Re: Mushrooms

Well, as usual, I've been sidetracked  several times since writing that and
never got around to pulling them out.  I just notice them as I head out the
front door, too much of a rush to stop and bother with them.  Last I looked
they were withering, so maybe I'll just skip it if they're not causing any
harm.  Thanks, Jim.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim@verizon.net>
To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: re: [CHAT] Mushrooms


> Mushrooms do essentially the same thing earthworms do--break down
> cellulose into constituent parts that plants can use. Far from harming
> healthy plants, they are quite beneficial. And since they are merely
> the fruiting body of the real plant [the mycelium? something like that]
> they are almost irrelevant to the work the fungi are doing underground.
> So rip them out if you don't like them.
>
> > I bought my first Home Depot plant about 4-6 weeks ago.  It's a
> > Cordyline,
> > but not like my C. baurii.  This one has wide dark purple leaves that
> > are
> > streaked with a sort of hot pink.  I placed it near my front door and
> > gave
> > it a bit of water, but that's all for now.  I plant to plant it
> > outside in
> > my TP garden this summer.  The potting soil is now sprouting
> > nasty-looking,
> > tall, beige-ish mushrooms.  I've never had a houseplant do that.  What
> > do I
> > do, besides the obvious of pulling them out?  Why are they there?
> > Some sort
> > of soil imbalance?
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> >
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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