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Mushroom Compost is a great product that can be used in any landscape bed, vegetable gardens, fruits, trees, shrubs & lawns. It is a great soil builder to be used on almost anything you plan to grow. It also contains a wide variety of beneficial microbes, bacteria and fungi that benefits the soil. Mushroom Compost can be incorporated into the soil or top dressed on most plants.

Please use caution when applying as it is high in available nutrients and all nutrients are in the available salt form even though they are from a natural/ organic source. Before planting, flowerbeds, vegetable gardens, trees, shrubs or fruit trees - we recommend applying at least a 2-3 inch layer of Mushroom Compost on top of your bed and till it in several inches deep. Then plant your plants and water them regularly. If you have plants, that are not doing well, you can top-dress with a 1-inch layer and continue watering on a regular basis. Mushroom Compost is very rich so you do not want to plant directly into the compost. It is only considered non-burning when you incorporate it into the soil, or top-dress existing plants that already have an established root system. For potted plants, take extreme care to only apply a thin layer on top and make sure to have adequate drainage since mushroom compost can be too rich in available nutrient salts and may burn root systems. Make sure and water thoroughly soon after application.

As a growing media, it is advisable to use a 1:3 ratio of a less available material. It also contains very high Organic Matter (available – humus fraction) which will have slow-release N available to the plants throughout the growing season. The pH is also of importance since it is considered slightly acidic (6-7 pH) which is the ideal range for the solubility (availability) of most nutrients.

The wide diversity of nutrient sources is also of benefit to sustainable soil practices.

To Learn more please visit: www.mushroomcompost.org

Sales

Compost Sales - New Pricing Effective As Of October 1, 2009.

Thank you for your interest in Kitchen Pride Mushroom Compost. We sell compost Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday from 8 to 11:30 am. We will load the compost in the back of your pickup with a large tractor. You will need to advise the tractor operator on the proper amount your vehicle can hold.

Please call the front desk and make an appointment for your compost load. Supplies may vary and we cannot guarantee the availability of compost to walk-in customers.