As a new indoor plant owner, I appreciate this video. This is helpful! Sending you lots of plant love back.

Mold is actually a houseplant itself and should be addressed as madame and sir.

Funny, my teenager is studying various molds in science and recognized the fluffy white mass on my Mediterranean herb seedlings! I had no clue what she was talking about until I watched your video! Now I'll let them sit in the sun and grow before I remove the fungus and pot them! You literally saved me weeks of work and tears!

Why did the fungi leave the party? Because there wasn’t mushroom ❤️👍🏼

I've seen the mold before. It's easily gotten rid of with a little cinnamon. White residue on the soil could also be calcium buildup from using an unfiltered tap water.

I just found this video after panicking with my monstera plant and this video was super helpful. I love how joyful and positive you are about it definitely sticking around and subscribed for more of this ✨👍🏽🤗 thanks!

Thank you so much! My wife and I were panicking because of the white mold, she recently put her plant to a bigger pot and changed the soil, she got the soil from the garden. After the white mold happened, we were researching if we needed to use some kind of fungicide. Then we saw your video and we are relieved. She did overwater the plant and that seems to be the problem. We will let it dry a bit. Thank you again for the awesome tip

My goodness, I could listen to her accent all day talk about houseplant fungus. Good to know the soil fungus is nothing to worry about. Thanks for the video!

Thank you for this video. I recently became a plant mom and brought a few plants from Walmart and Lowe’s that came pre-waterd. I have kept them healthy and tend to my plants daily. Thank you again

Absolutely wonderful presentation. You are an incredible teacher with a penchant for instilling confidence by decreasing anxiety. Well done, many thanks from savannah, ga.

Thank you! I am new to growing orchids and was already freaking out and confused because the plant is doing so well. Glad to know it is OK. PS: love your energy!!!!

Thank you for this video! I would see a little mold spring up and I’d scoop it up with a spoon but was worried it was traveling further into the soil. Nice to know it’s not the death of my plants.

Thanks for the video and reassurance that it’s not dangerous. I have an old dog who has breathing issues, so when I saw the mold I panicked thinking it was dangerous for us to breathe. Good to know it’s a common soil fungus and not indicative of a mold problem in my house.

Thank you for this. As a person who’s studied the science behind house plants, this is very helpful for people who worry about breathing in spores of fungi 💕

Bless you. I saw on internet about it and was in a panic to repot my plants. You saved me so much worry and work. Thanks so much!

hi there!! I sprinkle ground cinnamon and it works a treat to get rid of the mould :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was starting to be very worried about my flytrap when this appeared on the moss that surrounds it. I live that plant I would have been very sad to lose it. I'll just cut back on the water then! 😅

I was away from my plants for over a week and they are all struggling, so glad I don't need to worry about the fungus!

I am so glad I came across your video! When I noticed the white film on my soil, the first instinct that I had was precisely to scrape it off! But then I went to the internet and just like you said, I found many articles online that crept me out- I should have followed my intuition! Thank you so much, your video brought me peace!

You are so sweet and LOVE your energy!!! I have a few cacti and learned so much from you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Indiana, USA.

I had an outbreak of mold on every single one of my plants right when it was about the first month of Summer and I'm using neem oil and it hasn't got rid of it so now I'm trying cinnamon. It has not gotten onto the plants themselves yet but I heard that mold can compete for nutrients in the soil. I don't think my plants are very happy being in moldy soil either. I love this video thank you.

Oh I love you now, I've just started growing my tomatoes from seeds and that happened, I felt as if my seeds have developed cancer!! I rushed into KZfaq to look for an answer and you showed up, panics over now haha, keep up the good work Xx

Thank you so much! I had begin to panic reading articles. I'm so glad you posted this. I've never seen this on my plants and I really appreciate you sharing this with us all. Lots of love from here in Oklahoma ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ have a GREAT day 😊😘

I'm glad I came across your video! I have a plant that had that fungus on the soil, and I was panicking, but after watching your video I realized that the sun wasn't reaching the soil. After I moved the plant to another place where the sun reaches it, the fungus went away rather quickly. Thanks!!!

This is the only video that I have seen with this information and I thank you so much because I was just in a panic !!! You saved me!!!! I WISH YOU LOADS OF LOVE 💕☺️☺️☺️

Thank you so much! I was going crazy because my zz plant was full of this white stuff and then some other plants was also with it. I'm really relived now! Keep your nice content ❤❤

I don't grow plants but still watching this. Great video. Best botanical channel ever👍👍👍

Fungus & plants (Inc trees) often work together to provide each other nutrients that they can't get independently. The fungus can also connect trees so that trees share nutrients between themselves or support the younger trees. I think I first came across that in "what plants think" documentary on yt. But you can Google it too. Only issue is, some molds do produce toxins that aren't the best to breathe in, so be sensible.

I have had this on a couple of mine and I found by placing a mini fan near the plant helps with air circulation and i have not had it since. I think cool stagnant conditions encourages the mould to form but its never worried me and I never use chemicals to get rid of it.

Thanks for the great video! I have a small container garden (vegetables) in my backyard, southern exposure, *lots* of direct sunlight, warm days and cool nights. We have been having a great deal of rainfall with chance of hail over the past few days with overnight temperatures just above freezing, so I moved my garden into the garage for safekeeping. After 2 days and 3 nights, we finally have a beautiful sunny day and the garden has been moved back outside. I noticed some little fuzzy white tufts of fungus on the soil, and I had a bit of a panic that all my plants were in danger. Your video really made me feel better! I'm going to see if the warm sun drying out the soil is enough to put the fungus to rest; if not, I'll brush off the soil and maybe sprinkle a bit of cinnamon if we get more heavy rainfall warnings over the next few weeks.

Thanks so much! This saved me from throwing away a few plants. I was so worried! I adore your energy x

Thanks so much for sharing this video!! I was getting worried about my plants!

My housemate threw away a beautiful palm because he had nooo idea! Thank you for this video 🌱

Omgoodness I found that white mold on my peppermint herb and was freaking out and jumped on Utube and hear your delightful voice... thank you very much, blessings ❤

Thank you so.much! I repotted my peace.lily and used, I guess too.much peat moss. Going to get some perlite more draineage. Keep up the great work

You were so delightful to listen to. So sweet and very clear. Thank you for your help ❤

You have put my mind at ease with this video! I was sad to see that my brand new baby palm tree was developing mold! I was sad to see it, because I assumed that it was not salvageable!😅 What a relief to know that it's just a type of harmless fungus. I appreciate you taking the time to create this video for all of us who may be inexperienced. Love to you and your plants from Grand Rapids, Michigan USA❤

THANK YOU! I got this today and started to panic... You made me be able to sleep tonight, I WAS over watering, going to get some air flow and let it dry out more between watering. Thanks again!!!!!

Thanks for sharing this video it was very helpful because all of my indoor plants top soil was turning white and I wasn't sure if it would harm my plants. God bless you and thanks again for sharing this video.

Thanks for sharing this video Lyn! Find it very helpful! Wish you Lyn and Hans a wonderful afternoon!

I have the same thing on my house plants and they actually grow mushrooms. They're good for the health of the soil. Thank you for the video.

Plant poweeerr ! 🌱🤜🏻🤜🏻🤜🏻 oh my gosh, thank you so much for calming my little worrying heart, i feel much better and will fix this common mold soon, bonus to your wonderful sense of humor and sunny personality🤗🌼

I have some seedlings with this growing on top (pepper plants). If I let the surface dry, it goes away (or can't see it). Comes back when I water them. Doesn't seem to be harming them at all. Good to get this confirmed.

Thank you so much for making this video! My seedlings' soil just got covered in white mold, but they're still growing strong. I was just a little worried.

...I may or may not have been panicking my head off for the last thirty minutes after seeing it.. thank you😅

I googled this because there's little white molds on my plants when I transplanted it from a planter to the ground . Thank you so much for this

I’m glad I saw this video first so I didn’t panic from other’s videos!! I’ll fix the watering problem ASAP- meanwhile, I’m glad my wandering “jewel” is still putting out more growth despite the small amount of fungus! Thank you for easing my worries!!☺️

Thank you so much for this video! I was worried I was killing my lucky bamboo plant because of the mold. I am relived that it is harmless as I was considering re-potting it (again) to try to get rid of it. Thank you so much!

You saved me from total panic. Thank you so much. I was so worried.

I find the plants I keep on the shelf underneath the ones that don't mold, don't dry out the same way.

I am new to the indoor plant 🍀 world thank you so much, you have put my mind at ease. Hoping this new Hobby will help with my physical anxiety. Your positive energy is amazing.🙏🏽

Thank you for this video!! I have a Begonia I am overwintering indoors and this is exactly how its soil looks right now. I was getting a little concerned. I will scrape it off and keep an eye on my watering. Happy new year!!

So glad i found this was having a mini breakdown about my cacti having this on the soil around it

You are my houseplant savior. I panicked and looked online. I'm glad I came across this video.

Oh my god thank you so much for this! I got this after fertilizing my seedlings I kept inside for the winter and I freaked out to see all the soil tops on everyone of the plants was white! Thanks for the info 😁👍

I just noticed some plant mold on a tree that I've had for a # of years. So glad to hear that I need not be concerned....thanks for this!

thank god, i've had some of this starting to grow on my bonsai soil

This was 4 years ago but it’s still very helpful to me as a 15 year old who started potting inside my house also I did see the mold growing but I was paranoid so I just kept watering it and that’s most likely why mine had grown bigger it’s almost touching my plant and I was scared but than I went and watched this video and realized I’ve been overwatering it and that the soil I have chosen for my Venus fly trap is honestly really bad so I will be buying new stuff for it and stop over watering :)

I'm not looking to commit to house plants but I recently got some habanero seeds and planted them This mold has grown on the soil before the seeds even sprouted and it really scared me, went to Google and got all the 'this will kill your plants' articles So glad I came here, calmed my nerves and potentially helped me out in future! Thank you! :DD

Thank you. ❤ i took a cutting of my pink currant plant. It just sprouted a bunch of new leafs. With the snowy looking stuff. I will go and brush it off like you did. ❤

Thanks Lyn, I’ve been worrying about this whitepower on my soil.

Such a relief! Thanks so much for sharing, this is priceless information for a novice like myself.x

What a great video. I was a little worried but much happier now especially without the chemicals. Thank you x

thanks for making this, I've had it on the soil of two of my cacti's soil for a bit and I wasn't too worried but I'm glad I know it's not going to affect them growing :) I will let them dry out a bit!

Got some bad news for you as like any other molds around your house this mold also releases spores which are not very good for your lungs. Just get rid of it by spraying/watering a solution made with equal parts of water and Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). This will also help your plant to absorb nutrients more easily.

I would even say it could benefit the soil! Good info there Lyn!!

hi. thank you for this video. I need some HELP please. but I have white fungi in my big bag of compost soil that I haven't used yet. its stored in a metal cupboard. should I be worried or throw it away?

Great video, very educational, i started growing hot pepper plants, and started them in little paper cups, and it started getting white fuzz, was little scared because of the money i invested and time. Plus they are in my green house and got a fan because i was worried maybe it was the moisture causing mildue or mold. Thank you for the tips and tricks!

I saw such white fungus on my peace lily's soil nd one of its leaves became yellow and wilted..it scared d shit out of me!! I hope it will be alright 😔😔

Thanks :) i feel much better. I have lavander sprouts and i was afraid id lose em.

Thank you. Is it still okay if I'm waiting for germination? I was led to believe that I could start my seeds straight away in soil. I have them in pots in an organic medium , in a grow cabinet under a light. Can lack of airflow contribute to this?

Thank you for posting this!!! I was planning to repot the plant but now I will just scrape off the top. Thank you very much !!!

Thanks ! I will still gently spray baked soda water on top of the soil, I removed the contaminated soil, I will put some fresh back on, it will feed my undersoil longer and hopefully I manage the watering to avoid it in the futur

Thank you. I needed this, one of my plants has it and I did not want to get any artificial fungicide.

I found molds and fungus in my newly potted plants.This is the first vedio came up. Thank you very much for your advice.

Thank you for that information. I just started to decide to plant and I bought potting soil 2 weeks ago and just had the chance to plant today and when I opened the bag one side had that white mold. I only used the brown soil but I worried. Now I am not worried so thank you very much.

Thankyou! You're right, there's o much scaremongering online

Interesting, I knew it was caused by overwatering but I was fearful it was harmful. I've tweaked my watering habits and rarely see it anymore. Thanks for the video 😀

Thank you for this video! I’ll try just scraping it off and leaving it alone and watering it less. I found a bunch of mold and tan coloration in my bag of potting mix. How do you keep potting mix from molding? Do you seal the bag or put it in a different container? Also, when I have this dusting of mold, I normally have little small brown creepy crawlers. Do you get those? Are those okay or not? Thanks for your expertise!

Thanks for this! I was also freaking out about my gorgeous Moonflower plant. It was doing so well when this white mold sprung up on its soil! I was worried I really hope I didn’t hurt it when I scooped out about 2 inches of soil and replaced it with fresh mix. Then treated with a fungicide. I just know plants can be testy when messed with. She’s a gorgeous plant!

I just found some of this on the soil of my Bonsai plant that I got recently and nearly panicked. I need to research bonsai plants more. Since the care information says "keep the watering tray filled at all times"

Thanks for this!! I was a little worried 😅, still a newbie at growing... thank you 😁

I had the opposite experience. Two full sets of herb seedlings germinated months apart as well a rosemary plant I purchased from a hardware store (and the rosemary sprigs we salvaged and attempted to dry) all got this awful white mold on them and died. Every single article I found said the white mold was nothing to worry about, and that was obviously incorrect. Thanks to your video, I at least know that the soil mold and the plant mold are two different things. I don't really know where to start, as I am very much not a plant person, but I wanted to try growing fresh herbs last year. :(

This video is just what I needed. Great stuff 👍🏼

whew! thank you for this because i immediately panicked 😂

Also put hydrogen peroxide 3% in a spray bottle and spray the top of the soil it works like a charm.Thanks for Sharing!!

Thank you. I was worrying about my newly sprouted tomatoes. I appreciate your lovely video

Thank ya young lady, I had some random patches show up in my garden this morning after increasing the water amount for the last few days. I live in a moderate forested country area, and am used to all different types of fungi and its symbiosis with the rest of the plant life. However it's rare to see the color White with fungus on the soil and of course ran to grab my hydrogen peroxide, then decided to do some research. Thanks for your input!

Thank you. Honest, to the point, panic over. 😘👌🏾

I love your voice and accent 😁great video as well you've answered my question cheers

Your positivity encouraged me

Thanks so much for this helpful video!!! I was so nervous I was gonna loose my first plant! I can’t take care of anything! Thanks so much!

It's pretty beneficial actually as well. It keeps the rotting organic matter in the soil to low levels cause its what the fungus munches on.

What a wonderful video!! Thank you so much I was worried too. Haha you have a nice laugh too.

Thanks, first year in a green house. Helped a lot

Thanks for keeping it simple and honest. Great video.

My carnivorous plants have this mold on their soil. As you mentioned, it doesn't look attractive, and that's what I'm worried about. It's awkward having to explain to people that it's safe. Especially since they're people that can't keep an indoor plant alive to be able to witness this stage. As a person that has 30 plants in my office, 20 being différent species. I notice the mold with plants like pothos that require moist soil after needing water when the top soil is dry and the bottom soil 25% wet. The mold appears and then "dies" out until the next watering. What can I do to stop the mold from coming back on my carnivorous plants' soil? It's tricky because their soil always has to stay wet by keeping the base of their pots in 1/3 in of water., The this is that it's not even soil it's perlite and spagnum moss.

Thank you for this video!! I was paniking!

Hi lyn, this video is very helpful because I do have this issue on some of my plants. Thanks for sharing 🦋🤗

Thank you for this. I struggle with this with my peace lily. Youve put my mind at ease now. Ive been trying the cinnamon trick to see if that helps.