Phase 1, Agaricus bisporus Compost Formula. 1 - Three wire bale formula.

Day

Treatment to material and ingredients to add.

1

Monday

Wet down.*Wheat Straw one bale, or Stable straw with 10% horse manure, ( 50 pounds.)

2

Tuesday

Let it sit:

3

Wednesday

Let it sit:

4

Thursday

Add - dried poultry waste and Urea. (1 Pound - Dried Poultry Waste & 1.2 ounze Urea.)

5

Friday

Let it sit:

6

Saturday

Flip pile and wet down.*

7

Sunday

Let it sit:

8

Monday

Flip pile and wet down.*

9

Tuesday

Let it sit:

10

Wednesday

Let it sit:

11

Thursday

Add - dried poultry waste and Urea. (1 Pound - Dried Poultry Waste & 1.2 ounze Urea.)

12

Friday

Flip pile.

13

Saturday

Flip pile and wet down.* - Add 2 pounds - Cotton Seed Hulls.

14

Sunday

Let it sit:

15

Monday

Flip pile and wet down.* (Compost will naturally start to heat up to high temperatures.)

16

Tuesday

Let it sit:

17

Wednesday

Add - 3lbs. Cotton Seed Meal, 2 lbs. Gypsum, 1 lbs. Rape Seed Meal, 1 lbs. Peat Moss.

18

Thursday

Turn pile, water lightly.* (Keep the pile in a more compact format to allow heat to build up.)

19

Friday

Let it sit:

20

Saturday

Turn pile, water lightly.*

21

Sunday

Let it sit:

22

Monday

Turn pile, water lightly.*

23

Tuesday

Let it sit:

24

Wednesday

Turn pile, and fill containers. - Ready to pasturize at 142 degrees F. for 6 hours.

First stabilize at 132 F. for 3 hrs. , then raise to 142 F. for 6 hrs.

Finished compost has 65-70% water content.

Slowly let cool for 2 days. Slow clean air ventilation required.

Well made compost is blackish and has a light carmel type coating covering the straw. Over composting will lower mushroom yeilds.

Compost is pasturized to kill any existing undesirable fungi growing in the compost. It can then be innoculated with mushroom spawn.

* Wet down just enough to moisten the material and not enough to cause water run off. Run off washes away the added nuitrients.

Note: Compost should be made on a solid surface (concrete, asphalt, plastic, wood) to prevent the washing away of added nutrients.

The above formula was downsized from a larger volume formula. This smaller volume formula may require additional composting time.