mushroom compost

[tomatoada]

Which crops would benefit from mushroom compost please?   I have been given 6 bags but do not know where on my allotment to use it.  For beans, or peas or brassicas.  Or should I put it bit at a time on the compost heap?  Any info. gratefully received.

[tomatoada]

[anneski]

I'd like to know the answer to this one too please, if anyone has any answers? Would they be a good mulch for my brassicas?

[fbgrifter]

mushroom compost is quite alkaline and therefore excellent for brassicas, peas and beans, onions but NOT potatoes as it will encourage scab and not any ericaceous loving plants such as cranberries or blueberries, in fact i wouldn't put it on any soft fruit if you live in a limey area!  hope this helps!

;D

[anneski]

Excellent, thanks for that. We've got a mushroom farm here in the village, and he sells biggish bags of spent compost for about 75p, so I think I'll be grabbing myself a few and mulching!  :D

[supernan]

Oh dear FBG no one told me that. All my spuds were earthed up with MC. Have a good crop and no scab!!

[diver]

we buy in bags of mushroom compost and use as we would manure EXCEPT we don't put it where the spuds are going as it contains lime..we wait til we've harvested the spuds and then put the mushroom stuff on