Unless you have something really valuble planted in the fuzzy ones I say chuck em lest they infect your un-innoculated pellets.
I don't like peat pellets either but a really bad one is Cactus soil by Scotts, I started some seeds in it last spring and I ended up dumping nearly the whole tray of seedling pots (some 34 pots or so) had everything growing out of it, mushrooms and other assorted fungus & molds, weeds, etc. I guess I was always under the impresion that soils were either sterilized or pasturized before bagging but maybe some are and some aren't...
How about "expanding" the peat pellets, with water,
sticking them in the microwave, nuking them for a minute or two..boiling the water and effectively sterlizing the pots, then planting?
would probably be smelly!
(drag the microwave out into the garage!
but I bet it would work.
Yes, it is smelly. And no, it doesn't work.
I microwaved peat-pellets and I still experienced molds, fungus etc.
But that got me to thinking; are there not some peat-pellets that are relatively free of spores? Seems like there would be a manufacturer out there with a good product.
Yes, it is smelly. And no, it doesn't work.
I microwaved peat-pellets and I still experienced molds, fungus etc.
But that got me to thinking; are there not some peat-pellets that are relatively free of spores? Seems like there would be a manufacturer out there with a good product.