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Mushroom compost is a scientifically developed recipe of recycled organic ingredients such as:

  • Stable bedding (including manure) wheat straw, poultry litter and cotton seed hulls which are pasteurised to kill any harmful bacteria.
  • As mushrooms are a multi-million dollar Australian industry, the compost in which the mushrooms are grown is vital. The compost provides the goodness on which the mushrooms flourish.
  • When the mushrooms have finished cropping, what remains is an ideal compost for the home garden.

“Gardens love mushroom compost as a mulch and soil conditioner. Best of all, you can
reap a new harvest out of a spent commercial product – that’s the ultimate in recycling.”

Ben Swane – gardening expert from the renowned Swane family

Mushroom compost is a scientifically developed recipe of recycled organic ingredients such as:

  • Mulch
  • Soil conditioner
  • Potting mix additive

Mushroom compost is great for:

  • Most flowering plants
  • Trees and shrubs
  • Vegetable gardens and herbs
  • Establishing lawns

Mushroom compost:

  • Provides plant nutrients
  • Helps soil hold water
  • Raises soil pH
  • Promotes seedling growth

DOUBLE RECYCLING!

Using mushroom compost on your garden recycles a product which would otherwise be disposed of as waste. as the compost itself is recycled by-products from primary industry, you’re Double recycling

A recent three year research program by the Victorian Department of Agricultureand Rural Affairs showed that Mushroom compost:

  • Contains almost all nutrients needed for good plant growth
  • Supplies the nutrients slowly
  • Aids seedling emergence
  • Improves the structure of the soil
  • Conserves soil moisture
  • Produces no harmful decomposition products

*not recommended for some native plants and acid- loving plants such as azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons

Typical analysis:

  • рн
    6.9
  • Electrical conductivity (ds/m)
    11.0
  • Dry matter
    50.5%
  • Organic carbon
    28.0%
  • Nitrogen (dry weight)
    1.8%
  • Phosphorus (dry weight)
    0.8%
  • Potassium (dry weight)
    1.6%
  • Other organic material
    17.3%
  • Manganese
    137.0ppm
  • Copper
    17.0ppm
  • Zinc
    68.Oppm
  • Boron
    10.0ppm
  • Carbon: Nitrogen ratio
    31.0

Mushroom compost is environmentally friendly. It is organic, recycles
waste and saves water.

“Mulching your garden is equivalent to halving your weekly watering. It means you can have both a
lush garden and practise water conservation.”

Sydney Water,

Managing Director, Paul Broad

How to use mushroom compost in a new
garden bed:

  • Spread mushroom compost on the soil surface
  • Incorporate the compost into the top 10 to 30cm of the soil
  • Allow about 1 week for compost to settle and blend with the soil
  • Sow the seeds or transplant the plants
  • Water well initially

You save water with mushroom compost because it:

  • Stores up to 70 per cent of its own weight in water
  • Improves transmission of water through the soil
  • Keeps the soil cooler in warmer weather, warmer in cooler weather and increases soil resistance to both wind and water erosion

Your local mushroom compost supplier is:

Elf Mushrooms

61 Wallace Rd, Vineyard 2765

02 9627 1333

Environmentally friendly

Organic, recycles waste, saves water

For more information:

Australian Mushroom Growers Association

Locked Mail Bag 3

Windsor NSW 2756

PH: (02) 4577 6877

PH: (02) 4577 6877

Mushroom Compost

Garden mulch and soil conditioner for best results

 
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