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09-18-2003, 07:13 AM
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err...mushrooms in my yard?
Okay, this is my first house and I'm not exactly a yard man or anything. I have these big, fat mushrooms growing in my backyard and I'm not sure what to do about them. My wife said some silly thing like they will lead to mold growing in the house, but I think that's probably just an old wives' tale...right? Anyway, can I just mow over them? They won't spread that way will they? Will weed killer kill them? I don't want to actually touch them, but suppose I could get on some gloves and surgically excise them from my yard if it comes down to it. :p)
Any of you yard gurus know how to handle this? I suppose I could ask the "experts" at Home Depot, but that sounds like a lot of trouble.
Ian C.
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09-18-2003, 07:25 AM
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I have mushrooms every fall in my front yard under a tree. I asked an 'expert' at the local plant nursery and he said that they would go away and that there wasn't much you can do to stop them from appearing.
I usually just rake them up. I'm concerned that a local child might get curious and take a bite.
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09-18-2003, 07:35 AM
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Heh...think I'll just mow over them...chopping them up into little bits sounds fine by me. I do have a rabbit living under the deck in the backyard, maybe he'll eat them before I get to 'em.  |
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09-18-2003, 07:50 AM
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oh man, my puppy would lose it if i had a rabbit in my yard, she freaks out when she sees one across the way. not that she could catch it, or know what to do with it if she did.
I wonder if rabbits eat 'shrooms, if they're poisonous to us you'd think they might be to rabbits too
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09-18-2003, 08:25 AM
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Heh...think I'll just mow over them...chopping them up into little bits sounds fine by me. I do have a rabbit living under the deck in the backyard, maybe he'll eat them before I get to 'em.
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Why, you know any good mushrooom recipes?
Jay
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09-18-2003, 08:32 AM
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Why, you know any good mushrooom recipes?
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No, but I'm sure I could cook up a mean rabbit  |
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09-18-2003, 11:14 AM
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There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.
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09-18-2003, 11:32 AM
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No, but I'm sure I could cook up a mean rabbit
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the old wivestale says you're not supposed to eat the rabbits until after the first hard freeze, something of spotted fever or something. But rabbit is quite tasty. |
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09-18-2003, 04:38 PM
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Ian,
Most likley there was a tree planted before that was uprooted. This, I was told creates mushrooms from the roots beneath. No matter how big of a crater is dug to remove all the roots/soil. There is nothing much you can do.
So if anyone has a tree in their back or front lawn and thinking of removing it...Not a good idea.
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09-18-2003, 05:00 PM
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