Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Part of the Fairy Ring family of lawn blight. The mycelium is rather large. Lost any pets lately? At 10:51 AM 8/17/2009, you wrote: >I concur that it comes from some sort of fungus. We had success against >smaller circles by boradcast spreading dry detergent over the area. It was >a cure that my parents used successfully, and it worked for us. I don't >know why, but it does. Plain tide, without bleach or additives. Other >brands may do. > > > > >On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Chris Saganich ><chs2018 at med.cornell.edu>wrote: > > > Mushrooms > > > > > > At 06:08 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: > > > >> Septic tank? > >> > >> Leo Wesson > >> Photographer/Videographer > >> 817.733.9157 > >> www.leowesson.com > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > Hi Douglas, > >> > > >> > The only structure that ever adorned these lots before our houses was > >> > an > >> > American Civil War earthwork on the opposite end of my lot, > >> > overlooking > >> the > >> > roadside at that time. That disappeared forty years ago. > >> > > >> > Thanks for the feedback. > >> > > >> > Jim Nichols > >> > Tullahoma, TN USA > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" < > >> douglas.sharp at gmx.de> > >> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:09 PM > >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Information Needed on Cause of Lawn Circle > >> > > >> > > >> > Hi Jim, > >> >> > >> >> have you had very little rain recently? > >> >> > >> >> This looks like what happens when some kind of structure is at > >> >> shallow > >> >> depth below the surface. Both sides stiil get enough water from > >> >> deeper > >> >> in the ground, but above the structure everything dies off. Very > >> >> useful > >> >> for archaeologists but not so good for a nice green lawn. > >> >> > >> >> Could be an old wall or foundations, the rim of an old pond (hard > >> packed > >> >> clay), an old farm building or similar. > >> >> > >> >> If there's been a lot of construction work with pretty deep > >> >> foundations > >> >> being dug or pipelaying in the neighbourhood, it could mean that the > >> >> groundwater table has fallen. > >> >> > >> >> We had a similar effect in our garden caused by "lenses" of clay and > >> >> sand. These filled with rainwater and made circular areas that > >> >> wobbled > >> >> like quicksand. I had to dig a criss-cross of trenches almost 3-feet > >> >> deep through the garden to get it draining properly. > >> >> > >> >> Cheers > >> >> Douglas > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Jim Nichols wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> I know there are many knowledgable people on these two lists. I am > >> >>> looking for a hint on the cause of a circle of dead grass that is > >> >>> very > >> well > >> >>> defined on my lawn and extends, faintly, into the adjoining lawn. > >> >>> > >> >>> I recall that a cherry tree once existed in this general area in the > >> >>> neighboring lawn. I had a maple in my yard that was damaged by a > >> >>> wind > >> storm > >> >>> and removed. However, neither of these was near the center of the > >> circle. > >> >>> I have heard that maple roots can cause problems in grass, but no > >> >>> previously-existing root circle matches what I now observe. > >> >>> > >> >>> Anyone got a suggestion? > >> >>> > >> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lawn+Circle.jpg.html > >> >>> > >> >>> Jim Nichols > >> >>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> >>> > >> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>> Leica Users Group. > >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Leica Users Group. > >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > >-- >Regards, > >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >Natchitoches, Louisiana >(+31.754164,-093.099080) > > >If you are wondering, the following abolishes Gmail ads. ;-) > >I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a >messy bloodbath. >USA > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information