Growing Mushrooms: The Complete Grower’s Guide to Becoming a Mushroom Expert and Starting Cultivation at Home by Aaron Martinez

Author:Aaron Martinez [Martinez, Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2020-08-07T14:00:00+00:00

About the compost:

These mushrooms are grown using a specific type of compost. It is a thorough composting of manure-enriched straw that it turned every other day for the composting process to occur. Then, it undergoes a secondary high-temperature fermentation to encourage the proliferation of allies resistant to heat.

A wide number of compost formulas work well, using chicken, horse, and cow manure as a rich source of nitrogen and microbes useful for the nutrition of the mushrooms. The large piles of compost naturally heat up to 160º F (70º C). Once it is ready, the compost is properly pasteurized to eliminate any contaminants.

This type of compost is usually made by large-scale companies that produce this type of mushroom, however, it is difficult to make by beginners wanting to start growing mushrooms at home. This is why we recommend buying the compost ready to use.

That is a far easier and quicker option and saves you quite a lot of trouble. Many garden centers and online retailers sell compost specifically to grow mushrooms. Of course, this is what you want to acquire; you need to make sure that you are buying compost for mushrooms, instead of mushroom compost.

It might sound like the same thing, but I promise you, it isn’t. Compost for mushrooms is the one that has been specifically made to grow mushrooms and facilitate their growth. Mushroom compost, on the other hand, is the spent substrate left over after the process of mushroom growth. Many farmers love to use the latter as a rich addition to their fields and gardens; which, by the way, is a great idea.

You can always try to use your own compost if you happen to have a pile ready in your backyard; however, it will need to be mixed with a nitrogen-rich material like manure, coconut coir, or gypsum. After that, you will need to properly pasteurize it to make sure your substrate isn’t full of contaminants.

You can give it a shot and see how it goes; you never know, it might work, and then you won’t have to buy the compost from a retailer.

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