Mushroom Compost
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Mushroom Compost is basically a growing medium which is the outcome of mushroom growing process and it is commonly called as Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS). It is used for commercial harvesting of mushrooms. It comprises of agriculture materials which include hay, straw, straw horse bedding, cocoa shells, gypsum which is a calcium sulfate and many more.
Mushroom Compost is rich in nutrient holding capacity and has high water level content. It acts as a fertilizer for farming and it inhibits artillery fungus. It assists in growth of plants in case of corn, pumpkin, tomato etc.
Mushrooms have a long history and it has been alluring and motivating the human soul for ages. It was acclaimed as a god in Vedic times while Egyptians regard mushroom as a plant of immortality. The first commercially harvested mushrooms were performed in the city of Paris and they used the mix of available soil with horse manure which is the same kind of compost as used for growing melons.
Shri S.S. Jain, a plant pathologist and mycologist from India rediscovered Mushroom compost when he found mushrooms growing on top of rotten apple branches, cow manure, wheat etc while helping farmers in their apple orchards.
There is a commercial and controlled process of preparing Mushroom Compost in today’s world. Mushroom farmers pasteurize the compost in order to keep the aerobic microorganisms alive that help in eliminating other type of fungi, use it for a small and after harvesting, it is available for selling it as fertilizer for gardens as SMS.
