You don’t need to use potentially irritating fungicides to killlawn mushrooms.
While mushrooms usually will not damage your lawn, their presence signals potential problems with your grass.
Learn how to get rid of mushrooms in your yard without ruining the look and feel of your lawn.
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Wear protective gloves and clothing to protect your skin when using this vinegar.
Remove any decaying organic matter left on the grass to hinder mushroom growth.
Create Good Drainage
The presence of mushrooms may mean thesoil underneath your grass is not drainingproperly.
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Poor drainage leads to overly wet conditions, resulting in lawn diseases and mushroom growth.
Besides mushrooms, look for small puddles of water and muddy patches to indicate drainage issues.
Some solutions let you drain your soil and water better or allow you to corral and harvest excess water.
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Aeration lets water and nutrients penetrate your soil rather than sitting on the grass.
Manual spike or core aerators are good for small lawns.
For large lawns, rent gas-powered aeration equipment from a home improvement center for convenience.
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Encourage Sunlight
Mushrooms love dark, damp patches of grass, so too much shade encourages growth.
Prune trees and bushes to let more sunlight into your lawn area.
Maintain Your Lawn
Cleaning up decaying organic matter can make a difference when preventing mushroom growth.
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Use horticultural vinegar to try killing mushrooms in your yard.
Apply it with precision because it can harm surrounding plantings.
Repeated applications of baking soda may kill mushrooms but it is not a quick solution.
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Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns.Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California.
Poisonous Mushrooms.Alderleaf Wilderness College.
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