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Spent Mushroom Compost

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  • Not acid here Verdun - blue hydrangeas in pots in this garden image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hi gardeners 

    So iv put my mushroom compost on in ealy autumn then planted my onion and garlic sets a few weeks later i wasnt aware that there was so much lime in this compost what other veg apart from ppotatoes should i avoid and will beetroot be ok ? 

     

    Ally kay central scotland

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Good link Dove and close to you, is the dog up for grabs as well!!

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Think he might moult a bit too much for OH's chest! 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    Would mushroom compost be ok with brassica's.

    The guy on the neighbouring allotment said there could be some clubfoot on my plot and suggested I limed the ground where brassica's are to be planted. He's had the neighbourig plot for over 30 years so what he said probably has some legs. He plants his brassica's in holes filled with soot and lime mixed, has anyone tried this and does it work.

    If mushroom compost has lime in it would this be just as good?

  • Anybody still interested in using mushroom compost?

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,613

    Have you got any going spare?

     I found it good as a top dressing around onions on clayey soil.

  • We have a very rich mushroom Compost available. How much do you need? 

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