Q. What are the best soil amendments to improve soils for planting vegetables and landscape plants? A. It is always difficult to name the best items because it does depend on soil types, the size of a ...

Sphagnum peat moss has long been considered an important component of potting soils and seed starting mediums. It holds many times its own weight in water and releases it slowly as soil dries out. A ...

Sphagnum peat mosses have an extraordinary impact on the global carbon cycle as they control long-term carbon sequestration in boreal peatland ecosystems. Sphagnum species engineer peatlands, which ...

When it comes to gardening or soil health, both peat and peat moss are excellent tools for improving soil structure and moisture retention, often touted as a natural solution that will help your ...

Q. I’ve heard peat moss is disappearing from the earth because we use it faster than it can be produced. — R.T., Marshfield, Mo. Answer by Master Gardener Mark Bernskoetter Sphagnum peat moss is not ...

For many gardeners, peat moss is a trusted soil helper. It is often marketed as one of the best soil amendments and is frequently used in DIY soil mixes. It improves soil water-holding capacity, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Premise of the study: Organisms may survive unfavorable conditions either by moving to more favorable areas by means of dispersal or by ...

Can I cut the top off my tree? JERRY: Yes - and I do this regularly to keep my fruit trees to a safe picking height. Jackfruit, for example, if left untrimmed would get far too big for a garden. These ...

What has happened to UK peat bogs? Peat moorlands cover roughly 12% of the UK, but many have been dug up, drained or destroyed by 150 years of industrial pollution and over 400 wildfires. The ...