We have a large lawn behind the house, with some mature trees and a few flowerbeds. Most of it is grass.
This year, we are getting increasing numbers of "fairy rings" - rings of toadstools (or fungi of some kind) that kill the grass. The gardening books we have say, basically, that if you have them then you have them and that's that. They are unsightly and we'd rather NOT have them.
I've read up on the causes (too much thatch in the grass/not enough scarifying, and spores blowing on the wind from other infected areas). I can deal with the thatch - I have an attachment that goes on the lawnmower to deal with that, but apparently it's too late now.
What I need is something that will kill the toadstools and the mycelium underground. Apparently, there used to be chemicals that would do that but the EU has banned them. I've heard a variety of suggestions (soapy water, disinfectant, flame gun) but none from people who've been there and done that.
Has anyone had these things and got rid of them? What worked?
Fairy rings
Re: Fairy rings
Check whether they're edible, and if so eat. Recommend mushroom omeletes.
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Re: Fairy rings
Pick them before they spread more spores !
Re: Fairy rings
I'm against plantkiller chemicals on principle (they kill everything else as well) and use boiling water or soapy water (the old-style animal fat based soap).
But generally it seems to me some years are just favorable for some kind of growth or creatures, it need not be the same the next year.
But generally it seems to me some years are just favorable for some kind of growth or creatures, it need not be the same the next year.
Re: Fairy rings
Try boiling water it seems to frighten off a lot of unwelcome guests in the garden.
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Thanks for those. I think soapy water and boiling water are next on the list, then.
The Jeyes fluid treatment seems to have stopped some of them, but not others. A stronger (or longer) dose of that may be the next treatment after soapy and hot water.
I picked a bucketful of the little blighters yesterday before I mowed.
Several neighbours have reported the same problem this year, so it may be weather related.
The Jeyes fluid treatment seems to have stopped some of them, but not others. A stronger (or longer) dose of that may be the next treatment after soapy and hot water.
I picked a bucketful of the little blighters yesterday before I mowed.
Several neighbours have reported the same problem this year, so it may be weather related.