What the fuzz??

[Mr. Clandestine]

OK, I just noticed today that I've got a strange, very thin, and white fuzz that seems to be growing from my peat pucks onto the laminated cardboard they're sitting on. Tried getting some close up shots of it, but I'm pretty clueless when it comes to digital cameras. My apologies if it's difficult to see.

These are all clones, which were taken about three days ago. I did have a nice humidity dome that I had been using for clones, but my clumsy ass stepped on it just days before I was needing to put it to use again. So, these are just sitting on a piece of shiny cardboard for the time being, and being covered with a clear rubbermaid style container. Also, the inside of the container was sprayed on the day that I took the clones, and the peat pellets were fairly moist at the time... but I haven't needed to spray it until today. It retains humidity just fine.

Mold? Something to do with the laminated cardboard? The pellets are a few years old, but I've used them numerous times in the old humidity dome and have yet to encounter this problem. I'm stumped, any advice is greatly appreciated.

[stinkyattic]

Are you certain it's not just excess fuzz from the peat pucks' netting, that rubbed off during storage? I don't think it looks mold-ish.

[Mr. Clandestine]

I looked at that and wondered the same thing, but the netting doesn't look to be deteriorating at all. Sorry I couldn't get a better picture of it. The weird thing about it is that it almost appears to be growing from the cardboard onto the netting itself.

The only reason I was using the cardboard was because I couldn't find the lid to the container. I think I'll go digging for it now, and see if that makes any difference. Thanks for the non mold-ish reassurance. That already has got me feeling better! :)

[Mr. Clandestine]

I took a closer look, and now I think you're right, because it's all over the pucks, and not just on the bottom. Plus, it definitely doesn't seem to be doing the clones any harm... in fact, they're actually looking pretty healthy for being kept in such strange conditions.

Thanks again for your input, Stinky.