Re: Mushroom Compost
- Subject: Re: Mushroom Compost
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 08:00:52 EST
In a message dated 1/11/2003 10:06:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mygarden@easystreet.com writes:
> The place where I buy mine has a "contents" sheet to
> read before you buy. The ingredients are mostly organic - such as horse
> manure, chicken manure, composted straw, peat moss, cottonseed meal,
> soybean
> meal, gypsum, urea, ammonium nitrate, leaf mold, dolomite lime to raise the
> pH to about 7 and heat sterilized.
===>Sounds like typical contents for mushroom compost, Marilyn. There's some
pretty "hot" stuff in there--all those manures and urea. The heat
sterilization probably helps a lot. I think my supplier used chemical
sterilization--it always had a sort of petroleum smell.
I know it is tested for pesticide>
> residue and heavy metals also. I have been using mushroom compost one year
> and composted recycled yard debris the next, so hopefully I won't get the
> salts build up.
>
===>That's probably a good policy. I hope the m.c. doesn't cause you problems
somewhere down the line.
Bill Lee
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