The Steps To Produce Mushroom Compost

The popular product mushroom compost is actually the compost that mushroom growers make in which to grow mushrooms. After reading this article you should have enough info to hopefully make your own mushroom compost and save some time and money.

The ingredients you need to start to make mushroom compost is manure, hay, poultry manure, gypsum and mushroom spawn as well as a large compost bin and steam machine. When you have got all these ingredients you are ready to begin.

1. For starters mix gypsum and manure.

2. Then added the mixture to the bottom of your compost bin and leave it out in the sunlight for 2 or 3 weeks, this will give it enough time to decompose. After this has happened the bin needs to be covered to allow it to become hot and all the organic matter also decompose.

3. The steam machine needs to be used indoors this allows the compost to pasteurize. Make sure the room has ventilation to allow the steam to blow inside the room till it reaches an approximate of 1600.

4. After it is pasteurized it should be placed on trays and the mushroom spawn added and mixed.

5. Finally add the peat and moss and control the humidity and room temperature. The full growth of mushrooms should be expected within 30 days.

A quality mushroom can be grown with the help of horse manure. This can be bought from shops or for fresh manure add 20% of wet straw and leave it outside. After a few hours the heaps will become hot in the centre. This process needs to be repeated and also kept moist. When it becomes rotten the centre will cool and no longer be hot.