Re: Mushroom Compost
- Subject: Re: Mushroom Compost
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:06:55 EST
In a message dated 1/11/2003 12:04:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mygarden@easystreet.com writes:
> preparing for the 7 yards of mushroom compost that will be spread
> next month
Marilyn,
I used mushroom compost for several years and it seemed like wonderful stuff.
I had Victory Garden soil from it! Then I started having problems. Daffodils
died, chickweed proliferated. A horticulturalist at Spring Grove Cemetery
here in Cincinnati told me they routinely send all soil additives for testing
before they use them and their last batch of mushroom compost tested as so
full of salts that it should not be used for plant material. I'm now very
wary of mushroom compost.
Bill Lee
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