Re: "Comparable" square foot garden blend

middlemamma 4/8/2011, 8:41 pm

I will forward on to Alan...Hopefully he will weigh in, because I know nothing about this.

Jennie

**camprn** 4/8/2011, 8:46 pm

Thanks Jen!!! "Comparable" square foot garden blend - Page 2 966236

buttaflie143 4/8/2011, 8:54 pm

YES, THANK YOU!!!!!

middlemamma 4/9/2011, 12:34 am

Yes, ladybug brand is endorsed by the foundation.
They are a small producer in the south.We don't have any feedback on the product yet. Don't know how it does or if it will be around long term or short term.

buttaflie143 4/9/2011, 12:48 am

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I am so glad to hear it. I can proceed as planned. "Comparable" square foot garden blend - Page 2 109486

shannon1 4/9/2011, 1:58 am

I'd use it if I could afford it. "Comparable" square foot garden blend - Page 2 88662

**sfg4uKim** 4/9/2011, 9:36 am

The concern over the peat moss is the "fear" that it's not renewable. This is just NOT true in Canada, where we in American get our peat.

http://www.peatmoss.com/concern.php

As you can see from this site: Peat is renewable and in terms of its accumulation, peat in Canada is growing more than 70 times as fast as it is being harvested. [According to an issue paper entitled "Canadian Peat Harvesting and the Environment," published by the North American Wetlands Conservation Council (Canada)]

Kim

buttaflie143 4/9/2011, 11:24 am

Well for those of us who couldn't get MM or don't have time to mix ingredients ourselves, it is great to know there is an alternative. Now the questions become...will it work, will they continue to produce the LadyBug alternative, and if so, how long?

boffer 4/9/2011, 11:38 am

buttaflie143 wrote:Well for those of us who couldn't get MM or don't have time to mix ingredients ourselves, it is great to know there is an alternative. Now the questions become...will it work, will they continue to produce the LadyBug alternative, and if so, how long?

See if this post answers your questions:
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t6263p15-comparable-square-foot-garden-blend#54912

BackyardBirdGardner 4/9/2011, 11:40 am

If it's endorsed by the Foundation, it's good enough for me.

Coconut coir as a substitute for peat moss is an easy search on google. You could go blind with reading in 15 minutes.

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