Topic: strange thing germinated instead of a pea???

[springbok]

Sowed all my peas in toilet tubes.

Had a really strange looking plant/fungi germinate instead.  Three toilet rolls have this instead of peas.  ???

It looks like the underside of mushroom with a stalk.  Curling open to reveal it.

I guess its some type of fungi?? 

[Pumper]

I had thousands of little toadstools on mine as well - growing up between the rolls.

I ended up ditching the lot, as the seed compost I put them in was serious rubbish anyway. Quite disconcerting really, specially as when I tried to cultivate proper mushrooms, all I got was one !

[springbok]

they not harming the peas, do I really have to ditch them :(

[GrannieAnnie]

Do you think their spores were in the toilet rolls?

[OllieC]

Do you think their spores were in the toilet rolls?

Haha, you could be growing a poo!

[banshee]

Sowed all my peas in toilet tubes.

Had a really strange looking plant/fungi germinate instead.  Three toilet rolls have this instead of peas.  ???

It looks like the underside of mushroom with a stalk.  Curling open to reveal it.

I guess its some type of fungi?? 

Sounds like you are having the same problem that I did. I too sowed peas in toilet roll tubes and along with the peas got some interesting looking fungus....as I'm new to veg growing I thought I had better throw them all away just to be on the safe side  :(  Would it be too late to sow a fresh batch now?

[Robert_Brenchley]

If the peas are OK, ignore the fungi. They'll be fine.

[manicscousers]

we had them all over the toilet roll tubes the leeks were in last year, we just planted them, they died off, the leeks were fine  ;D

[banshee]

Ah well at least I know for next time!

[loopyloulou]

im glad you said that, im ignoring them too, rotfl, i hope im not growing a poo! between kids man and animals i see enough of that thankyou muchly!!!! 

[star]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D Oh heck.....if ANYONES poo looks like and upside down mushroom..........see the doc!! ;D ;D ;D

I love the odd looking fungi that comes out of toilet rolls. Newspaper is quite different, its like a yeast growth and clouds of spores rise up then you water the compost. The plants are fine though ;)

[peasmad]

The fungi are harmless to the seedlings. They are part and parcel of the toilert tube beginning to break down. which a good sign.
I planted my toms, runner beans, sweet peas etc in loo rolls last year. Only prob was i did it when i had a cold. Didn't realise the missus had bought a bogof offer of highly scented loo rolls with a real stinky centre, approximately 36 of the blighters. Corr didn't my polytunnel smell really perfumed before i planted them out. I didn't half get some stick over that one........................

[Peapods]

 ;D ;D
Peasmad