Quebec Peat Moss Producers Association (APTHQ) and the Peat and Substrates Cluster. 12, rue de la Cour P.O. Box 72 Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec G5R 3Y7 Canada Tel.: 418-860-2221 info@tourbehorticole

Mixing it with sandy soil will help hold onto needed moisture that may otherwise drain away. Mixing it into clay soil will help loosen the soil and allow it to drain better. In addition, keep in mind that peat moss has a very acidic pH level while sphagnum moss has a neutral pH level. The pH level of your plants and soil will play an important ...

DMS was produced in anoxic slurries of Sphagnum peat with a linear time course and with an average rate of 40.4 (range, 22.0 to 68.6) nmol per liter of slurry (middot) day (sup-1) observed in nine batches of slurry. Methanethiol (MeSH) was produced at roughly similar rates over the typical 4- to 8-day incubations. DMS and MeSH production in ...

Sphagnum peat moss in the production of nursery plants in containers. Therefore, we report on the growth of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) seedlings grown with three types of biochar (fine biochar powder, pelletized fine biochar powder as described in Dumroese et al. [24], and pyrolyzed softwood pellets) under two different supplies of ...

Coconut coir, a by-product of the coconut industry, has been promoted as an alternative to peat moss in soil-less media. Sphagnum peat moss has long been a standard component of soil-less media, but some people have expressed concern that it is a nonrenewable resource. Although it does not appear that world peat resources will be in short supply …

Training Center. Back. Sphagnum Peat Moss Production and Sustainability in Canada. Thursday, September 7, 2023 | Ed Bloodnick. In Canada, there is an abundance of peatlands and producers follow "wise …

Sphagnum farming on former peat production areas is possible only where agricultural after-use is envisaged on the land concerned. As almost all such peatland is intended …

In the Canadian context, generally only Sphagnum-dominated peatlands with a peat thickness of 2 m or greater and an area of 50 ha or greater are of commercial value for the industry. At the end of the production, sites typically still have a relatively deep peat layer (> 0.5 m depth) and ombrotrophic conditions that help the restoration processes.

Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association releases 2021 harvest levels. The association, whose members represent more than 80% of the North American peat …

Our production of growing media for commercial horticulture increased to 560'000 m³ in 2019. Due to the good weather conditions in the harvesting season 2019 the amount of raw peat materials extracted increased significant. In 2020, the peat extraction season started already at the end of April, which is a very good indicator.

The two peatlands closest to the smelter, named Airport peatland and Garson "Bog," have the largest divergence in peat microbial community composition (Fig. 1).Airport peatland also has a highly divergent Sphagnum microbial community, though no Sphagnum was taken from Garson for conservation purposes. Being less than 5 km …

Sphagnum is a well-known 'peat builder' 1, 2, 3, 4. More than half of northern wetlands (including peatlands) develop from Sphagnum -dominated …

Sphagnum (peat moss) is both an individual genus and an entire ecosystem.Sphagnum-dominated peatlands are estimated to cover ~3–5% of the Northern Hemisphere boreal zone, yet store ~30% of the ...

We replaced a control peat medium with up to 75% biochar on a volumetric basis in three different forms (powder, BC; pyrolyzed softwood pellets, PP; composite wood-biochar pellets, WP), and under two supplies of nitrogen fertilizer (20 or 80 mg N) subsequently grew seedlings with a comparable morphology to the control. Using …

Published. 29 June 2023. New action to reduce peat carbon emissions, improve resilience to drought and support farmers following recommendations from the Chair of the Lowland Agricultural Peat ...

Abstract. Humic acids extracted with sodium pyrophosphate from Oligotrophic Sphagnum magellanicum peat reduce mitogen-stimulated production of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 by mouse peritoneal macrophages and do not affect the secretion of IL-4 by lymphocytes. The studied humic acid sample stimulates the production of …

Sphagnum farming is a promising approach towards sustainability in growing media production for horticulture. In this study we focus on the additional value of Sphagnum farming sites as a surrogate habitat for threatened peat bog fauna. The highly diverse arthropod groups of spiders and harvestmen were used as bioindicators to track …

Sphagnum farming is the cultivation of Sphagnum mosses to produce biomass of non-decomposed Sphagnum fibers on a cyclic and renewable basis. If a …

TYPES OF PEAT. In boreal, temperate and subarctic regions, where low temperatures (below the freezing mark for long periods of time during winter) reduce the level of decomposition, peat is formed of bryophytes …

Vascular plants affect properties and decomposition of moss-dominated peat, particularly at elevated temperatures. Abstract. Peatlands, storing significant amounts of carbon, are extremely vulnerable to climate change. The effects of climate change are projected to lead to a vegetation shift from Sphagnum mosses….

Sphagnum farming is a form of paludiculture (Latin: palus = marsh, swamp) and involves the agricultural use of wet areas of raised bog (Wichtmann et al., 2010). Paludiculture on fenland sites is focused primarily on the growing of reed, cattail, willow and alder (Wichtmann & Wichmann 2011). Cultivation of peat moss has been explored for a ...

The relative importance of global versus local environmental factors for growth and thus carbon uptake of the bryophyte genus Sphagnum—the main peat-former and ecosystem engineer in northern …

Sphagnum farming is the cultivation of peat moss ( Sphagnum) for the production and harvest of peat moss biomass. The Sphagnum is cultivated in order to gain renewable raw material for the production of horticultural growing media as an alternative to using peat soil. Potential sites for Sphagnum cultivation on peat soils are degraded former ...

Add one gallon of moist, coarse sphagnum peat moss, followed by one gallon of coarse sand, perlite, or vermiculite. Adjust the texture of the medium to create a loose, well-drained mixture. Sand feels gritty and clay feels sticky. If the potting soil feels too sandy, more peat moss should be added.

Altogether, mosses (and Sphagnum) provide water retention and peat-building capacities to a large number of mid- and high-latitude peatlands 39,40. Towering (or creeping) over them are many ...

The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association (CSPMA) conducted a survey of their members on the status of their 2021 Actual Harvest as a percentage of their 2021 Expected Harvest on August 31. The 2021 Actual Harvest is defined as the volume of CFT of harvest that corporately was achieved as of August 31, plus, what can reasonably …

Sphagnum moss grows at a rate of 0.75-4.75 inches (2-12 cm) per year. The lower parts of the plant die and accumulate at the bottom of the bog, gradually forming peat. Annual peat accumulation is about 0.5-1.0 mm. Peat deposits can range from a few inches up to 20 feet (5 cm-6 meters) in depth. The least decomposed peat is found at the top of ...

Purpose of Review The demand for forest tree seedlings is increasing globally, and Sphagnum peat moss is widely used as a component of growing media for container plant production. However, peat extraction is environmentally unsustainable. The forest nursery sector needs to switch to more sustainable alternatives to peat. This …

While the response of CH 4 production to temperature is well-studied in wetlands including peatlands, Sphagnum-dominated peatlands emit a high proportion of CO 2 in comparison to CH 4, and surprisingly little information is available on the temperature dependence of anaerobic CO 2 production in wetlands (Tfaily et al., 2014; …

Sphagnum peat comes from northern temperate zones, which is why Canada is the perfect place for peat to grow. There are 114 million hectares of Canadian peat resources, with only about 32,000 …