Simply tell me what to put on it at what time of year? I wanted to look nice and it looks like dog shit. The weeds usually look like clovers and sometimes I get mushrooms.
They don’t harm grass. Pathogenic fungi (fungi that cause diseases) do not produce mushrooms.
In fact, mushrooms are a great sign. Mushrooms are simply the fruits of a larger network of fungi in the soil. These fungi are fantastic for the health of a lawn… They decompose dead organic matter, especially wood and thatch, far more effectively than other microbes. (Very few microbes, besides fungi, can decompose lignin)
So, don’t try to kill mushrooms with fungicides… It won’t work in the long term, but you will do long term damage to the health of your lawn. However, you can pull mushrooms if you don’t like the appearance.
P.s. Most mushrooms are not toxic, and most dogs won’t eat mushrooms… Though, both are possible. As such, if you’re worried, just remove them by hand and call it a day. Mushrooms are extremely difficult to identify and you’re almost certainly not going to receive an accurate identification in this subreddit.
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Outrageous-Leopard23
Were you falling over as you took this pic?
NeedleworkerTop2015
Cut, fert, water, repeat
ConfectionAny7533
This might be controversial in this thread , but I have true green come out periodically and my lawn looks great. I tend to leave things like this to the subject matter experts. My take is I don’t do this for a living, so why not leave it to those that do so I can not fuss and enjoy how it looks.
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Mushrooms are good. Don’t worry about mushrooms.
They don’t harm grass. Pathogenic fungi (fungi that cause diseases) do not produce mushrooms.
In fact, mushrooms are a great sign. Mushrooms are simply the fruits of a larger network of fungi in the soil. These fungi are fantastic for the health of a lawn… They decompose dead organic matter, especially wood and thatch, far more effectively than other microbes. (Very few microbes, besides fungi, can decompose lignin)
So, don’t try to kill mushrooms with fungicides… It won’t work in the long term, but you will do long term damage to the health of your lawn. However, you can pull mushrooms if you don’t like the appearance.
P.s. Most mushrooms are not toxic, and most dogs won’t eat mushrooms… Though, both are possible. As such, if you’re worried, just remove them by hand and call it a day. Mushrooms are extremely difficult to identify and you’re almost certainly not going to receive an accurate identification in this subreddit.
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Were you falling over as you took this pic?
Cut, fert, water, repeat
This might be controversial in this thread , but I have true green come out periodically and my lawn looks great. I tend to leave things like this to the subject matter experts. My take is I don’t do this for a living, so why not leave it to those that do so I can not fuss and enjoy how it looks.