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Mushroom Compost Feedback
I've now taken my delivery of this stuff and are offering my comments
for Tish and others who were wondering. This old guy from Narellan, NSW sells, in lot 10 for $40 delivered. Phone number is 4648 3030. Advertises in Campbeltown to Southern Highlands newspapers. I gather you could order larger lots if you wanted. These are the ~25 litre(?) bags that they grow the mushrooms in. I was told they weigh about 25kgs. Basically you get a pile of rotted, wet straw full of the mushroom fungi threads, topped with about 4cm of decomposing, "dynamic lifter" (processed chicken poo). It is unlikely that you could continue to grow on the mushrooms. Most of the bags were full of the fungi threads and what mushrooms that were on top were dry as well as being well chomped by slugs (bonus gift). If the price suits, then get it. It is delivered. You just have to be able to handle the plastic bags. Perhaps a cheap two wheel trolley from autoshops will help you there. Just get one with a good foot square bed/tray. I have the alternative of going out to a chicken farm on Camden Valley Way, just north of the new Harrington Park to Smeaton grange cross roads. they sell 20L bag of well decomposed chicken ($2.20) and mushroom and cow ($3.30) each. The major problem there is supplies are patchy. In future, I'll probably just buy a couple of bags of straw (about $14 each) and a bag of dynamic lifter ($?). That will make the mulching part easier and I will not have lost any of the nutrients of the dynamic lifter. Now, if someone knows where I can go and collect my own mushroom compost industrial waste, then I'll certainly take it. |
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Mushroom Compost Feedback
On Jul 8, 12:05 pm, Terryc wrote:
I've now taken my delivery of this stuff and are offering my comments for Tish and others who were wondering. [snipped] Thanks Terry. Looks like I'd be best keeping going with the bunny poo and dynamic lifter (or cheaper generic alternative) combination. Cheers, Tish |
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Mushroom Compost Feedback
g'day terry,
do i detect some dissapointment in the message?? we don't buy it so we can grow mushrooms, any fungii that is in the stuff becomes part of the sytem of break down and doesn't affect the plants, we grow directly into it and add more as that settles and the whole lot turns into a better and better medium, only feeding it using mulch hay mulches. now about $4 a bag delivered is a bit pricey up here that happens for $3 per bag. check you phone book or do a google for mushroom farms in your general area, even if you had to hire an 8' x 5' box trailer (carries app 80 bags), you would still be in front even if the farm charged a $1 per bag, up here our farmer (app 40 min round trip away) charges .50c per bag. so the bet is the guy who onsells and delivers is making a killing at $4 per bag. get a co-op of gardeners together and maybe even hire a 1 tonner truck and share the costs, or you could sell some of the load off the cover some of the cost and maybe get your compost all but free. we do at times get a feed of mushrooms off our bags or some grow in the garden but then we buy fresh from the sheds at the farm. On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:05:34 +1000, Terryc wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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Mushroom Compost Feedback
len garden wrote:
g'day terry, do i detect some dissapointment in the message?? we don't buy it so we can grow mushrooms, any fungii that is in the stuff becomes part of the sytem of break down and doesn't affect the plants, we grow directly into it and add more as that settles and the whole lot turns into a better and better medium, only feeding it using mulch hay mulches. now about $4 a bag delivered is a bit pricey up here that happens for $3 per bag. check you phone book or do a google for mushroom farms in your general area, even if you had to hire an 8' x 5' box trailer (carries app 80 bags), you would still be in front even if the farm charged a $1 per bag, up here our farmer (app 40 min round trip away) charges .50c per bag. so the bet is the guy who onsells and delivers is making a killing at $4 per bag. get a co-op of gardeners together and maybe even hire a 1 tonner truck and share the costs, or you could sell some of the load off the cover some of the cost and maybe get your compost all but free. we do at times get a feed of mushrooms off our bags or some grow in the garden but then we buy fresh from the sheds at the farm. On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:05:34 +1000, Terryc wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ Anyone in Adelaide know where to get mushroom compost by the bag? I used to go to a place in Waterloo Corner several years ago, but I don't think they exist now. It was great for the veges on our stony clay soil, and we're looking at getting into veges again ... Thanks, |
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David wrote:
len garden wrote: Replying to Len's message here as I do not see the orig on my server. g'day terry, do i detect some dissapointment in the message?? Nope. Just my 2c. It was worth giving a try. It is all about adding organic matter to build up the soil. now about $4 a bag delivered is a bit pricey up here that happens for $3 per bag. I just felt it was cheaper to buy the components at that price. check you phone book or do a google for mushroom farms in your general area, even if you had to hire an 8' x 5' box trailer (carries app 80 bags), you would still be in front even if the farm charged a $1 per bag, up here our farmer (app 40 min round trip away) charges .50c per bag. I'd be happy to do that actually, but I'd do a 1 tonne van load. That would be about 40 bags, which should last a while. The bottom line is that it is industrial waste. You are really paying the farmer for the inconvenience and increased insurance cost. so the bet is the guy who onsells and delivers is making a killing at $4 per bag. Well, vehicle running costs do have to be considered. He is prepared to deliver over a large area. I've just come in from winching the loaded trailer to the hitching post. Over the next week or so, I have 6'x4'x4' of bunny poo/bedding to spread. We seem to get that every month now. To handle the amount, since everything (almost) is mulched, we are going to compost in the vege garden pathways. Just dig it out every quarter. Worth the effort. Carrots and snow peas. As my brother said whilst house sitting "the problem with your snow peas is that none ever make it inside, they just get eaten". |
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