Re: Mushroom compost
John:
Several years ago, I got a 38' tractor trailor load & have been using
it ever since.
Mind you, mine was not fresh, no smell at all.
I stuck a 750 LaRue plant with a split stem in what remains of the pile
last spring for a pollinator. Low and behold, without any care whatsoever other
than what nature provided. It produced a 515 & 510 est. pumpkins.
Judge for youself, is it good or not. Wish I had another load.
Bill Van
1. horse manure
2. Don't know
3. I would
At 07:46 PM 11/11/1999 EST, you wrote:
I just put two pick-up truck loads of mushroom compost, freshly made (about
>150 degrees Fahrenheit off the twenty-foot high pile) at my local mushroom
>farm, on my back yard. Looks like it will take two more loads to cover the
>whole thing. In the middle of the spreading work, when the smell was making
>me think that maybe the neighbors might not think I was such a wonderful
>fellow, I had this thought - is there a down side to mushroom compost?
>I can vaguely recall postings on how wonderful it is, but nothing is without
>drawbacks. Aside from the smell, does anyone know
>
>1. What actually goes into this hot, sticky clumpy stuff?
>and
>2. Are there any cautions or things to watch out for?
>and
>3. Is it worth putting more in next spring?
>
>I hope that when I rototill in it this weekend, the smell goes down.
>
>Thanks for any feedback.
>
>John
>(In San Jose, where it was 80 degrees today unusually hot)
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