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title: "Anyone else have issues with algae growing in your pots? They do not…"
description: "Anyone else have issues with algae growing in your pots? They do not get watered until they are completely dry and they live in a chunky soil mix. They are…"
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author: "Elizabeth ✨🌱"
published: "2024-09-01T18:16:19.950077Z"
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# Anyone else have issues with algae growing in your pots? They do not…

_Gepostet von Elizabeth ✨🌱 am 2024-09-01_

Anyone else have issues with algae growing in your pots? They do not get watered until they are completely dry and they live in a chunky soil mix. They are placed in a window, which I know light causes algae but is there any way to avoid this? Will it affect my plants at all?

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## 3 Kommentare

### 9s kommentierte am 2024-09-01

This happens if water + sunlight mixes.

If you cover the jars and make it dark, the algae will die.

I also noticed orange jars don’t seem to grow algae as fast but I normally just sit the clear ones either in another pot or I wrap the bottom with something.

### Ari kommentierte am 2024-09-02

I’d cover the pot in black tape so algae can’t grow back, water + sun +clear pot = algae

### sammr kommentierte am 2024-09-03

it’s because of the clear plastic pot! the sunlight hitting the moist soil can cause algae to grow. i’d put the plastic pot inside a more decorative pot so the sun doesn’t hit the soil

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