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I grow out of LFS and I'm not sphagnum. What am I?

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Veronis

Veronis

This stuff always grows in my (previously-dry) LFS. Anyone know what it is?

This is the most detailed macro I could get, and every piece looks almost exactly like the one shown; most are only "one-hair" though, instead of two like this one.
 
It looks like grass to me too! I get all kinds of stuff sprouting out of the dry LFS. I've had clover, pine tree type plant and a ton of grass sprout out of it.
 
It's a grass of some sort, I suggest you pluck it out before it gets established as it'll take over. I let some grow in my N. rajah's pot and the stuff got several feet high. you can cut off all the leaves and it comes right back from the roots.

I don't have pics of liverworts or ferns germinating in LFS anymore but generally they're green blobs with white hairs when they're just getting started. I either let those grow where they are or move them to their own pots but the grass can go.

I even had hundreds of tiny white mushrooms growing out of one 10" Nep pot. Which species had those I don't remember anymore, it may have been from the LFS, mulch or from the constant fresh air being blown into the tank from outside my window which comes through a forest and meadow before it reaches my complex.
 
I'm always picking that out of my LFS. Don't let any grow out because it has a HUGE root system.
Buy some tweezers if you don't have any, it's hard to get at sometimes when I have small seedlings and that stuff is growing in between
them.
 
You can put it in a seperate pot if you like. They look kindof cool IMHO. Interesting little plant (or should I say quite tall)
 
Yeah, I'm keeping one, too. It's really neat looking. It has hollow leaves, with occasional "walls" in the middle. I can only assume it's to keep the leaf round and to keep it from bending.
 
I won't be keeping any.
It choked out all my VFT's when I was away.
The pots were one big ball of roots.
 
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