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White fuzzies on the soil?

syrinth
14 years ago

Ok, so I have strawberries in a pot that have been going through problems. First there were dark grey spots appearing on the leaves so I culled them. Then after the spots stopped appearing, some of the stems started withering until they could no longer hold up the plant, they too were removed.

Now I'm getting kind of grey/white fuzzy material on the soils surface *I can only assume it's a kind of fungus*

I think that I'd been over-watering the strawberries and they weren't getting enough sun to dry out the soil at the expected rate since every time I give them any water it runs straight to the drainage ditch. The crown was kind of exposed for a bit because during watering, I watered in that area sometimes and eventually the soil got compacted until the crown was a little above ground.

I assume that it's a dampness issue, but if anyone has any ideas it'd be wonderful.

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