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Kōrero: Rock, limestone and clay

Mushroom farming

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Mushroom farming

Bentonite clay can absorb a lot of moisture. This makes it useful for mushroom growers, who use it in a ‘casing medium’, which also includes peat and lime. The mixture covers the compost in which the mushrooms grow, trapping moisture and creating a damp, dense growing medium.

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Parkvale Mushrooms

by Clive Thompson

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Carl Walrond, Rock, limestone and clay – Types of clay, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5253/mushroom-farming (accessed 15 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.