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Wild Thyme and Waxcaps
Hi all.
I've taken on some work in a churchyard where they have a small ammount of wild Thyme growing. Does anyone know how I can encourage it to take to other areas of the church yard?, also apparently, they have a mushroom called a Waxcap that appears around November time, and I would like to encourage the spread of this too. Thanks, Carl. |
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Wild Thyme and Waxcaps
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:56:19 -0000, "Carl Spaul"
wrote: Hi all. I've taken on some work in a churchyard where they have a small ammount of wild Thyme growing. Does anyone know how I can encourage it to take to other areas of the church yard?, also apparently, they have a mushroom called a Waxcap that appears around November time, and I would like to encourage the spread of this too. Thanks, Carl. The Waxcaps are probably of the family Hygrocybe - the most common of which is the Hygrocybe Conica...known colloquially as the Conica Blackening Wax Cap, due to the manner in which the cap degrades to a sort of black slime. There's not a lot you can do to encourage ( or dissuade ) the things from growing - but the waxcaps thrive in short turf and grasslands, so it's inevitable that they'll make an appearance in a churchyard. Just keep mowing the grass! If this is your waxcaps ( a rather attractive bright orange cap ) then you should be aware that it's one of the poisonous ones. Not a killer as such, but certainly highly unpleasant. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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Wild Thyme and Waxcaps
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:33:48 +0000, Stephen Howard
wrote: ...known colloquially as the Conica Blackening Wax Cap, Should read Conical ! -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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Wild Thyme and Waxcaps
Carl Spaul wrote:
Hi all. I've taken on some work in a churchyard where they have a small ammount of wild Thyme growing. Does anyone know how I can encourage it to take to other areas of the church yard?, also apparently, they have a mushroom called a Waxcap that appears around November time, and I would like to encourage the spread of this too. Hullo :-) The wild thyme (and other wildflowers) are probably doing best in relatively nutrient-poor areas where the grass is doing badly. The one thing you should *not* do is add fertiliser or anything else intended to improve/encourage the grass, as the grass will smother the thyme in no time, as it were. Is the thyme in dry/sunny areas? If other places with similar exposure have sparse grass, you could try rooting some cuttings from healthy plants and transplanting them to these areas. regards sarah -- "Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth." Aldous Huxley |
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