I planted a wisteria on the west side window to an out building where
my office and tool room are. Because it's been 108 degrees this week
and we just replaced our compressor/fan, I thought about growing the
wisteria OVER this building's roof. Then I noticed that there appears
to be mold growing under the wisteria that's there. I guess this
makes sense for mold to be growing in an area of reduced air movement
due to the dense plant being these... right?

BradMM wrote:
I planted a wisteria on the west side window to an out building where
my office and tool room are. Because it's been 108 degrees this week
and we just replaced our compressor/fan, I thought about growing the
wisteria OVER this building's roof. Then I noticed that there appears
to be mold growing under the wisteria that's there. I guess this
makes sense for mold to be growing in an area of reduced air movement
due to the dense plant being these... right?

Or the plants have aphids or something, and the mold is growing on the aphid
"dew".

Bob F wrote:
BradMM wrote:
I planted a wisteria on the west side window to an out building where
my office and tool room are. Because it's been 108 degrees this week
and we just replaced our compressor/fan, I thought about growing the
wisteria OVER this building's roof. Then I noticed that there appears
to be mold growing under the wisteria that's there. I guess this
makes sense for mold to be growing in an area of reduced air movement
due to the dense plant being these... right?

Or the plants have aphids or something, and the mold is growing on the aphid
"dew".

And this is some sort of a problem?

The bigger problem would be that eventually the wisteria would likely
cause severe structural damage to the building if it's allowed to
actually grow onto the structure itself.

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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:26:51 -0700 (PDT), BradMM
wrote:

I planted a wisteria on the west side window to an out building where
my office and tool room are. Because it's been 108 degrees this week
and we just replaced our compressor/fan, I thought about growing the
wisteria OVER this building's roof. Then I noticed that there appears
to be mold growing under the wisteria that's there. I guess this
makes sense for mold to be growing in an area of reduced air movement
due to the dense plant being these... right?

Most likely. Mold can not grow without moisture and something to feed
on. Get rid of the moisture and increase air circulation. UV rays
kill mold too.

On Jun 28, 10:51*am, dpb wrote:
Bob F wrote:
BradMM wrote:
I planted a wisteria on the west side window to an out building where
my office and tool room are. *Because it's been 108 degrees this week
and we just replaced our compressor/fan, I thought about growing the
wisteria OVER this building's roof. *Then I noticed that there appears
to be mold growing under the wisteria that's there. *I guess this
makes sense for mold to be growing in an area of reduced air movement
due to the dense plant being these... right?

Or the plants have aphids or something, and the mold is growing on the aphid
"dew".

And this is some sort of a problem?

The bigger problem would be that eventually the wisteria would likely
cause severe structural damage to the building if it's allowed to
actually grow onto the structure itself.

The only differences between wisteria and a wrecking ball are that
wisteria takes longer and looks better while doing it.

To the OP - you should figure out a better way to shade your
condenser.

R

On Jun 28, 9:26*am, BradMM wrote:
I planted a wisteria on the west side window to an out building where
my office and tool room are. *Because it's been 108 degrees this week
and we just replaced our compressor/fan, I thought about growing the
wisteria OVER this building's roof. *Then I noticed that there appears
to be mold growing under the wisteria that's there. *I guess this
makes sense for mold to be growing in an area of reduced air movement
due to the dense plant being these... right?

You not only have mold, dirt, bugs, but the roots embeded onto the
morter are loosening it, sure let it grow on the roof, it will be the
first area to leak, I guarntee.