How to stop tree seeds from sprouting all over the lawn
Tree seeds left behind after removing a tree can drop massive amounts of growth that quickly overtake the grass. People spend hours manually picking them out of the ground only for them to keep appearing, making it hard to stop them from taking over the yard.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Picking them out of the ground by handDid this help you?
- 2Continually mowing the lawn so they eventually run out of energyDid this help you?
- 3Digging them up and replanting them in a local wild parkDid this help you?
- 4Leaving the mushrooms alone as a sign of a healthy lawnDid this help you?
- 5Running over the mushrooms with the lawnmower without removing them by handDid this help you?
- 6Checking for low spots, poor seed quality, or buried organic material/tree rootsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I cut a tree down last year and it has dropped what seems to be an infinite amount of acorns. Well, they are starting to sprout and overtake my lawn.”source ↗
“I’ve spent hours and hours picking them out of the ground but they won’t stop. Any advice how to kill them and prevent this from happening again?”source ↗
“What should I do about all these mushrooms growing where I don't want to walk on or mow yet?”source ↗
“Do I need to pluck these mushrooms by hand before mowing to not make them spread any worse?”source ↗
“the reason I'm seeding here is because last fall a ton of mushrooms grew at this same approximate location and ended up creating big patches of dead grass in my lawn.”source ↗