How do I kill mushrooms in my House Plant Pots??? Bright Yellow Mushrooms!!?

Question

OK, I pretty much spelled it out in the question but I am at my wits end...

I purchased good potting soil from home depot a year or two ago and since then, they keep cropping up in like half my house plant pots!

They recently showed up in my Parsley which is in a new pot with new soil and hasn't been anywhere but in the kitchen window sill...

I treid Neem Oil spray and it didn't do anything... And I can't figure out anything else to try!

The small'ish bright yellow mushrooms just keep coming back!!!

Please help!

Answer 1

Mushrooms are a type of fungus, and are spread by spores. Those spores may have been in your soil all along, and conditions have just gotten right for them to grow, or they blew in an open window, came in with something else, etc.
There are a couple of ways you can go about eliminating this. The first way is to remove all sign of the mushrooms and spores (even the tiniest speck) from the soil. Depending on how big the pot is, you may want to just remove the top couple of inches of soil, and replace it with new STERILE soil. One thing that mushrooms and fungus need is dampness. Make sure that your plants are not sitting with damp soil for long, and let the surface of the soil dry out before watering again. They probably loved sitting in your nicely shaded window as well, as they usually prefer shade.
Once you have removed the soil containing the fungus, etc. and replaced it with new sterile soil, spray the plant and soil with a mixture of 5-10 garlic cloves with a pint of water, blended and strained. You may also add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and a few drops of liquid dish soap to this mixture and then spray as a preventative. Spray every 2-3 days for a couple of weeks.

The other way you could go about eliminating them may be easier. Remove your plants from their pots, sterilize the pots, and replace the soil with STERILE potting soil. Carefully remove as much of the soil from the plant as possible, even rinsing the roots if you feel brave (kolanchoe and aloe are both very hardy plants). Replant them in the new soil, and spray with the plant and soil with the above mixture as prevention.
I hope this has helped you. The mushrooms will not kill your plants so not to worry. But if you don't like them or they're an eyesore, then by all means get rid of them. All they are going to do is produce more spores and then you know what happens then.....more mushrooms!!

I found this information here : www.helpfulgardener.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2830 and it totally worked.

Answer 2

Why don't you just leave them?  They won't harm your houseplants.  They won't harm you or your pets unless you eat them.  Unless you have a serious health issue and NEED to get rid of them, why bother?  I think they're pretty.