John Harris [jfhdally@agn.net.au] asked
> Q1: You speak about mushroom culture on Dregs from digester. Would
this be
> mixed with straw or something else for the substrate or used as it
comes
> out?. How are the dregs inoculated with spore? For mushroom compost
in
> Australia the idea of an anaerobic compost for substrate would be
unheard of I think.
Mushroom compost ratio could be straw and stalks : biogas dregs = 1:10.
Small amounts of calcium superphosphrate about 25 kg and gypsum 50
kg into
111.1 square meters compost. The crucial point is how to make compost
by turning it four times.
> Q2: When using the substrate to feed fish you say "The FCR was 0.1
lower
> than the other one" can you explain this abbreviation.
FCR is the food conversion rate.
> Q3: Could you supply some references for the work on mixing slurry
with
> agricultural chemicals, especially any work done with fungicides
or
> treatment of other plant diseases
Ref. to Chinese Biogas 1987.5 (3); Chinese Biogas 1993,11 (1) and Rural
Ecological Environment 1989 (1).