Peat extraction for gardening is leading to the destruction of raised bogs across Europe and ... The volume, nutrient content and pH value of peat-free soils can change during storage, so it ...

As more of us educate ourselves on how a peat bog is formed ... Dried peat as a soil amendment is actually low in nutrients, ...

Peat moss is naturally slightly acidic and can be used to balance the pH ... bog and ecosystem is destroyed, making an unsustainable material,” Carlson says. The alternative: If you do use soil ...

Peat moss is harvested from bogs and fens around the world ... However, it’s very low in nutrients, has a low pH and isn’t attractive to essential soil microbes. Compost is an alternative ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Peat has become ... our planet, bogs collectively store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests combined. They hold more than one-quarter of all soil carbon even ...

It is best to apply sulfur deeply to the soil the season before you wish to plant. Adding peat moss and compost to soils will also help to lower the pH, as well as add organic matter.

With domesticated soil and plants ... knowing what peat is, why using it is harmful, and what to use instead. Peat moss is a natural, non-living material that forms in bogs as mosses and plant ...

Peat, the ingredient that makes bagged soil light and spongy ... extracting it is problematic because it strips the bogs it comes from of their carbon stores, and hinders their ability to keep ...

replacing manure as the standard component used to amend soil and create potting mixes. Peat moss, dug from bogs, has been the holy grail of soil amendments and potting mixes for as long as most ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the ... While forests and forest soil often get attention for their carbon sequestration, Atwood said wetlands are even more important, storing 30 to ...