Wood Chip and Fungus

jj@8cv

I topped up my paths with woodchip that was delivered to our allotment site. I now have a mushroon type fungus, which I believe to be "Cup Fungus", growing alongside the pathway in the beds.Should I try to get rid of it and if so how? A friend who also used the woodchip has the same problem.

wellused

I'm always dubious about using woodchip on the allotment, I know that a lot of people like it because it's free.

Davesnave

You say it is a 'problem,' but I can't see why.

Fungi are all around us. They do an important job in the environment, and honey fungus excepted, there are few which should concern us as gardeners.

Also, if wood chip is such a dodgy a material for mulch or pathway surfacing, why does the RHS use so much of it?

wellused

They probably chip their own so they know where it's coming from and what it contains.

Mojisola

Davesnave wrote: »

Fungi are all around us.

wellused wrote: »

They probably chip their own so they know where it's coming from and what it contains.

It doesn't matter if you know where the wood chips come from - as Dave says, spores are all around us.

moneyistooshorttomention

Woodchip free?? Where from?

wellused

The council are always dumping up our allotment.

lostinrates

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Woodchip free?? Where from?

Smaller company tree surgeons.


That's where ours come from. We bed our barn down on this. We also took a. Delivery from BT tree surgeons this year.


'Our' tree surgeon lets him self in and dumps it in the barn. He's one of the few people my dogs allow in. . Then we rake and level it out before it gets too hot. .

savemoney

Your lucky only thing we get for free is left mould. Taken from nearby cemetery. I asked council if I could buy some from them as they use to sell in a bag for £1 but they dont sell it now.

I have decided to do my paths in gravel and weed suppressant material underneath

wellused wrote: »

The council are always dumping up our allotment.

Davesnave

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Woodchip free?? Where from?

Using a chain saw at this time of year, I'm sweeping it up all the time.