{"id":190,"date":"2020-07-24T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/?p=190"},"modified":"2020-07-24T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:21:31","slug":"what-is-this-yellow-goo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/2020\/07\/what-is-this-yellow-goo\/","title":{"rendered":"What is This Yellow Goo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/files\/2020\/07\/slime-mold.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/files\/2020\/07\/slime-mold.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/files\/2020\/07\/slime-mold-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/files\/2020\/07\/slime-mold-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Slime Mold  Photo by: Livingston Fulton<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I would say that I am constantly looking at my St. Augustine grass in my back yard for possible diseases, insect damage, thinning areas or weeds.&nbsp; At the moment I am hand pulling nutsedge, kyllinga, Bermuda grass and chamberbitter weed from small areas. &nbsp;&nbsp;However, last week something really caught my attention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was walking down the driveway to open the gate, I noticed this huge yellow blob in the grass.&nbsp; I first thought that it was a piece of paper or some sort of rag.&nbsp; I went over to further investigate only to discover that it was slime mold.&nbsp; I told myself that it was nothing and left for work.&nbsp; I didn\u2019t even take a picture of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slime mold or dog vomit, as it resembles, is not harmful to plants or animals.&nbsp; It is typically found on decaying plant material such as mulch in the flower beds or in wet, shady areas of the yard.&nbsp; Poor soils or thatch build up can also be factors in the occurrence of slime mold.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically slime mold will disappear with a few days of dry weather and sunshine.&nbsp; However, if the sight of slime mold bothers you, scoop it up with a shovel, pitch fork or just spray it with a garden hose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would say that I am constantly looking at my St. Augustine grass in my back yard for possible diseases, insect damage, thinning areas or weeds.&nbsp; At the moment I am hand pulling nutsedge, kyllinga, Bermuda grass and chamberbitter weed from small areas. &nbsp;&nbsp;However, last week something really caught my attention.&nbsp; As I was walking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/doughertyhort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}