Products

Conventional Compost

Commercial mushrooms grow in a specially formulated and processed compost made from agricultural materials, such as wheat straw, hay, gypsum and chicken manure. The 3 weeks long outdoor composting period is closely supervised and managed to assure that the composting temperatures exceed 160°F for a few days in addition to a steam pasteurization which occurs about one week before mushroom spawn is mixed with the compost in mushroom farms in the coast. Finally, a layer of sphagnum peat moss mixed with ground limestone is top dressed onto the compost, and mushrooms grow on the peat.

Spent Compost

When the harvest is finished, farmers steam pasteurize everything in the growing room and dispose of the peat moss and compost that remain. This product is sold as mushroom soil, spent mushroom compost (SMC) or spent mushroom substrate (SMS). Mushroom soil is great for gardens as a slow release organic fertilizer.

Chicken Manure

One of the best animal manures for fertilizer is chicken manure. It is a great addition to the gardens and ranches for bigger vegetables, lusher plants and brighter, more vibrant plants and heavy affafa.