On 5/25/2010 12:08 PM, Tony wrote:
1) I got a load of what was supposed to be composted mushroom soil. It's
light and airy, but deeper in the pile it smells real bad. (anaerobic
composting?)

2) I planted a few flowers using most all the mushroom soil to replace
the very heavy clay I dug out.

3) After a couple months, most of these plants are dead or dieing.

So..........

Was I wrong to use almost 100% mushroom soil and the nitrogen is burning
the roots?

Is the soil not true mushroom soil and isn't finished decomposing? Again
too much nitrogen?

Note: I have not had a single stray mushroom grow out of the pile of
soil (about 5' round and 3' tall).

Other?

Mushroom soil is compost that has been used to grow mushrooms. It is
deplete of nutrients for the mushrooms which is why it is displaced by
new compost and sold as soil amendment. It can also be full of
unsprouted weed seeds. There are a lot of mushroom houses around here
and mushroom soil is fairly cheap and usually people buy and spread an
inch or two on their lawns as an amendment. It's not used neat.

Been a long time since I've bought any and following url says it is
sterilized:

http://www.americanmushroom.org/compost.htm