wild mushrooms in newly sodded lawn

[srid...@my-deja.com]

We had our lawn sodded recently. A week later i am seeing wild mushroom
growth in several places. Is the sod decaying at roots? I should say our
ground doesn't absorb water that well. Hence I have been watering the
sod less than what they told us. Can I just cut down on the watering
more and hope the mushrooms will eventually go away?

thanks
SS

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[Mickey W]

Hi SS.
I would say maybe the mushroom spores were transferred to you from the sod farm.
I just put down 10,000 sf of bermuda sod. It is doing well, but I am covered up
with baby frogs. I assume they are hatching from the sod. Most sod farms are
close by rivers, so I have an idea I have been given an extra enhancement with
my sod. I can't imagine where else they might come from. Your mushrooms may be
coming from the same place. I wouldn't cut down on the watering so much that
your new sod suffers. Mushrooms normally will sprout from very moist areas, but
once you get your sod in and rooted and cut back on the watering to a normal
amount, they should stop sprouting. I'm not an expert, only one who is in the
second week of babysitting new sod. My two weeks is up Thursday of this week.
I am getting excellent rooting and greening up and leaf growth, so I am going to
cut back to watering at 5 AM every other day, instead of every day and see how
it looks. I have to mow it for the first time this weekend, but by continuing
to water every day, I'm afraid the underlying dirt will still be so soft that I
will be leaving foot impressions in the new lawn, which I certainly don't want.

srid...@my-deja.com wrote:

Mickey W

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[C. A. Owens]

srid...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> We had our lawn sodded recently. A week later i am seeing wild mushroom
> growth in several places. Is the sod decaying at roots? I should say our
> ground doesn't absorb water that well. Hence I have been watering the
> sod less than what they told us. Can I just cut down on the watering
> more and hope the mushrooms will eventually go away?

The sod had mushroom spore in it. Keep up the watering or you will lose
the sod.

Chris Owens

[Susan Wehe]

The mushrooms won't hurt anything and are the fruiting body of a much
larger organism. It has little or nothing to do with the condition of
the sod... think of them as stools for elfin fairies and they're much
easier to live with.

susan

srid...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> We had our lawn sodded recently. A week later i am seeing wild mushroom
> growth in several places. Is the sod decaying at roots? I should say our
> ground doesn't absorb water that well. Hence I have been watering the
> sod less than what they told us. Can I just cut down on the watering
> more and hope the mushrooms will eventually go away?
>

[Gardenman]

Mickey W wrote:

> Hi SS.
> I would say maybe the mushroom spores were transferred to you from the sod farm.
> I just put down 10,000 sf of bermuda sod. It is doing well, but I am covered up
> with baby frogs. I assume they are hatching from the sod. Most sod farms are
> close by rivers, so I have an idea I have been given an extra enhancement with
> my sod. I can't imagine where else they might come from. Your mushrooms may be
> coming from the same place. I wouldn't cut down on the watering so much that
> your new sod suffers. Mushrooms normally will sprout from very moist areas, but
> once you get your sod in and rooted and cut back on the watering to a normal
> amount, they should stop sprouting. I'm not an expert, only one who is in the
> second week of babysitting new sod. My two weeks is up Thursday of this week.
> I am getting excellent rooting and greening up and leaf growth, so I am going to
> cut back to watering at 5 AM every other day, instead of every day and see how
> it looks. I have to mow it for the first time this weekend, but by continuing
> to water every day, I'm afraid the underlying dirt will still be so soft that I
> will be leaving foot impressions in the new lawn, which I certainly don't want.
>

> srid...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >We had our lawn sodded recently. A week later i am seeing wild mushroom
> >growth in several places. Is the sod decaying at roots? I should say our
> >ground doesn't absorb water that well. Hence I have been watering the
> >sod less than what they told us. Can I just cut down on the watering
> >more and hope the mushrooms will eventually go away?
> >
> >thanks
> >SS
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>

> Mickey W
>
> Email mic...@mindspring.com

If you are worried about the soil being to soft don't mow it. It will not hurt the
Bermuda grass to get long, no matter what you next door neighbor tells you : ) in
fact it i sgood for the grass to be long this time of year. You can step down the
height once it is established. But it will take a whole lot of work to fix ruts and
foot prints in your brand new sod.

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