if it’s safe for them or not! I touched it and it is harder to see now, but it was white and looked like hair coming off it

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## 3 comments

### Madz commented on 2024-03-30

They are also being kept in peat and in a very humid environment

### Geogaddi commented on 2024-03-30

This has happened to me before  
They are compostable and when wet they start to break down - as much as I love compostable products I definitely recommend plastic seedling trays for indoors and the compostable ones if starting seedlings outdoors. That is just my personal opinion- I hope it helps :)

#### PlantLady replied on 2024-03-30

I use plastic egg cartons with holes poked into the bottom as seedling trays and it works really well

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