Re: mushroom compost
Steve Thorson wrote:
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> I've been reading info on mushroom compost lately, and am wondering if
> anyone uses or has used this in the past. It seems to have massive
> amounts of nutrients in it and appears that it would be good for our
> pumpkins.Looks like it's rather spendy, but if one could find a bulk
> supply, it would be feasible to use. Any input would be
> appreciated.Thanks. Pumpkinpiper
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I've used mushroom soil (compost) the past 2 year. It cost $20 a scoop
from the front end loader at an orchard a few miles from the house. The
load fills my four x eight trailer about three foot high in the center.
It's basically horse manure thats used to grow mushrooms and if you get
a fresh batch it in very similar to slightly composted manure. Before
they sell it they add lime to neutalize it. The guy who loads it at the
orchard said a horse farm locally sells it to the mushroom farm and then
hauls it away for them when he delivers a new load. The horse farm then
resells it as mushroom soil. How about it, your horses make flop and
you get paid two times for it!
Maybe you should try contacting any horse farms in the area or even a
garden center that handles bulk proudcts. (Probably not one in town the
neighbors would make sure they wouldn't carry it!) It definitely has a
stronger odor than manure.
Alan H.
When it was dreary and wet the year before last I had mushrooms popping
up all over the patch!
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