Guest guest Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 Is there likely to be more mold in wooded area or near forest?? My house backs up to a heavy forested area about 20 feet from my back door. I was wondering since I did the mold plates in the house and several spots outside and every plates grew alot of mold. Then I thought apparently there is alot of mold EVERYWHERE. It just depends on if you are sensitive and what kind it is, etc. Then I had a indoor air quality person here. I got his name from AIQA association and he was talking about the plates I bought at Home Depot and said he bought some and they didn't grow anything! I couldn't believe it. I said you must live in real antiseptic area but he didn't comment on that. He just said that since they didn't grow anything at his house, he thought they didn't work. So now I am rethinking everything. Perhaps my house is not so bad but area is bad. Althought there definately has been water problems in the house. I think they are all dried up but a small area in foundation I am trying to get advice on. Home Depot plates definately grow mold. If they don't grow mold WELL, then I have V-E-R-Y moldy place/or area indeed because I ALWAYS get a plate FULL!!! __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 There are more airborne mould spores in forests/woods and farms than say in the urban areas because some of these moulds are plant disease causing agents while others live on decomposing dead plant materials. However, one may find some moulds that are more prevalent in urban areas than in the forests/woods. In the forests/woods environment, there are a lot of leaf fungi (also called the phylloplane) and other wood decomposing fungi. Some of these fungi may not grow on media so you would not see their colonies. By comparing outdoor and indoor air samples one may have an idea of whether mould spores in the houses originated from outdoor or have an indoor source. http://www.moldbacteria.com --- Barb <barb1283@...> wrote: --------------------------------- Is there likely to be more mold in wooded area or near forest?? My house backs up to a heavy forested area about 20 feet from my back door. I was wondering since I did the mold plates in the house and several spots outside and every plates grew alot of mold. Then I thought apparently there is alot of mold EVERYWHERE. It just depends on if you are sensitive and what kind it is, etc. Then I had a indoor air quality person here. I got his name from AIQA association and he was talking about the plates I bought at Home Depot and said he bought some and they didn't grow anything! I couldn't believe it. I said you must live in real antiseptic area but he didn't comment on that. He just said that since they didn't grow anything at his house, he thought they didn't work. So now I am rethinking everything. Perhaps my house is not so bad but area is bad. Althought there definately has been water problems in the house. I think they are all dried up but a small area in foundation I am trying to get advice on. Home Depot plates definately grow mold. If they don't grow mold WELL, then I have V-E-R-Y moldy place/or area indeed because I ALWAYS get a plate FULL!!! __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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