ALGAE ?
does anyone know if algae growth can harm drosera seedlings? They have finally sprouted after 2 weeks but are still very tiny. I have heard algae is bad, but I don't have any way to get rid of it. It is on the surface of my milled sphagnum peat moss (the sphag i used looks like fluffy dirt).
MICROWAVE ?s
White fibery fungus has also been developing in the peat i bought from Earl May (they bagged it themselves). It mostly develops when the peat gets too moist.
I have heard you can microwave it to kill fungus but my questions are:
1. How long?
2. What method?- should I soak some first and then microwave it in a bowl of distilled water so that the water will boil and do this for a few minutes?
I have seen it posted that some people just wet it a little and place it in the microwave, but I wasn't sure how long they did this for---fire hazzard.
Thank you for any help you can offer!
does anyone know if algae growth can harm drosera seedlings? They have finally sprouted after 2 weeks but are still very tiny. I have heard algae is bad, but I don't have any way to get rid of it. It is on the surface of my milled sphagnum peat moss (the sphag i used looks like fluffy dirt).
MICROWAVE ?s
White fibery fungus has also been developing in the peat i bought from Earl May (they bagged it themselves). It mostly develops when the peat gets too moist.
I have heard you can microwave it to kill fungus but my questions are:
1. How long?
2. What method?- should I soak some first and then microwave it in a bowl of distilled water so that the water will boil and do this for a few minutes?
I have seen it posted that some people just wet it a little and place it in the microwave, but I wasn't sure how long they did this for---fire hazzard.
Thank you for any help you can offer!