Question
I live in the N.W. near Seattle WA. My lawn is on bulk headed salt waterfront very close to the Olympic rain forest.  My problem is that my mother spread a bag of mushroom compost that I had bought to bury under some shrubs that I was planting on the lawn thinking it was potting soil.  Now I have mushrooms that have been coming up for two seasons and I can't get rid of them.  It's driving me crazy.  Any suggestions?

Thanks

Harold

Answer
Hi Harold,

Mushrooms in the lawn are generally harmless and little more than an eye-sore.  Harvest the fruiting bodies BEFORE they can make zillions of SPORES to cause larger populations is a major preventive strategy.  

Applying commercially available fungicides and formulations of IRON-SULFATE  (sold at garden centers) is also one way to treat these growths if you are bothered by them.

With less nitrate and moisture in the soil out-breaks are less likely.

  I Hope this has answered your question(s)!

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