I'm in a pickle.
Earlier this summer, I planted sundew seeds and VFT seeds. They're in separate pots in the same big watering tray covered with saran wrap, under a T5 fixture, with a fan blowing between the light and the saran wrap to keep the heat down. If the fan is off, it gets 100F in there.
There is some funky stuff growing in there. I guess it's algae.
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I did not wash or rinse any of the soil ingredients before using.
The soil surface looks okay.
I don't know what to do.
Dumping the water, cleaning out the tray, and using new distilled water would be easy enough, but it'd just get gunky again.
I could repot everything, but maybe I'd have to wait until the plants are bigger to do that. I could keep cleaning out the water container until the plants are big enough to repot.
I could clean the container and repot and remove the saran and keep the fan on them, but risk drying them out.
I'm not sure of what the temp would be with the lights and no saran and no fan. When I got the temp above 100F, it was under the saran.
Please help!!!
Earlier this summer, I planted sundew seeds and VFT seeds. They're in separate pots in the same big watering tray covered with saran wrap, under a T5 fixture, with a fan blowing between the light and the saran wrap to keep the heat down. If the fan is off, it gets 100F in there.
There is some funky stuff growing in there. I guess it's algae.
I did not wash or rinse any of the soil ingredients before using.
The soil surface looks okay.
I don't know what to do.
Dumping the water, cleaning out the tray, and using new distilled water would be easy enough, but it'd just get gunky again.
I could repot everything, but maybe I'd have to wait until the plants are bigger to do that. I could keep cleaning out the water container until the plants are big enough to repot.
I could clean the container and repot and remove the saran and keep the fan on them, but risk drying them out.
I'm not sure of what the temp would be with the lights and no saran and no fan. When I got the temp above 100F, it was under the saran.
Please help!!!