Corn Crop Usage

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Application rates vary with soils and purpose of application therefore yearly soil testing is recommended before application of any fertilizer or soil amendment. 

Mushroom Compost may be applied at any time of the year or season and incorporated into the soil to increase absorption and nutrient dissemination. Most often, application is made in the spring and fall. 

It is recommended to apply a 2 inch depth of fresh mushroom compost and then till into the soil. This would require approximately 260 cubic yards or 75 tons per acre and would provide 1,664 lbs of Nitrogen, 988 lbs Phosphate, 1,846 lbs of Potash and 38,142 lbs of organic matter per acre to the soil.
Sample Applications
Based on application of fresh Mushroom Compost with a mean bulk density of 574.73 lbs/yd3
1" depth (65 to 130 yd3/acre)
Nitrogen (N)1.12%6.4 lbs/yd3832 lbs/acre
Phosphate (P2o5.67%3.8 lbs/yd3494 lbs/acre
Potash (K2O1.24%7.1 lbs/yd3923 lbs/acre
organic Matter25.53%146.7 lbs/yd319,071 lbs/acre
1" depth (260 yd3/acre)
Nitrogen (N)1.12%6.4 lbs/yd31,664 lbs/acre
Phosphate (P2o5.67%3.8 lbs/yd3988 lbs/acre
Potash (K2O1.25%7.1 lbs/yd31846 lbs/acre
organic Matter25.53%146.7 lbs/yd338,142 lbs/acre
3" depth (390 yd3/acre)
Nitrogen (N)1.12%6.4 lbs/yd32,496 lbs/acre
Phosphate (P2o5.67%3.8 lbs/yd31,482 lbs/acre
Potash (K2O1.25%7.1 lbs/yd32,769 lbs/acre
organic Matter25.53%146.7 lbs/yd357,213 lbs/acre
And What You Get
  • Low cost, consistently high quality organic fertilizer
  • Reduced or eliminated liming cost
  • Improved soil health
  • Improved crop health
  • Higher crop yields in drought than with inorganic fertilizers
  • Compost from recycled agricultural components
  • Since mushrooms are grown year round, Mushroom Compost is available year round
Top 10 Reasons
to Use Mushroom Compost on Corn Crops Instead of Chemical Fertilizers
  1. Increase yields and lower costs. Reduce the need for inorganic fertilizers.
  2. Decrease or eliminate the cost of liming.
  3. Restore soil structure by improving soil quality, nutrient content and beneficial soil microbe population and activity.
  4. Improve water retention during drought conditions and in poor soils. Improve water infiltration in clay soils.
  5. Mushroom Compost’s organic nutrient values are verifiably consistent and available year round.
  6. It is sustainable agriculture and a good environ- mental stewardship practice, providing a nutrient rich soil amendment in a complete ecological recycling process.
  7. An addition of compost reverses soil organic mat- ter depletion, providing improved crop production.
  8. Composting stabilizes nitrogen and reduces nitrate leaching.
  9. Significantly higher crop yields in droughts – studies indicate compost amended soil can produce yields higher than traditional fertlizer yields in drought years.
  10. Mushroom Compost is a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) accepted fertilizer and PA Preferred product.