Have I found a cure for honey fungus?!

 


I had a prunus tree die from honey fungus infection which then started
to
spread to conifers within the bed.  The bed was isolated from the
rest of the
garden by a tarmac driveway, so I'd planned to sterilise
the bed sometime in the
future.

However, last year I decided to throw all of the mulched laurel hedge
cuttings
on to the bed everytime i cut the hedge.

In the Autumn, there was suprisingly no fungus growth and having
inspected the
soil, the honey fungus seems to have gone!

Could it be the cyanide that mulched laurel leaves give off when they
are
crushed?


--
Pest Effects

 


i doubt it....if there was no food for the mellia then it might have
gone, it
needs wood to live on...are you sure it was honey fungus in
the first place.?


--
stumpy66

 

I made a reply to 'Pine trees keep dying'
I have a fair amount of experience of honey fungus and the answer to your
question is no.
Look at the RHS web site.
Regards
David T