Mushroom compost ph

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Mushroom compost ph
« on: April 20, 2021, 11:36 »
Hi folks, is anyone familiar with soil/compost ph who can answer me this.

We are trying no dig and got a lot of spent mushroom compost which we've made beds with. I then read that mushroom compost tends to be alkaline so shouldn't be used on fruit. So I decided to check with a soil pH testing kit, but it's showing as acidic - around 5.5-6.0

Can mushroom compost be acidic? Or could the test not be working properly because it's compost instead of soil? (Maybe a stupid question, I'm not a chemist!)

Kind of worried we've gone and made all our veg beds too acidic now

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Re: Mushroom compost ph
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2021, 17:14 »
Just add lime ( pelleted limestone, dolomitic lime if you can get it) to adjust the pH. Soil pH of 5.5-6.0 is not too off for many crops.

As you adjust pH, do so gradually. It's not necessary to make all of a pH change in one growing season.

"Somewhere between right and wrong, there is a garden. I will meet you there."~ Rumi

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Re: Mushroom compost ph
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2021, 18:57 »
Which type of test kit did you use to measure the soil pH, and how did you do the test?

Unreliable pH results are more likely than acidic mushroom compost; also, did you check your pH before applying the compost?  If not, then you don't have a baseline from which to see the effect of the mushroom commpost.
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