Mushrooms

Groucho10

Since I moved into my present house ten years ago my front lawn gets regularly invaded by mushrooms. It seems to occur in the shadier end of the garden mostly, which is also prone to moss. I have tried aerating and moss killer, but the mushrooms keep returning. Is there any product I can use to keep them at bay?,

Thanks

The Sweeper

College students. They'll clear them up for you.





















...I'm sorry, I know that's unhelpful. I'm sure there's some garden centre product. I couldn't help meself...

Groucho10

Good one.

dardevle

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would not be sure but since mushrooms are a fungus, then perhaps a fungicide treatment for lawns would work.....also an application of artifical fertilizer(npk) seems to have an affect on mushrooms.
since they are only here for a short while i find that the handiest thing to do is pick them as soon as they appear to prevent them from releasing spores.

whatever you decide.....do it safely.:)

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The Sweeper

Right, now that I'm sober...

What shades the shady end of the garden? Is it plants, or a structure? If it's plants, look at thinning out what grows there to let more light in.

Other options would be putting in some drainage if it's particularly boggy, or try planting it heavily with shade and damp loving plants. A reduction in moisture will certainly assist a reduction in mushrooms.

Mushrooms contain thousands upon thousands of spores. Wearing a mask and a pair of latex gloves and armed with a plastic bag (could sound like overkill, but we don't know what type of mushrooms they are) weed your mushrooms. Do it while they're small and have closed caps, as opposed to when they grow large and the cap opens and they release more spores.

Ask your garden centre for details of an approved fungicide, but unless you do something to alter the conditions - the damp, the moisture - they will eventually come back. There are other threads on this forum on dealing with damp gardens in different ways, from planting and living with it to step by step drainage (with pictures). They may be of use.

Groucho10

Thanks for the advice lads. I will check out the artificial fertilizer/fungicide and get about thinning out the plants as they are causing most of the shade.
Could you give the names of a few damp loving plants as well?,

thanks

The Sweeper

Well, depends on what you like yourself. You can have perennials (last more than a year) or annuals (one year); flowers, or flowering shrubs, or shrubs that don't flower but have interesting coloured foliage, or plants that have sort of bizarre jungle foliage if you know what I mean. (Big shiny green leaves, but don't flower.) What lights your bulbs?

karlog

I love kicking mushrooms. Why cant they grow in my garden:(

Groucho10

The Sweeper wrote: »

Well, depends on what you like yourself. You can have perennials (last more than a year) or annuals (one year); flowers, or flowering shrubs, or shrubs that don't flower but have interesting coloured foliage, or plants that have sort of bizarre jungle foliage if you know what I mean. (Big shiny green leaves, but don't flower.) What lights your bulbs?

Give me a few jungle/shrub suggestions if you don't mind. I meant to say I have a tall mahonia there which is blocking light and a tall evergreen tree (Xmas tree type) which I will now be cutting back .

Groucho10

karlog wrote: »

I love kicking mushrooms. Why cant they grow in my garden:(

You can come round and kick these ones if you want.