The popular product mushroom compost is actually the compost that mushroom growers make in which to grow mushrooms. This article provides you the information to be able to make your own mushroom compost and save some time and money.

The ingredients you need to start to make mushroom compost is manure, hay, poultry manure, gypsum and mushroom spawn as well as a large compost bin and steam machine. Once you have all these you are ready to make mushroom compost.

1. For starters mix gypsum and manure.

2. You then need to put this base to the bottom of your compost bin and leave it in sunlight for 2 or 3 weeks to get decomposed completely. After this has happened the bin needs to be covered to allow it to become hot and all the organic matter also decompose.

3. You need to use your steam machine indoors to allow the compost to pasteurize. The sterilized rooms with the ventilation has to be used for allowing the steam to blow inside the room till such time the room gets heated to an approximate of 1600.

4. Once complete the compost should be placed on trays and mushroom spawn introduced.

5. Add peat and moss and make sure the humidity and room temperature is controlled. The full growth of mushrooms should be expected within 30 days.

A quality mushroom can be grown with the help of horse manure. This can be bought from shops or for fresh manure add 20% of wet straw and leave it outside. After a few hours the heaps will become hot in the centre. The process has to be repeated and it has to be kept moist. When it achieves the rotten position, the centre of the heap will not become hot.