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Culland
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Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost
#7718543 - 12/05/07 05:59 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about this new way of growing button mushrooms on municipal compost rather then the traditional manure compost they use now. Supposedly developed by Colin Sturgeon in the UK. I cant find anything on Colin Sturgeon or his methods though. Anyone heard of it?
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: Culland]
#7719377 - 12/05/07 11:58 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: greys]
#7720327 - 12/05/07 04:03 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yea thats the story I was referring too that I heard on the radio. I however cant find any other follow up information on the internet about this fellow or his growing procedure. The radio indicated they followed the procedure at a local food research lab and at another in Ireland and had success in both cases. Seems odd that there is no other information on it though.
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: Culland]
#7722003 - 12/05/07 09:25 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think its a great Idea.
Again, turning a waste into food. Why are people fighting this????
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: Cryogenicz]
#7722388 - 12/05/07 10:58 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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those mushrooms are like the crack of the fungal kingdom.. not good for you
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: poot]
#7723200 - 12/06/07 06:08 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Not sure to be honest. Part of it is the traffic on their roads I am sure, but the part they speak loudest about is they don't want the place to be a compost dumping ground, which apparently another project using compost became. Tempted to call the guy leading the 'against' group and see what he has for information, since they are saying it wont succeed and is likely to default on the government loans they are getting.
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: Culland] 1
#7723682 - 12/06/07 09:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
those mushrooms are like the crack of the fungal kingdom.. not good for you
Add something positive or informative please or nothing at all. Agaricus mushrooms are nutritious and healthy when cooked. They are not dangerous and do NOT cause cancer. In fact, they're loaded with polysaccharides. RR
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7723696 - 12/06/07 09:30 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Compost piles stink thats why. And mushroom farms historically have a problem getting rid of their spent mushroom substrate.
Even professional compost managers make mistakes. In Indy a large compost pile caught fire in Oct or November. I used to drive by that compost pile every day on the way to work and I could smell it a mile away.
Like a fine blend of cat piss and rotting wood.
I really dislike NIMBYs, but this is one exception. No one should have to live near a button mushroom farm.
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: YidakiMan]
#7723727 - 12/06/07 09:44 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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At the Mushroom Industry Conference this past Spring, Jeremy and I were at a lecture for reducing the smell. They managed to reduce the NH2 PPM in exhaust, but people still thought it smelled pretty bad. Jeremy might be able to share more, he was more diligent about taking notes.
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: YidakiMan]
#7723862 - 12/06/07 10:49 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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This farm in question seems to want to use already composted mix, so there shouldn't be much smell. Residents just don't want the stink in their neighborhood any more than they'd want a hog plant. However, I doubt the stuff would stink by the time it gets to the farm. In addition, yard waste compost won't smell as bad as manure based compost during the process.
In the Pacific Northwest, we have a company that sells bags of compost made from municipal yard waste. It's worked with every compost loving species I've tried it on so far, but I don't grow button mushrooms. The large commercial farms produce so much, they have the price too low for small operators to make any money. RR
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Re: Growing button mushrooms on non-manure based compost [Re: RogerRabbit]
#7724012 - 12/06/07 11:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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This stuff doesn't stink at all. I picked some up for my garden and there was no smell to it. Basically as part of our recycle system all compostable materials, including meat, are sent to a processing plant and its created into compost. Its almost like working with potting soil by the time it comes out, though not nearly as fine.
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