Most gardeners ask, What is Mushroom compost? It is the substrate or composition mushrooms are grown. Usually a medium of straw, horse manure, lime and cocoa shells.
- It enriches the garden, orchard, building new flowerbeds, or when planting individual annuals, trees, shrubs, roses, and perennials. It will keep the soil moist and break down heavy clay soil.
- It improves aeration, and permeability of the soil, and to filtrate and store water.
- One of the best fertilizers for vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs, newly established roses and fruit trees.
- Provides high levels of plant nutrients.
- Entirely virus free, mushroom compost will help in harvesting healthy plants resistant to infection.
- Suppresses growth of weeds by blocking out light.
- Mushroom compost is steam sterilized, no need to worry about bringing pests in the garden.
- High PH around 6.9
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