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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Central Florida
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Spent Mushroom Substrate
I've been amending my Florida soil with spent mushroom substrate called mushroom compost at the mushroom farm. They sell it for $10 a scoop (the bucket on their huge front end loader). I was hiring a guy with an 18 cubic yard dump truck to deliver it to me but got myself this used 4 X 8 utility trailer. This is my second load -- just half a scoop and it cost me $5.00. I'm not sure what all is in it because as I understand mushroom farms each have their own list of ingredients; however, I know it has clay of some sort, straw and/or hay, animal manure(s) -- probably horse because I found a horse shoe in a previous load. I don't know what the long term effect will be but so far my plants seem to love it and I sure like the tilth of my previously sandy Florida soil.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Jersey
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mushroom compost is some of the best available. one thing to be cautious of is the PH.
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