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mushrooms in the lawn
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Posted by
yugoslava 6 (
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Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 14:56
| Several years ago 2 houses over, started getting mushrooms in the grass. A lot. Since then it has moved to the yard next to me, there's even more mushrooms now. As they age it turns into a slimy mass and smell isn't so great. I recall reading about mushrooms in the lawn, it indicates soil deficiency of some kind. If anybody knows more please write. Thanks! |
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RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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| The infestation of mushrooms indicates an imbalance of soil microorganisms allowing the fungus to dominate. I would top dress the lawn with compost and apply aerated compost tea regularly. This will protect your lawn since it isn't yet infested with the fungal overgrowth next door. The spores are in your area though so you will want to deal with this as soon as possible. I personally would not recommend fungicide but if it is used, it should be followed by compost and compost tea to inoculate the soil with beneficial microbes. You can't overdose with compost tea so if you are inclined, make some and apply it every week after mowing. Also make sure you leave the clippings on the lawn so they can feed the soil microbes. This will help with the lawn health. |
Here is a link that might be useful: How To Make Aerated Compost Tea
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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- Posted by hortster 6A southcentral KS (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 14, 11 at 16:37
Mushrooms generally are doing the soil a favor as decomposers, usually breaking down dead roots or other buried wood or organic material. After they have completed their job of decomposing they tend to dissappear since the nutrient source is gone. Occurance in the lawn is rather sporadic or might seem to follow an erratic line where a dead root had wandered. Another cause can be a fungus called "fairy ring" that occurs in turf and is not due to dead wood. Its pattern is quite distinctive. It, too tends to pass.
hortster |
Here is a link that might be useful: Fairy ring
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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| NO imbalance. But fungi breaking down dead organic matter. Collect, then either discard or compost |
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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The soil fungi that produce mushrooms, toadstools, etc. produce them only when conditions are favorable, ie. a very moist soil. You always have fungi in your soil but they do not always produce these mushrooms which are they way they spread.
Check the soil to see if it is too wet and let it dry out more between waterings. |
Here is a link that might be useful: About Mushrooms
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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| Do you have Armillaria, honey fungus, in North America? If so they might indicate an infected tree or shrub with roots going under the lawn. |
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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| I recently had mushrooms[toadstools] in the yard around a flush cut stump when it was very rainy.....very common here. |
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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| Thank you so much. These are all suggestions I'm going to look into. |
RE: mushrooms in the lawn
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| I get them in my yard, too, after heavy rains. This year we have had twice our normal year-to-date rainfall, and mushrooms are everywhere. I'm confident that when (IF) it ever dries out around here, and if the sun ever shines again, they'll disappear on their own as they always do. Normally we're in drought by this time of summer. This is a very weird weather year for us- both colder and wetter. Karen |
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