Dark Green Blobs of slime all over garden

mayotom · 22-09-2011 11:54am #1

Over the past week I have started to notice dark green blobs of Algae like stuff throughout the garden on on driveways, they are dry to touch but are full of water and green slime, so get very messy when walked on, anybody have any ideas what they could be or how to get rid of them

Funsterdelux · 22-09-2011 1:45pm

Here's an interesting article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/outdoors/articles/jelly/

Don't think its the same as your Blobs, but I know what you're talking about.

kylith · 22-09-2011 5:00pm

My money's on Slime Mold

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold

mayotom · 22-09-2011 6:45pm

They do look a little like these, however they are dark green and not attached anything, these are like balls on the ground

Mothman · 22-09-2011 6:52pm

Where is this? your location mentions Portugal!

kylith · 22-09-2011 7:28pm

mayotom wrote: »

They do look a little like these, however they are dark green and not attached anything, these are like balls on the ground

I suppose that the colour and where you'd find them would depend on the species.

Any chance of a photo?

mayotom · 22-09-2011 7:48pm

Mothman wrote: »

Where is this? your location mentions Portugal!

its actually in Mayo, I'm back here for a week. will try to get some photos in the morning, it seems to be more prevalent in areas of the garden where my father has used roundup to kill weeds over the past few months which would match with Kyliths suggestion of slime mold which feeds off dead plants

artieanna · 24-09-2011 1:16am

I think this is what you are talking about...all you need to know to get rid of it is in the link too..

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bluegreenalgae.htm

littlebug · 25-09-2011 8:37am

artieanna wrote: »

I think this is what you are talking about...all you need to know to get rid of it is in the link too..

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bluegreenalgae.htm

What an interesting algae!

I've been looking at globs of it just around the corner from me at the gateway into an old house (also in Mayo). Like it says in the link it seems to disappear and reappear after rain. I was wondering what it was!

Funsterdelux · 26-09-2011 9:03am

artieanna wrote: »

I think this is what you are talking about...all you need to know to get rid of it is in the link too..

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/bluegreenalgae.htm

Thats the stuff alright! Yuck

mayotom · 30-09-2011 12:11am

thats exactly the stuff we have at home too

Dark Green Blobs of slime all over garden

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