Sod Roof Mushrooms

The mushrooms are growing because you re keeping the sod wet which is something you need to do to encourage it to root.

Sod roof mushrooms.

Once you ve installed sod you may notice mushroom growth in the lawn. Mushrooms growing in new sod. Mushrooms are caused by just the right combination of water temperature and humidity. Posted 9 years ago.

Hi i have put down new topsoil and grass about 3 months ago on my front lawn and recently about a week ago i noticed mushrooms grow in certain sections. There is a myriad varieties of mushrooms. Since they need constant moisture mushrooms often appear as a result of the frequent watering needed by new sod. Mushrooms in a lawn are usually a sign of healthy soil and they cause no harm to the grass.

When you begin reducing the frequency of watering the mushrooms will stop growing and eventually they will be completely gone. Other ones that are usually seen in lawns are japanese parasol shaggy mane puffball and stinkhorn. Get rid of mushrooms on relatively new sod. Learn about good fungi bad fungi and a condition known as fairy ring.

I usually get about 15 20 mushrooms growing a day. As the need for heavy watering decreases after the sod is established the appearance of new mushrooms will decline radically. The mushrooms are growing because there s a layer of thatch decaying organic matter in the sod.