Q.What Is This On My Veggie Plant
I pulled the plant up and it had some kind of liquid that was red coming out of it and what looked like black sludge
BushDoctor
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Answered on June 8, 2022
This is a slime mold! It is unsightly, but it is doing its best to save your plant from some nasty bacteria in the soil. The slime molds will eat these bacteria.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/fungus-lichen/what-is-slime-mold-slime.htm
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