USDA researcher defends use of horticultural peat
Added on 15 May 2025
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The use of peat for horticultural substrates began in the late 1950s. Today, peat has revolutionized container plant production by creating a rootzone environment with less salinity, greater drainage and fewer root-borne diseases than those filled with mineral soils. It is unofficially considered the gold-standard in growing media by most horticulturists, and the media to which all other components are compared.
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