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title: "Every time I fertilize my plants the dirt gets moldy"
description: "Every time I fertilize my plants the dirt gets moldy"
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author: "Sue"
published: "2025-01-04T17:51:14.783055Z"
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# Every time I fertilize my plants the dirt gets moldy

_Posted by Sue on 2025-01-04_

Every time I fertilize my plants the dirt gets moldy

## 2 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-01-04

Fertilizer is nutrients, it'll go to anything in the soil. You may need better circulation in the area, or to sanitize your soil with some peroxide dilution or moldicide to kill any spores

### Sue commented on 2025-01-04

Okay thanks I’ll try the peroxide

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