Probably a clump of that soil moist stuff. It is in diapers to absorb and hold moisture. Like a jelly when wet. The nursery probably uses it for certain plants that cannot handle drying out at all... Maybe some pot handler/nursery dude just tossed too much in, : ) In a clump. Stoner,... haha Terrible stuff for some plants, but good for others.

monicakm, I understand what she is going through. I would have her wash her towels without soap until there are no suds. Whirlpool had replaced my first Duet after 9 months due to tangling braiding of my clothes and soap issue, than they replaced it with a new one in May, after 4 months of the same thing happening I replaced it for a Speed Queen frontloader that is 4 yrs old, and the Duet was only 4 months old. I washed towels for 3-4 months without soap to try to get the soap out, and I had only used 1/2 tbl of liquid Tide for 9 months, I had to go buy a different washer as you probably have read about my issues. The Duet wouldn't put enough water in to rinse with. Maybe she could take her towels to a laundramat, because it will drive her crazy trying to get the soap out with her Duet, I also would quit using liquid HE soap. As for the FS mold problem, take out the dispenser and try to get all the gunk off, maybe spray some bleach down the compartment. I had a Frigidair FL that I had that problem with and I didnt know where the smell was coming from till I took out the dispenser and looked back in with a flashlight and it was black mold all over where the FS dispenser goes, I tried scrubbing with an old toothbrush but the compartment was too small to reach back into. I had my Frigidair for 7-8 yrs and didnt have the problem until the last few months. I replaced it with the Duet, I wish I would have just kept trying to get the mold out because to find out it was a much better washer than the Duet. Also with the FS, have her add water or vinegar to make it thin so it wont stick to anything, also take out the dispenser after use to let it dry out and leave the door open. I know how rediculous it is to have issues with a Duet that doesn't need to happen, if they would just give more water to rinse with, and warn of these issues. I remember when I first got my Duet they gave me a packet of Tide liquid HE, and on the packet it said to use the whole packet, I knew better so I used about 1/3 of it and WOW it was way too much, that is when I started to use 1/2 tbl, but that apparently was still too much. Good Luck I hope this helps!

I switched to 'reduced risk' products with nicotine and haven't had a cigarette in 2 almost 3 months, in that time I've noticed that my sense of smell is returning and I no longer feel a need to practically bathe in perfume because there's no cigarette smoke smell on everything I wear anymore. Since the trend towards body sprays which have a lot of water and alcohol in them to fill the bottle along with a quarter being the actual scented stuff, people get used to whatever body spray they've got on a lot faster (in my experience) and if they can't smell it they think nobody else can either. The sprays are cheap in comparison to even eau de toilettes at the lower end of the department store fragrance counter and a good eau de parfume can price well beyond most shoppers' finances will allow them to afford. The sillage (how much area a particular fragrance will 'spread out' and almost follow the wearer) can be significant or a perfume can be more of a 'skin scent' which means you mostly can only smell it if you lift your wrist close to your nose or dip your head down close enough to your cleavage. I know that fragrance can bother a lot of people so now that I've quit smoking I've been working to be more conscientious about sticking with the 'skin scent' category and sparingly. It helps to be able to smell things again though. :P

It being a pear the first thing I wondered is if you might be in a fire blight area. That is not usual in my cool spring climate region but we do have pear scab. Maybe quite a bit of it. A large retailer I worked for years ago had pots of weeping silver pear grouped together outside the south wall of a greenhouse, I don't remember specifically what now but something was bothering it there in that hot position - mites or maybe one of the powdery mildews mentioned below*. May be affected by fireblight, honey fungus, powdery mildews, a canker and pear scab https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91185/i-Pyrus-salicifolia-i-Pendula/Details *Notice also at the above link that it is an RHS Award of Garden Merit plant and that a whopping 48 suppliers are listed - the diseases it "May be affected by" have not stopped it from becoming a hit in Britain, which despite the general coolness actually has significant fire blight occurrence due to episodes of hot air coming off the European continent in May