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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sunset" data-source="post: 217422" data-attributes="member: 37682">I experienced some mold issues this summer, I have a lot of potted plants some for a garden and some for house plants and vivarium plants growing. I started seeing white doted sometimes yellowish more turning yellow mold. I hit the books to find that even with dry potting soil /substrates, moisture in the air from humidity inside room, was the culprit. Non of my plants nor enclosures were getting their substrate changed. According to a lot of garden centers, mold, fungas, and the lovely fungas nats that help carry the mold from one pot or enclosure to the next can also happen from stagnant humid room air. Go figure lmao. They suggested, after cleaning the soils to keep the numbers as low as possible and to dry out the fungas, all you need to do is add a small fan to blow the room air around to keep the air from being so thick. I close my bedroom door, the room w everything and all small critters and plants safe In due to having cats, was also making it so when I was out at work, even w the ac lightly going , wasn't enough moving air to stop the humid east coast air from feeding and hatching the fungas spors, making for the perfect breeding ground. Cleaned out and moved some of my plants to another room and now having a fan blowing air around , just not swiveling twords my enclosures, changed the whole environment in my room and mold was gone by the end of the week. Having T's has not only made me learn more about the species but also botany as well. Figured I'd share, hopefully this can help someone else who might have temps in the repressive humid air during the summer months. Cheers!!</blockquote>

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