Re: Black something/ vermiculite

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Tue Apr 29 1997 - 19:56:00 PDT


Date:    Tue, 29 Apr 97 22:56 EDT
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1719$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Black something/ vermiculite


> From: "Christoph A. Belanger" <burbidgea@COMPUSERVE.COM>
>
> last year I planted seed on a mixture of perlite and vermiculite in a
> mixture of 4:6. This spring the surface started to grow something black.
> In other words the surface turned black. Does anyone know what happened or
> what the black stuff is??

Hi Christoph,

     I'm not sure, but it could some type of algae. Does it die
if keep from light?

Dave Evans



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