Q.White Tendrils(?) Growing Around Hemp Sprouts?
We’ve recently tried our hand at growing hemp and, to our amazement, many of the seeds actually sprouted! So far the space we made for them has looked good an we’ve watered them regularly, but then I spotted white tendrils growing around them. At first glance I thought they were some type of mushroom because they have these striated black almost-caps on the ends. I looked up any info about what it could be but couldn’t find a definite answer, except that it might be a fungus and that some fungus is good for hemp, which eased my mind. However, when I walked out to water today there were even more of the tendrils AND some of them had attached themselves to the leaves of some sprouts! I managed to get most of them off and ripped up the bigger ones but I’m at a loss of what to do from here. So, three questions: what in the worlds are these things? Are they bad for the sprouts? and Should I move the sprouts to pots or keep them where they are? Sorry for the long post, but any help would be greatly appreciated! I took two pics, one of the sprout that got the most damage and the tendrils themselves. Thanks in advance!!
Certified GKH Gardening Expert
Due to federal legalities, I can't really help you much in the way of hemp.
I can tell you that those are mushrooms. Hard to say which in such a dried state. I can climb out on a limb and say that they resemble Psathyrella and they are probably growing from any wood substrate within the soil.
They pose no harm. They will enrich the soil as they break down any wood.
They do signify that the soil if far too wet to sustain proper plant growth, though.
