White Mold on top of soil on houseplants and is it Harmful ? 

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.

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

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!

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'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.

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

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!

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! 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!!!!

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

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

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 ❤❤

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.

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

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 💕☺️☺️☺️

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

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

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 💕

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

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

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!

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

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! 😅

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🤗🌼

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!!

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 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 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.

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

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

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❤

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

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

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.

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!!!

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 RU-vid to look for an answer and you showed up, panics over now haha, keep up the good work Xx

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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 was about to change the soil of my patho which I bought yesterday coz i saw fungus..you saved my plant thank you 💕😊 hugs

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!!!!!

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 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.

Thank you so much! I was wondering about this. :)

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

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

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.

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

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 !!!

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

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

Thanks so much for the video.im a beginner.and it showed up in my corn and bean container.i thought I needed to keep it watered daily...a huge relief.i actually cleaned off the top layer right before I watched this.and glad to see that's all I had to do.will cut back on my watering..thanks again.

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!

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

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 ❤

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! Very helpful video. Im new to this and had been over watering it thinking I was nurturing it every day 😄

whew! thank you for this because i immediately panicked 😂

Very helpful and reassuring. Thanks.

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

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 😁👍

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

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

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.

Thanks so much for your video! I ve always wondered what to do with them!

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

Thank you for this video!! I was paniking!

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.🙏🏽

Thanks for keeping it simple and honest. Great video.

First, You accsent is amazing, and the energy you bring to this video is uplifting and positive! Seccond, the info is verry usefull! My problem with this fungus is the fungus flys wont go away, lol. But its nice to know my lillys wont be harmed. Thank you, I hope your day is wonderfull! 😆😁 🌸🌻

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

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 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!

Thank you for the video! I was a bit worried, I have some tropical seeds that I've probably been keeping a bit too moist out of worry that they might dry out and die, and the soil has started getting the white fuzzies even after treating with some fungicide. Good to know it's fine even if I can't get it to go away.

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

Thank you so much. Thought I would have to repot and start over❤️

Thanks for the video. It answered all of my questions and I feel much better now.

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

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

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.

Thank you so much for this video. Even though I knew that I just need to scrape it off I didn't know what causes this. So when I scraped it off and seen it again after some days I was a bit scared. Now I know I should cut down the watering a little bit.

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

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

Love it! Thanks for sharing knowledge with us!!!

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

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 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!

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.

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

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

Thank you!! I got so much relief from this.

This video was very helpful! thank you!