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| So, I decided to try to save some money and bought some planter's mix in bulk. Added copious amounts of compost and fertilized. Later, I then planted some onions and watered. A few days later, I have lots of mushrooms growing. Questions are: will these harm or help? I've read plenty here and other sites about fungal populations being just as important as bacteria when it comes to building a good microherd. Are mushrooms the wrong type of fungus to encourage? Should I just pluck these or till into the soil? If I do pluck them, should I just discard or add to my compost pile? Will the spores survive the compost process just to propagate more when I add the compost to my garden? Thanks Kevin |
This post was edited by woohooman on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 16:40
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| I suspect if there mushrooms growing (and in full sun?) the fungal situation is rather heavy to favor most crops. Probably it would be advisable to mix in some mineral soil. |
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| Full sun, to a point, pnbrown. Right now(at this point in the year), it's getting about 6 hours of direct sunlight. But they're also in my containers which are getting pretty much all day direct sun. Which leads me to my next conundrum -- my containers I want to keep as "soilless" as possible(planter's mix, compost, peat and perlite) and those onions are in a brick planter box which I wanted to try to keep as "soilless" as possible also. So, your recommendation of adding mineral soil would defeat that. Any other fixes? Kevin |
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| Fungi live on wood chips, or cellulose in some other form. Get rid of the wood chips, and you get rid of the fungi. I don't know if your specific fungi is edible, I'm not an expert at identification. |
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| Fungi grow in soils where the conditions they like are, somewhat acidic, fairly moist, with a good bit of woody material. The mushrooms we see are the seed stalks produced by fungi when those conditions are good and they will be reproducing. Neither the fungi nor the mushrooms are in any way harmful so there is no need to remove them except, possibly, for appearances sake. If there is a need to remove them be sure to compost them rather then throw them out since they do have nutrients that could be used by other plants. |
Here is a link that might be useful: About mushrooms
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- Posted by toxcrusadr 5 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 10, 12 at 11:42
| Perhaps off topic, but those look a bit like edible shaggy manes. It's very common in yards, as it grows well in disturbed ground, AND is a white-rot type of fungus which feeds on decaying wood. Not harmful to other plants as far as I know. [Of course, do NOT take my word for it or eat mushrooms you haven't postively identified.] |
Here is a link that might be useful: Shaggy Mane
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