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  • What on earth is this growing on my courgette?

    Anybody any ideas what this is growing on my courgette?
    Looks like some sort of fungal growth, but what?

    Is it "dog vomit fungus"?
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    Last edited by MyWifesBrassicas; 07-04-2019, 12:40 PM.
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    a type of slime mould perhaps ?

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    • #3
      Wow, I've never seen anything like it!! What on earth IS that??
      https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        Not seen that before very strange.
        Location....East Midlands.

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        • #5
          Who says aliens don't exist

          That is really cool

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          • #6
            what is that!
            Mostly flowers, some fruit and veg, at the seaside in Edinburgh.

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            • #7
              If its not a mould, could it be a web/cocoon made by whatever is eating the leaves?

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              • #8
                Haven't got a clue, but, as they do not look that healthy anyway, I would be inclined to sow again.
                Do not throw the originals away, just photograph the alien when it bursts out.
                Feed the soil, not the plants.
                (helps if you have cluckies)

                Man v Squirrels, pigeons & Ants
                Bob

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                • #9
                  Is it one of these? Long way from home if it is

                  https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...YrRA0Nn4n04BJL
                  Last edited by Greenleaves; 07-04-2019, 04:57 PM.

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                  • #10
                    If it's slime mould, here is some weird and spooky info from an American website:

                    https://nhm.org/nature/taxonomy/term/951

                    "Most of the time the dog vomit slime mold lives as a single cell, surviving underground or inside dead wood and engulfing food. It’s when times are tough—for instance, when they run out of food—that the cells come together to move around in these large masses called slugs."
                    Mostly flowers, some fruit and veg, at the seaside in Edinburgh.

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                    • #11
                      It does seem to be some type of mold, it wasn't there yesterday. Whatever it is, it grew really fast!
                      I don't think there is anything living inside it, i.e an insect.
                      It appears to have mycelium on its perimeter spreading outwards and its very soft to touch.
                      Interestingly, i have my squashes/courgettes growing on a wood chip hot bed, i think it must have come from that
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                      • #12
                        Dunno ...... but .....

                        could it be a seed pod for one of these or is it changing into one?

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                        I have always said Triffids were real.
                        The day that Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck ...

                        ... is the day they make vacuum cleaners

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                        • #13
                          This is what happens when you join a friendly veg growers forum.
                          There i was, year in, year out, sowing courgettes in May/June with reasonable success.
                          Then, I join a "grow fruit and veg" forum called the Grapevine and become a grape. I get all excited, and suddenly start to do thing differently! I make a VC style wood chip hot bed and all hell breaks loose, I even sow squashes in March.
                          Now I have a grotesque yellow blob threatening the very existence of everything.
                          It's all your fault vine

                          Only joking, I love it really.
                          Last edited by MyWifesBrassicas; 07-04-2019, 05:59 PM. Reason: Missed off the grape in grapevine
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                          • #14
                            may well be related to whatever is munching the leaves.? ,
                            Perhaps you should be more concerned about finding out whats eating them ?.
                            Where are your plants growing .?
                            Are they sown in new modules or Reused after washing and sterilizing.?
                            Is the compost new or recycled etc .?
                            If it is Dogs vomit , google it. Seems harmless to both Humans and plants.
                            Gp
                            Never Let the BAD be the Enemy of the GOOD

                            Conservation and Preservation for the Future Generation

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