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Peat Moss as Preservative
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Peat Moss as Preservative
What do you all think of this?
Peat not so good for the garden
Jeff
Peat not so good for the garden
Jeff
jjocsak- Posts : 53
Join date : 2013-04-26
Age : 68
Location : Nazareth, PA
Re: Peat Moss as Preservative
Sphagnum peat moss is safe but easily confused with another product call peat moss. There is much confusion out there.
This article covers more than what you asked for but still answers your question too. I thought it was a great educational piece. Don't be thrown off by the headline, sporotrichosis.
Authored by the president of the Canadian sphagnum peat moss association -
http://www.peatmoss.com/blog/using-peat-moss/concerns/sporotrichosis
This article covers more than what you asked for but still answers your question too. I thought it was a great educational piece. Don't be thrown off by the headline, sporotrichosis.
Authored by the president of the Canadian sphagnum peat moss association -
http://www.peatmoss.com/blog/using-peat-moss/concerns/sporotrichosis
llama momma
Certified SFG Instructor- Posts : 4921
Join date : 2010-08-20
Location : Central Ohio zone 6a
Re: Peat Moss as Preservative
Preservation happens in peat bogs, very wet places. The SFG is not a bog. Sphagnum peat is a good material for use in the SFG, along with a compost blend.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Peat Moss as Preservative
This is not the first time I heard this about the antimicrobial qualities of peat moss.
Jeff
Jeff
jjocsak- Posts : 53
Join date : 2013-04-26
Age : 68
Location : Nazareth, PA
Re: Peat Moss as Preservative
The link posted in the original post has no supporting documentation. Do you have a link to information about this regarding use in a garden? If not, I consider this a rumor. I have found some studies done regarding antiseptic qualities of various lichens/mosses in bacteria on a human host. These studies were carried out as medical research, not agricultural research.jjocsak wrote:This is not the first time I heard this about the antimicrobial qualities of peat moss.
Jeff
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/78342/Morton_Winters_Smith_2010.pdf?sequence=1
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Peat Moss as Preservative
I'm not trying to start any rumors just trying to get the facts.
Does this help?
Spagnum
The 6th section down mentions antimicrobial properties.
Maybe this doesn't affect the garden though.
Jeff
Does this help?
Spagnum
The 6th section down mentions antimicrobial properties.
Maybe this doesn't affect the garden though.
Jeff
jjocsak- Posts : 53
Join date : 2013-04-26
Age : 68
Location : Nazareth, PA
Re: Peat Moss as Preservative
Thanks for the link. I think the anti microbial qualities mentioned are in relation to human use and are nothing to worry about in the garden.jjocsak wrote:I'm not trying to start any rumors just trying to get the facts.
Does this help?
Spagnum
The 6th section down mentions antimicrobial properties.
Maybe this doesn't affect the garden though.
Jeff
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
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