On 28/9/08 15:36, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| But for the OP the first question is, does
| the fungus actually smell of honey?

There are other ways of identifying it! Without any description, it could
be anything.

| You used to be able to get Armillatox
| to treat the ground with but I don't know if it's still available or is one
| of those EU 'banned substance' thingies.

It is, but you can still buy it. However, it doesn't work at all well.

The best form of alleviation is to remove all woody material near the
surface, and cover with a layer of earth, as Armillaria mellea spreads
primarily by spores, and will produce fruiting bodies only on exposed
wood.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Didn't the OP say one of the stumps was against the fence - or something?
That might make it more difficult to remove all the woody material, so
Armillatox or similar might be the answer in terms of saturating the ground
round about.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)