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Taber, Alberta

This is freaking me out.
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=107297
I have a wooden stake into the ground supporting my watering risers. I've done the same thing for the past 5 years. Last night, I noticed some cream colored ooze coming from the soil around one of them. Looks like puffy pudding. I scraped out the soil and cleaned off the stake, but this morning it is back. I'll be replacing my stakes today with something else. It is some kind of chemical reaction, but with what?
Anyone have any ideas?

6/7/2009 10:26:09 AM

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Since it appears to lack fungal structure I'm thinking it's probably a slime mold. Are you sure there is nothing buried there?

6/7/2009 1:56:23 PM

Springfield, VT

It looks like slime mold. Not a problem for the garden just nasty looking

6/7/2009 7:55:21 PM

Taber, Alberta

You learn something every day. I Googled "Slime Mold" and am pretty certain that's what I have. Yes, it does look nasty, although my kids were fairly interested in it.
Thanks for the help.
Alan

6/7/2009 8:01:22 PM

Minnesota

I had something very similar last year, I think it was from to much water or fertilizer. I slowed down on the ferts and water and it went away.

6/7/2009 8:30:29 PM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

What causes slime mold?

6/7/2009 9:51:02 PM

Ohio

Maybe spray the area with a good fungicide and see if that will take care of it?? ,,, Weird though, first time I have ever seen something like that.

6/8/2009 5:12:56 AM

Taber, Alberta

The only fertilizer it has seen this year is seaweed extract. The soil in the hoophouse is very warm and a few inches below the surface (where it is dry), it is quite moist.
It's not there this morning. Maybe I shouldn't have seen Monsters Vs. Aliens this weekend...

6/8/2009 9:57:55 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Alan, maybe you hit oil in your patch....ah I can see the oil rig in your yard now!!

6/8/2009 10:39:48 AM

Taber, Alberta

Woo hoo, the price of oil is heading back up. Maybe I'll be able to afford a new sheet of plastic for my hoophouse LOL!

6/8/2009 1:03:59 PM

Bemidji Minnesota

Could there be a sick dog that lives near by?

6/9/2009 10:15:04 PM