[chrissie B]

can any one suggest some thing to rid me of the huge clump of toadstools that grow up my tree stump each year i try to cut them downbecause they just take over and go mad they grow so fast .
i dont know what type they are , they are a dark pea green colour with a thick trunk and small head to start and then over night they are enourmous and the tops open up .
any ideas  :?:  :?:  :?:
chrissie b

[WG.]

Can't see the harm in it on a tree stump myself - check (with an expert) to see if they are edible?  They will certainly be getting rid of the stump for you.

Might be stating the obvious, but you will need a fungicide rather than a herbicide if you do decide to spray.  

[mushroom]

If you kill the toadstools, the pixies will have nowhere to live  :cry:

[gobs]

If you kill the toadstools, you might even kill the tree, so lucky, you probably can't.  

It is quite rare, that toadstools would hurt a tree much. It's a symbiotic relationship, they need the tree to survive. As WG says, they might as well be edible.

The age and condition, type of tree matters though. Sometimes they can do harm. Hard to say anything else without a piccie.

As said, consult a fungi guru if worried that the tree suffers.

[chrissie B]

my walnut tree is long gone its just a 2 ft stump which we have surrounded by roses and some smaller plants and there are daffs and bluebells don there as well , and i have a big fairy on the top of the stump curtasy of asda .
can i put something on them without harming the roses :?:
chrissie b

[gobs]

Ah,  :idea: it's a stump, right, well, you must find them unsightly then, I personally can't see why they can't be.

On the chemical front I'm hopeless, I don't use any.

[WG.]

can i put something on them without harming the roses :?:

Dunno really since I don't use chemicals & can't think that I've ever seen fungicides on the shelves.   Might be worth trying some wallpaper paste on them since that has got fungicide in.  Don't hold me responsible for any collateral damage tho'

[mushroom]

but the pixies will have nowhere to live!!

[WG.]

but the pixies will have nowhere to live!!

They don't have pixies in Greece - only minotaurs & everyone knows they don't live under toadstools  :roll:

[mushroom]

but the pixies will have nowhere to live!!

They don't have pixies in Greece - only minotaurs & everyone knows they don't live under toadstools  :roll:

OK. But be sure to check first!

[gobs]

but the pixies will have nowhere to live!!

They don't have pixies in Greece :roll:

Is that a scientific observation?

[mkhenry]

but the pixies will have nowhere to live!!

They don't have pixies in Greece - only minotaurs & everyone knows they don't live under toadstools  :roll:

OK. But be sure to check first!

Yes even Pixies travel these days with everbody trying to live abroard,so you never know.  

[splodger]

Ah,  :idea: it's a stump, right, well, you must find them unsightly then, I personally can't see why they can't be.

On the chemical front I'm hopeless, I don't use any.

you could try ammilatox - and your roses will be safe - as it's used as an annual disinfectant for roses with black spot etc - it will knock back honey fungus - so if it stops that - it should stop the ones you are suffering from - but this stuff is strong - so only use the quantities suggested for your problem - when diluting.

[chrissie B]

to put your mind at rest there are no pixies or fairies under my toad stools only some wood louses , i would prefer fairies though.
chrissie b

[chrissie B]

ive been down to check on the toadstools that i put the paper paste on and it dosent seem to have done the job will just have to hack them out .
chrissie b