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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2006 19:08:48 GMT
Hi
Since I returned from holiday, I've found that I have rather a large amount of toadstools in the lawns and a couple of fairy rings have appeared. I think it must be down to the fact that the lawns more or less died during the dry spell in July
Anyway, I picked all the toadstools and binned them before mowing this morning but I was wondering if anyone had any cures they could suggest. I read in GW that the only way to get rid of a fairy ring is to dig it out. I don't want to do that so any remedies you can suggest would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
FA x
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Post by netherfield on Sept 30, 2006 22:09:56 GMT
According to the Lawn Expert by Dr Hessayon you could try Iron sulphate(½ oz in a gallon of water per sq yard) or a dilute solution of washing up liquid,but it all depends wether it's a Grade 1,2 or 3,if it's grade 3 ypu may have already done enough to cure it ,if it's grade 1 or 2 it's more serious.
If you're keen on your lawn it's a good book to have costs £6.99 there is a lot more info in it obviously
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2006 9:46:01 GMT
FA - it's important to discard any toadstools as soon as you see them, before they can drop more spores  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2006 12:37:05 GMT
Netherfield and Rita Thanks for your responses. I might have to get a copy of that book, Netherfield. I'm a bit of a slave to my lawn (broke my heart to see it all brown and horrible in July  ) so any help I can have to get rid of problems and make it look better will be very welcome ! Cheers FA |
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Post by torontotrini on Oct 1, 2006 12:44:57 GMT
Also FA, I'm not sure composting them is a great idea. My understanding is that those spores can survive composting, and once you put the compost back into the garden they regenerate again. I know they've got mushroom compost on the market in which, I would imagine, live spores are not a problem, but maybe they do some kind of sterilzation.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2006 14:19:18 GMT
Good point TT. Fortunately, I didn't compost them but bagged them up and threw them in the bin.
Cheers
FA
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Post by torontotrini on Oct 2, 2006 0:33:05 GMT
OK FA. When you said you binned then I thought you meant the compost bin.
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Post by Alicat on Oct 3, 2006 10:04:21 GMT
Also FA, I'm not sure composting them is a great idea. My understanding is that those spores can survive composting, and once you put the compost back into the garden they regenerate again. I know they've got mushroom compost on the market in which, I would imagine, live spores are not a problem, but maybe they do some kind of sterilzation. Does this also include mushrooms that you buy from the supermarket. ( I've been putting the old mushrooms in the compost bin.) This year I used some of my own compost in some very large tubs. And now I've got mushrooms growing up with the plants.   The other thing is are they edible.?? cheers. Alicat. Ps. Hi FA. I hope you don't mind me asking on your thread. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2006 10:54:41 GMT
They look good enough to eat - but I wouldn't take any risks  |
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Post by Alicat on Oct 3, 2006 22:47:31 GMT
cheers rita It did cross my mind to try them ..... But on second thoughts, maybe not.
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Post by torontotrini on Oct 4, 2006 0:16:10 GMT
Hi alicat. I wouldn't take the chance of eating them either. Easy for me to say because I don't like mushrooms at the best of times. They clean the ones they sell in the supermakets, etc, pretty good, so you would think they would be free of spores. However, given the results you're seeing, I guess it's safe to say that they don't get rid of all the spores. The other thing you should keep in mind is that mushrooms tend to push compost towards the alkaline side of the ph. scale. So if you have a lot of acidic soil lovers in your garden, you wouldn't want to use too much mushroom-flavoured compost around them. Although I would think that the few mushrooms you use wouldn't have much of an effect.
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Post by Alicat on Oct 4, 2006 17:54:26 GMT
Cheers Torontotrini. Fortunately I haven't got many acid loving plants. For the mushrooms to affect. - but I might just throw them in the bin instead of the compost. Alicat.
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) so any help I can have to get rid of problems and make it look better will be very welcome !
