Why do mushrooms keep coming back in my lawn and killing the grass?
Mushrooms rapidly regenerate after being plucked and spread underground, eventually taking over the yard and leaving barren, dead patches of grass underneath. This makes it impossible to maintain a healthy lawn through manual removal alone.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Aerating the soil and picking up plugsDid this help you?
- 2Treating the area with a fungicide sprayDid this help you?
- 3Letting the area fully dry between wateringsDid this help you?
- 4Watering infrequently but deeplyDid this help you?
- 5Hand plucking the mushrooms dailyDid this help you?
- 6Kicking the mushroomsDid this help you?
- 7Using vinegar and baking sodaDid this help you?
- 8Applying anti-fungal productsDid this help you?
- 9Pulling the mushrooms out by hand before kids or pets can eat themDid this help you?
- 10Watering the lawn less to dry out the soilDid 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.
“As the title says, we have mushrooms growing in the yard. Not sure how to get rid of them?”source ↗
“I tried vinegar and baking soda and I think it worked but now I see them in some other place.”source ↗
“How can I stop these mushrooms from appearing? They grow very low to the ground an anythint underneath dies and its barren.”source ↗