I bought a load of mushroom compost last year to mix with my potting medium. I've been using this mix to plant seeds, sedlings, cuttings, even cactus, & to re-pot anything needing a larger pot. That includes some citrus that needed to be bumped up to a larger pot.

The other day, I was reading on another message about cold protection and folowed a link to Just Fruits & Exotics. I saved it to read the rest at a later time. (the link) http://www.justfruitsandexotics.com/JF%20Citrus.pdf . Now, reading there farther down, I read:

"Mulch this area in spring and fall with 4-6 inches of mulch. Preferred mulches for citrus trees are bark, leaves and weed-free hay. Do NOT use mushroom compost as mulch for citrus."

Why? ? What's the reason for not using mushroom compost on citrus? The ones that I re-potted look ok so far, and are putting on new growth. Do I need to un-pot them, wash all the new soil off them & plant them into something else? I thought compost was compost. What's wrong with mushroom compost?

There's a mushroom farm in Quincy not far from Crawfordville where the Just Fruits nursery is located. I'd say it's pretty much a certainty that a lot of folks in the nearby area are using mushroom compost for just about everything so they may have observed something that isn't occurring to us. On the face of it I can't see any reason not to use it either. What I'd do is e-mail them directly and ask. They've been good in the past about answering my questions.

.....Alan.

Thanks Alan. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I'll look into emailing them as soon as I get a little time. The ones I re-potted with my mix last year seem to be doing just fine so far.