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Sphagnum Farming for Replacing Peat in Horticultural Substrates

Rastede, Lower Saxony, Germany (53° 15.80′ N, 08°16′ E)

Year of publication 2015

Pages 4p.

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Sphagnum (peat moss) biomass provides a GHG-neutral alternative to fossil peat in professional horticulture. So far however, it has only been collected in the wild. Small-scale land-based Sphagnum farming is currently practiced on degraded peatlands. Sphagnum farming has also been tested on specially constructed floating mats that guarantee a constant water supply. This water–based cultivation allows bog waters to be used as reservoirs to irrigate cultivated areas in dry periods.

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