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Where can you find spent mushroom compost to purchase in your area if you live one hour north of Louisville KY in Indiana?
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Is mushroom compost good for hydrangeas?
No, mushroom compost is not good for hydrangeas. The flowering plants in question may be sensitive to soil fungi. Mushroom compost works well for acid-loving plants even though in this case ericaceous compost is the best choice.
Spent mushroom compost used in planting shrubs?
Spent mushroom compost is excellent for using in shrub planting or as a mulch, just remember it contains lime.
Can mushroom compost be used for hellebores?
Yes, mushroom compost can be used for hellebores. The plants in question favor soils which are in the neutral range in terms of soil pH. They will have no problems with lime.
Can you give me sentence with the word compost in it?
Add plenty of well-rotted organic matter, such as farmyard manure or spent mushroom compost.
Is mushroom compost acceptable for dahlias?
Compost is good for dahlias. The flowering plant in question responds well to compost as soil amendment, fertilizer or mulch. It responds to well-drained soils, which compost promotes through its encouragement of air and water pore spaces and improvements in soil structure and texture.
If you put mushrooms from your lawn in the compost bin will the resulting compost grow thousands of mushrooms?
If your compost gets hot, like it's supposed to, then it will kill the mushroom spores and you will not have mushrooms growing in your bin.
What are Mushroom Logs or Compost?
Mushroom Logs/Composts contains growing media/substrate inoculated with mushroom spawn. The white/brown material inside the bags is the "mycelium", which has "colonized" the growing media/substrate.
Give two benefits and 2 limitations of using mushroom compost as a soil conditioner?
Two benefits: # mushroom compost is full of nutrients for mature plants # it can help to lighten heavy soil by adding composted vegetative matter, and can aid sandy soil in moisture retention Two limitations: # mushroom compost can have a high salt content, and can be detrimental to seed germination, kill seedlings, and retard the growth of salt-sensitive plants like azaelas # if used as a mulch, and not a soil additive, mushroom compost can dry out easily and blow away - so it's best used as a soil additive rather than a mulch
Where can one purchase a kitchen compost bin?
One can purchase a kitchen compost bin from any good department or hardware store such as Walmart or Lowes. Alternatively, one can purchase this from eBay if needed.
Can tomatoes grow in mushroom compost?
Yes, tomatoes can grow in mushroom compost. Mushroom compost gathers together ammonium nitrate, chicken manure, corncobs, cottonseed and soybean meal, gypsum, hay, lime, peat moss, potash, spent brewer's grain, and straw. It improves a soil's water-holdling capacity, increases alkalinity in overly acidic soils, injects calcium and magnesium into the ground, promotes appropriately slow but steady growth in seedlings, and treats blossom-end rot on tomato plants.
Where can you buy aged mushroom compost if you live one hour east of Panama City Florida?
mushroom compost at Lets Talk Dirt 785-8882 bulk 1/2 yd 20.00 also Sandies Feed & Seed Hwy 77 Lynn Haven 6.95 per 40 lb bag.
Where can you purchase mushroom compost in Topeka Kansas?
Google 'Mushroom compost sellers in Topeka Kansas'. In the bottom half of the first page of results are two sites that may be helpful. The bottom most entry is the following: www.geocities.com/zone6gardeners/march2009.pdf. Look at the lower right hand portion of the first page. Under the heading 'Mushroom Compost' are mentioned the names of a couple who may drop off mushroom compost. Their telephone number is included. But there's no further information as to amounts, prices, or sources of supply. The other site is found third from the bottom: www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/composting/highway/highway3b.pdf. There's an alphabetical listing of states. Kansas information is found on pp. 10-11. There's a reference to the use of compost, from the Kansas permitted composting facility, by the Kansas State Department of Transportation. The DOT contact information is the following: by email ros@kdot.org; snail mail Docking State Office Building Rm 814N, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1568; telephone 785-296-8399; and website www.protol.dot.state.ks.us.
