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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Mar-2008
Posts: 3
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Soil growing a white mold! Help!
I have a schefflera arboricola that I bought from a local bonsai store a few weeks ago. I watered it for the first time by dunking it in a bucket for about 15 minutes. I sprayed all the leafs and the trunk just to clean it up and then took it outside in the sun to dry up a little so it doesn't stay too moist and so the water could leak out a lot.
Its been about 2 weeks since I watered it and I looked at the soil and found this white mold growing on the soil, not the tree. Also, I keep noticing all of these little flies that are being attracted to it and can't tell if it is because of the tree or the large amount of moss that is laying on the soil.
This is an indoor plan, I take it outside every once and a while for a few hours to get some direct sunlight. What is this white mold and what is wrong with the soil? Also, why are these flies flocking to my tree, what can I do to make them stop and are they a bad thing?
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