Getting rid of puffball mushrooms in the lawn?

[ZEEEW]

Hello all



We have a good crop of puffball mushrooms in our lawn, anyone know what to use to get rid of them? Will roundup work?

Heard they are hard to get rid of.



Thanks



Eric

 

[Whitmore]

I love em, I use a golf club

 

[dezeldog]

Puffball

If there the real thing fry em in butter and onion and enjoy

Jim P

 

[illflem]

Kevin's golf club method sounds the best. Roundup only works on plants, mushrooms are fungus. Using chemicals to get rid of mushrooms is wasteful and ineffective because the fungus plant is several feet below the soil surface, you're just seeing the tip of the iceberg. Be sure you know what you're doing if you eat them. I just mow them.

 

[JR2]

I hate golf, use a hockey stick...

 

[The patriot]

The kids in my neighborhood offered $$$ for mine. I told them to just take them.

Eric

 

[sdalton]

Pick them out individually, without releasing the spores. The spores are the seeds for future puff balls. This should eliminate the ones that want to come up later in the year and next years crop. I use to toss them in the air and let my son hit them with a bat, then run from the puff cloud if he hit it. Stomping on them is fun too.

 

[PRout]

Ever try them w/ blue cheese dressing?? Just curious.

 

[dezeldog]

Puffballs

Never tried em that way. Just fried em in butter with onion and gr. pepper. They're good in scrambled eggs or omletts. I'll have to try the bluecheese.

Jim P