RE: mushroom compost

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Back in the late 70’s when I was living in the suburbs of Philadelphia we used a few loads of mushroom compost on the property and in the vegetable garden.  I don’t remember where I read it, probably Organic Gardening, but the report indicated that some of the pesticides used in the mushroom houses were really bad customers and they did not disappear in the composting process.  They were added after the compost had been made.  I had access to Philadelphia’s composted sludge so I shifted when the sludge was rated safe for vegetable gardens.  I have a bit of difficulty understanding how the use of any kind of compost would effect the lungs, but you might want to do a bit of research about the safety of mushroom soil, even without the lung problem.  

 

Later,

Jeff Ball