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Mushroom compost is very popular product and used by many gardeners and landscapers, the product you buy from the shops is a product which is produced after a growing process. This article provides you the information to be able to make your own mushroom compost and save some time and money.

The ingredients you need to start to make mushroom compost is manure, hay, poultry manure, gypsum and mushroom spawn as well as a large compost bin and steam machine. When you have got all these ingredients you are ready to begin.

1. To star mix gypsum and manure.

2. Then added the mixture to the bottom of your compost bin and leave it out in the sunlight for 2 or 3 weeks, this will give it enough time to decompose. After this has happened the bin needs to be covered to allow it to become hot and all the organic matter also decompose.

3. You need to use your steam machine indoors to allow the compost to pasteurize. For the best uses make sure the room has ventilation to allow the steam to blow till the room gets heated to approximately of 1600.

4. Once the compost is pasteurized it needs to be placed on trays and the mushroom spawn added and mixed thoroughly.

5. Finally add the peat and moss and control the humidity and room temperature. The growth of mushroom then can be expected within 30 days.

A quality mushroom can be grown with the help of horse manure. The same can be purchased from the shops or in the case of the fresh manure 20% of wet straw has to be added and to be left outside in the heap. After some hours, the heaps centre will become hot. The process has to be repeated and it has to be kept moist. Once it has finally become rotten the centre will no longer be hot.

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