Overview
Certified Organic Fresh Mushroom Compost (COFMC), approved for organic farming in PA, and is the best choice for farmers who need certified organic compliance. Farmers in other states can be reassured that COFMC comes fresh from the mushroom farms growing Certified Organic Mushrooms. Unscreened, and without additional processing, this mushroom compost can be used on fields growing certified organic crops.
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Ingredients
Certified Organic Fresh Mushroom Compost is a production growing media compost specifically designed and formulated to optimize the commercial mushroom production of Certified Organic Mushrooms in a controlled indoor environment. Once the mushrooms are harvested, the compost growing media is removed and then replaced with a new batch for the next crop cycle. Despite some misconceptions, COFMC is NOT depleted and is actually very nutrient and biologically rich, with a high organic matter content. COFMC is unlike any other compost being made. Most composts are made as part of an organic waste recycling process, while COFMC is made with an intentional purpose – designed growing media compost using a compost recipe and formulation of ingredients that have been in use for decades. COFMC is made from the standard blend of carefully selected and purchased ingredients that include a majority of hay and straw with smaller proportions of horse manure, poultry litter, corncobs, cottonseed hulls, cocoa bean hulls, lime, gypsum, and is later covered in sphagnum peat moss. While Certified Organic Fresh Mushroom Compost has been designed for growing mushrooms the truth is that it is also exceptional for most every other type of horticultural application as well! After the mushroom farmers are finished with the mushroom compost, regular compost consumers are fortunate to only pay a fraction of its original value, despite the fact that it remains a very high quality compost.
Analytical
Certified Organic Fresh Mushroom Compost is brown with flecks of grey mycelium, has a soft fibrous texture and is unscreened. Mushroom Farming is a continual process with growing beds being filled with new compost as others are emptied on a daily basis. After harvest and prior to COFMC being removed from a growing bed, it is steam pasteurized in the mushroom house, making it 99% weed seed free. COFMC has a high organic matter, a near neutral pH and is a rich source of beneficial biology and slow release nutrients. Analytical data sheets can be provided upon request.
Benefits
Applying compost is the best way to build fertile, productive, and healthy soil. The fertility supplied by Certified Organic Fresh Mushroom Compost is released slowly, lasting for at least an entire growing season if not several years, providing safe and sustainable organic nutrients. The abundant microorganisms in compost act to enhance the soil’s immune system, helping to fight off and prevent soil diseases. The physical characteristics of the organic matter help build strong soil structure, creating well aggregated and porous, yet sponge-like soil matrix that is more resistant to compaction. This matrix provides for the right balance of moisture and oxygen in the root zone which promotes healthy deep rooting plants. It also improves the moisture holding capacity of light sandy soils while improving infiltration and permeability in heavier clay–based soils. Compost also improves the cation exchange capacity (CEC) and can help adjust soil pH.
Benefits at a Glance
- Organic Matter
- Nutrients
- Biology
- Water Holding Capacity
- Improves Soil Structure and Porosity
Applications
Certified Organic Fresh Mushroom Compost is a great choice for amending soils for certified organic farms, as well as fruit and vegetable farming, landscapes, turf, gardens, and flowers. COFMC is also great for topdressing gardens, row and hay crops and turf, as well as mulching flower beds, shrubs, trees, vineyards and orchards.
