Fairy rings
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:05 pm
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?
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?