Let's Talk About Mushroom Compost
As gardeners, we’re always looking for ways to enrich our soil and speed up the composting process. Adding mushrooms could give your compost an extra boost. Mycelium can break down tough, woody material more efficiently than bacteria alone.
Mushrooms in your compost help improve soil structure, increase nutrient availability, and even suppress harmful soil pathogens. Plus, they can help decompose organic matter that’s harder for traditional composting methods to break down.
Have you tried composting with mushrooms? If so, what species have you worked with, and how did they affect your composting routine? Whether you’ve used Oyster mushrooms or other varieties, please feel free to share your experience below. Let’s share tips on how fungi can benefit compost and lead to healthier, more fertile soil!
I have mixed feelings about tossing golden oyster mushroom spawn or even the used substrate willy nilly into outdoor compost piles. Here in NW Illinois this species has escaped and become ubiquitous in the timber to the point it's everywhere. Despite the fact it's delicious and almost always available everywhere you look, we no longer see the native Elm Oyster since the Golden apparently out-competes it. It has also shown up on my inoculated Shiitake logs. I'm not saying it's a pest, but some people could rightfully claim it's an invasive species.
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