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Red marks on paper germinating seeds
Kynareth
started grow question 4y ago
Hello, Anyone knows what are the red marks at the towel paper? They appeared at the original seed position
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ThinLizzy
answered grow question 4y ago
It's contamination on the towel. From the paper being to wet. Pink mold spores. Seeds will be fine.
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