|
| Sorry I dont have a picture, but today I found a bunch of my plants (probably 10%) had these strange golf ball sized growths attached to the stems (2-3 inches off the ground), or sometimes on the mulch around the base of the plants. Anyway the masses consist of thousands of tiny (what looks like insect eggs or mold colonies). They mostly have a brown, beach sand like color, and when I scraped them off, they were all slimy inside. They havent seemed to have harmed the plants (thusfar) seemed to cause any harm. However, I have never seen anything like this before. Any ideas? |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 14:04
| All I can think of without seeing a picture is what's called, pardon me, Dog Barf fungus. It appears after lots of rain, grows on mulch as the link says and is actually a slime mold, well, I'll let you read the link below and look at the pictures. Carolyn |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dog stuff
|
| Well, we really need a picture....I think you know that. :-) But, if I were to guess, I'd say that you're seeing what is commonly called slime mold. It's NOT a mold nor a fungus but a simple protist, often unicellular with many nuclei. There are many many different kinds of 'slime molds', but they pose no problem for your tomato plant. A quick Google search about slime mold and their images should shed some light on your mystery. |
|
| I would just blast them off with water hose. |
|
- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 22:32
| Doesn;t work Seysonn. If you look at the link I posted you;ll see where it says how sticky they are when adhering to a surface., And yes, I've had a bit of experience with slime molds, remember, retired Microbiologist here, and water is not going to work IMO,. Carolyn |
|
| If it's slime mold, can just ignore it because it's not damaging the plants.. It will go away on its own accord. |
|
| Carolyn, We are thinking of two different things : OP wrote: >>>> the masses consist of thousands of tiny (what looks like insect eggs or mold colonies).<<<<< Note the description : """ of thousands of tiny ... insect eggs"""slimy inside""" So based on that description I was thinking of something like this : |
|
| As a follow up, yes Carolyn, it looks like you nailed it with the "dog barf" fungus. Thank you all very much for the info. In this case, I am glad to know it is nothing to worry about. Happy growing all! |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Growing Tomatoes Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here
