{"id":218,"date":"2016-06-25T16:05:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T15:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/advisor\/gardening-tips\/?p=218"},"modified":"2022-11-25T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:05:16","slug":"fungus-and-algae-problems-on-paths-and-patios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/fungus-and-algae-problems-on-paths-and-patios\/","title":{"rendered":"Fungus And Algae Problems On Paths And Patios."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4102 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/Algae-on-paving.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/Algae-on-paving.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/Algae-on-paving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/Algae-on-paving-520x346.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/Algae-on-paving-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-advice\/\">Question<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I have a problem with fungus growing in several places on my patio and garden steps, it is similar to seaweed in colour and texture, it started last year but this year is much worse and is very unsightly. It only appears to be growing through my patio slabs and pathway but not in any of my borders. I would be grateful for any advice on getting rid of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Answer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With regards to your question on the problem of fungus and algae growing on your patio and steps. It&#8217;s a problem lot of gardeners encourage in the winter on natural and patio stones plus softwood decking areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The best treatment is to water the areas using a watering can containing 4 caps full&#8217;s of Jeyes fluid or 3 grams of flowers of sulphur mixed with 4 litres of water plus a cleaner called Doff patio and decking cleaner.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Applied in late autumn or in the winter, the rain will work with this mixture and break down the fungus and algae removing it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two to four applications might need to be applied on areas of paving and decking that are heavily affected.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s best to try test areas before applying to the whole area to make sure no discolouration takes place&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&nbsp;For more information on fungus and algae on&nbsp;<\/span>paths and patios&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-advice\/\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Question I have a problem with fungus growing in several places on my patio and garden steps, it is similar to seaweed in colour and texture, it started last year but this year&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-head-gardener"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}