It's been a wet summer. (Understatement.)

We have a thick layer of wood chip mulch on parts of our new property which
we haven't gotten around to landscaping (translation: cannot begin to afford
to landscape yet.)

It's come up in stinkhorn mushrooms which have to be the single grossest
thing that can grow in your garden.

They look exactly like penises. It's surreal to have a patch of them greet
you first thing in the morning. Even worse, they deserve their name as they
really do stink. The stench wafts over my flower bed, wiping out the odor
of my lovely new rose which has finally gotten it together to bloom.

I've tried raking the mulch with a metal rake and getting rid of everything
I can get at, but it isn't helping.

How can I get rid of these nasty intruders?

-- Jenny

Are you asking how to get rid of penises or stinkhorns?

The best way of getting rid of fungus is by using fungicide.

The best way of scaring off penises is by saying you want a commitment!!!


"Jenny" wrote in message
...
It's been a wet summer. (Understatement.)

We have a thick layer of wood chip mulch on parts of our new property
which
we haven't gotten around to landscaping (translation: cannot begin to
afford
to landscape yet.)

It's come up in stinkhorn mushrooms which have to be the single grossest
thing that can grow in your garden.

They look exactly like penises. It's surreal to have a patch of them greet
you first thing in the morning. Even worse, they deserve their name as
they
really do stink. The stench wafts over my flower bed, wiping out the odor
of my lovely new rose which has finally gotten it together to bloom.

I've tried raking the mulch with a metal rake and getting rid of
everything
I can get at, but it isn't helping.

How can I get rid of these nasty intruders?

-- Jenny

g'day jenny,

unless you want to add chemicals into your garden let them be, they
are only there because you ahve a healthy system with lots of organic
matter which they are assisting in breaking down, in due course they
won't always be there.

yeh when i first saw them i thought the missus was dissatisfied and
was growing her own. lol only jokin only joking. lol oh and there is
another fungus that looks similar to the female counterpart if i may
out it that way.

len

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bleach water. anti-fungal. Ingrid

"Jenny" wrote:

It's been a wet summer. (Understatement.)

We have a thick layer of wood chip mulch on parts of our new property which
we haven't gotten around to landscaping (translation: cannot begin to afford
to landscape yet.)

It's come up in stinkhorn mushrooms which have to be the single grossest
thing that can grow in your garden.

They look exactly like penises. It's surreal to have a patch of them greet
you first thing in the morning. Even worse, they deserve their name as they
really do stink. The stench wafts over my flower bed, wiping out the odor
of my lovely new rose which has finally gotten it together to bloom.

I've tried raking the mulch with a metal rake and getting rid of everything
I can get at, but it isn't helping.

How can I get rid of these nasty intruders?

-- Jenny




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there is
another fungus that looks similar to the female counterpart if i may
out it that way.


zemedelec

there is
another fungus that looks similar to the female counterpart if i may
out it that way. BRBR


Also a smallish cactus. I've only seen it once, at an exhibit in Golden Gate
Park (SF).
zemedelec

well I happened across a cactus that is labled as a "Catapillar cactus" but
looks like a hairy testicle....................soooooooooooo, I purchased
one of them (of COURSE I had to HAVE one !! LOL) and planted it into my
small clay elephant planter. Squire comes out onto the deck one day and is
looking around at all the foliage and such and sees the planter (it's small)
sitting there on the railing of the deck to capture as much of the south and
western sun as it can, and remarks, "let me
guess................................... Elephant balls???" and I remarked
back, "You win the concrete motorcycle!!!!!! Bingo!! " GBSEB
madgardener up on the ridge, back in FAiry Holler, overlooking English
Mountian in EAstern Tennessee zone 7, Sunset zone 36 getting ready to think
about bringing in ALL of those tropicals, cacti, succulents, and tender
African bulbs for the fall and winter duration of heat pump torture,
including that awesome Korean Crinum that Zhanataya sent me now seven years
ago (has it been that long:?????????!!?? (anyone want to build me a
sunroom???gbseg)

by the way, anyone hear from Zhan since Pensacola got wiped like an eraser
board??? I can't reach her on the phones either, but according to my
ex-husband who lives there too, they still don't have power, have only land
line phones, and are still boiling water...........sounds like Zhan is ready
to move to New Mexico.........

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We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect." Chief Seattle
"Zemedelec" wrote in message
...
there is
another fungus that looks similar to the female counterpart if i may
out it that way. BRBR


Also a smallish cactus. I've only seen it once, at an exhibit in Golden
Gate
Park (SF).
zemedelec

A spritz of pure white vinegar will melt them in short order.

Dave

"Jenny" wrote in message
...
It's been a wet summer. (Understatement.)

We have a thick layer of wood chip mulch on parts of our new property
which
we haven't gotten around to landscaping (translation: cannot begin to
afford
to landscape yet.)

It's come up in stinkhorn mushrooms which have to be the single grossest
thing that can grow in your garden.

They look exactly like penises. It's surreal to have a patch of them greet
you first thing in the morning. Even worse, they deserve their name as
they
really do stink. The stench wafts over my flower bed, wiping out the odor
of my lovely new rose which has finally gotten it together to bloom.

I've tried raking the mulch with a metal rake and getting rid of
everything
I can get at, but it isn't helping.

How can I get rid of these nasty intruders?

-- Jenny

We have a thick layer of wood chip mulch on parts of our new property
which
we haven't gotten around to landscaping (translation: cannot begin to
afford
to landscape yet.)

It's come up in stinkhorn mushrooms which have to be the single grossest
thing that can grow in your garden.

They look exactly like penises. It's surreal to have a patch of them greet
you first thing in the morning. Even worse, they deserve their name as
they
really do stink.

This is weird. I've had a few mushrooms come up under the same conditions, but
they don/t stink. They do attract flies though. Maybe I've just gotten to
them by the time they're almost dead/collapsed, therefore stinkless.

Leslie
New Orleans
zemedelec