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title: "This white substance popped up within the past day or so in my pink…"
description: "This white substance popped up within the past day or so in my pink princess. It’s only in the soil on the side of the plant we put the fertilizer sticks, so…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Nina"
published: "2024-09-03T01:04:47.220039Z"
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# This white substance popped up within the past day or so in my pink…

_Publicado por Nina el 2024-09-03_

This white substance popped up within the past day or so in my pink princess. It’s only in the soil on the side of the plant we put the fertilizer sticks, so my thought immediately went to that- but it looks like mold substance. There are no signs of the white on any leaves/ stems/ etc at all. Just in this “puddle” area. The plant is doing amazing- new leafs almost every week now for weeks. The auto diagnose said to look for bugs but nothing is moving- even after watering. Any ideas?

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## 6 comentarios

### Adrian comentó el 2024-09-03

It looks like a slime mold to me, which I believe is typically harmless to the plant, and that can be scraped off. You can try to scrape as much as you can off, then sprinkle some cinnamon over the top of the soil, or some drops of hydrogen peroxide added to some water and water over the top of the soil to kill any remaining fungus. Hope this helps!

#### Nina respondió el 2024-09-03

Thank you so much!

#### Adrian respondió el 2024-09-03

No problem! Good luck. You could possibly use bonide’s copper fungicide on it too, but that might be a little overkill for this type of mold 🤔

#### Nina respondió el 2024-09-03

It completely grossed me out! I had just started watering it when I noticed it but it was dry looking and coming up through the soil almost 🤢

#### Adrian respondió el 2024-09-03

Completely understand. You can remove the top layer of the soil entirely and replace it with fresh, dry soil and sprinkle cinnamon over that so it doesn’t come back too, if you wanna be more sure it won’t return without having to buy something to treat it

### Anna comentó el 2024-09-03

I’ve noticed with some fertilizers cause mold on the soil, I now mix the fertilizer in the water and it doesn’t do it !

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