Many uses of cinnamon in the garden
I recently ran across an interesting article on using cinnamon to encourage roots, keeps away ants, kill fungus on plants/soil, etc.. Anyone have experience with this?
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/using-cinnamon-on-plants.htm
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I use it as a safe fungicide.
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Very cool - thanks for posting! I'll definitely try it for rooting.
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@roytg94 This is exciting news! This has solved one of my biggest dilemmas & most frustrating cause of having to discard great houseplants...because of strange yellow mushrooms & their prolific "carpet" of yellow.
It could also be useful to keep ants off of my one strawberry plant (ants are my nemesis with these, but I just had to buy one plant again), and raised beds. I had to disassemble the one we made due to an ant infestation.
I will certainly try it as rooting powder for when I prune houseplants & cottonwood in spring.
Thank you!
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Do you mean these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucocoprinus_birnbaumii
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Do you know if cinnamon bark can be used for this purpose, or should we stay with cinnamon powder?
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Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm definitely going to try it.
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I once raised a cinnamon basil plant in the garden. It smelled wonderful. It probably kept those pesky bugs out. Thanks for the tips about cinnamon..
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That is most likely the same mushroom. I have never had any cluster tightly, but that lonely one looks about right. The color is exact.
I never knew if it was safe or not and was concerned about it spreading not only to other plants, but wondered if it might grow on anything else in an old house.
I usually put the plants outside in the summer or discarded the plant if I couldn't pick it all out with disposable gloves & a plastic bag. The yellow often goes very deep into the soil and will gather around roots quite well.
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I let them be. They don't seem to harm the plant, and the mycelium probably helps hold water in the soil.
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I guess my question is is it cassia (common in stores) or the true ceylon cinnamon (that is fragile & harder to find) that is used...and would it even matter in gardening?
@susann93 I am not sure, but in liquid applications, I wonder if sticks would be fine & powder is just the way to go with other applications.
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@judsoncarroll4 Do they disappear after a time?
When I first discovered them, I had little kids who would put anything into their mouths. Now that they are older, that is no longer a concern.
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They seem too. I've had one pop up time to time in potting soil - only saw one in the wild... probably where someone dumped some potting soil! I doubt they would survive Canadian winters. They are kind of pretty, so I just enjoy seeing them. All they do is help break down tree bark in the soil.
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@susann93 It may work. You may need to use more to get the same results, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. I think its worth trying out to see if cinnamon bark works as good as cinnamon powder. It certainly won't damage the plant unless you damage the roots when putting it in the soil. Try to just put it on top of the soil. Let us know if you get any positive results. Sharing ideas and results is one of the many great benefits of belonging to a this group.
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