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Old May 19, 2010   #1
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Default Composted Manure and Mushrooms

Super hard to grow okra here, but a local farmer gave me a soil recipe and a design for a germinating box that he uses. He starts his seeds in simple plastic cups. So I used some clear plastic cups and:

8-quarts Gardner & Bloome Seed Starter
6-quarts Coconut Coir
4-quarts Gardner & Bloome Farmyard Blend
2-quarts Earthworm Castings
1-quart Screened Sand

Now I have tiny little mushrooms that you can see in the soil through the clear cups. I am assuming it is from the Farmyard Blend.

Is this bad? What should I do?
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Ignore it. The fungi do not use up nutrients that the plant
needs or do them any harm.

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That is what I would do in the same situation, anyway.
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Old May 20, 2010   #3
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Good news. I havenever used manures in my indoor transplant mix until this year usually all my plants are in the ground by now, but it is still cold and raining.
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