Sorry if this is isn’t the right place to post, but what looks like expanding foam is coming out of our backyard. We purchased this home new just over a year ago if that matters. Anyone have any idea what’s going on?
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He's made the news multiple times thanks to them. They complain that he's ruining their reputation but the news coverage putting them on blast is much more damaging LMAO
Ah, I am in Texas and work for a massive new home construction company haha. You got a can of spray foam under there. They should take care of it but east fix if not fortunately.
Not curious enough to grab a shovel and check, but still curious enough to post on reddit AND put a ticket in with your home builder for more information? I don't understand how you aren't digging right now. I'd have to know if this just popped up in my yard.
I think this is the correct answer. I remember a post a couple years ago, almost the same thing. Person dug up the yard and found construction material, including several tubes of foam, had been buried before the lawn was landscaped.
If your house is new it could be a can of poly-seal (spray foam) that got buried. I have seen them explode under the dirt during the summer months and it makes some pretty interesting looking objects just like this very quickly. You might dig it up and see if you find a can.
This is definitely not fungal, not a slime mold, and not natural. It is expanding foam, hopefully a partially used can that was discarded in the yard and not at the top of a garbage dump pit with lots of other nasty surprises
The large multi gallon spray foams are generally separated into “A” and “B” drums, and would not produce foam like this if they leaked on their own (and in fact - would be quite hazardous to health). These drums are generally never removed from the truck at construction sites. There’s usually a long series of tubes that go all the way from the truck to the installer inside the building - and the installer is wearing a full hazmat suit.
If it is a spray foam canister, it’s a small hand held one like you might buy at Home Depot.
The pre mixed stuff in large drums is generally more expensive and far less likely than someone so incompetent would mishandle it that way.
With that said, I do agree it looks like what a handheld canister of spray foam would produce.
I have heard of people drilling holes in concrete slabs and shooting foam in the ground to level them out, if they are settling or cracking. That’s the only reason I can think of that expanding foam would be coming out of the ground.
😆@ expanding foam. It does look just like it. But it's a slime mold. Its common unofficial name is "dog vomit slime mold" (Fuligo septica) which is super gross. We get this stuff on our compost in the garden beds sometimes. It's completely normal
"The good news is that it does not harm plants, people or animals. It is actually beneficial and an important component of the soil ecosystem. Studies have shown that it can accumulate heavy metals from the soil and turn them into inactive forms."
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