Abstract: Since the 1950ies the application of peat-based growing media in horticultural production has continued to increase due to improved cultivation systems and increasing performance demands towards the growing medium as an indispensable means of production. Since the beginning of the 1980ies the call by environmental NGOs and politicians for peat reduced and peat free products is growing louder. Numerous alternative growing media constituents have since then been analyzed, tested and rated as suitable or less suitable. Wood fibers, green waste composts, coir products and bark-based products have already found their market. However, for qualitative and quantitative reasons it will not be possible to do without peat as the main constit...
Goal: Peat extraction leads to environmental damage in terms of climate and biodiversity. In Switzer...
Abstract: The stocks of white peat (slightly humified Sphagnum-peat) in Western and Central Europe...
Peatlands have been irreversibly destroyed by draining and mining for horticulture, in the course of...
Der Erwerbsgärtner verlangt heute Substrate mit hoher Kultursicherheit. Dabei müssen die Kultursubst...
Peat is a fossil material and is since decades the major growing media constituent for horticulture ...
Seit Jahrzehnten sind Hochmoore die Substratgrundlage für den Erwerbsgartenbau auf der Welt, diese E...
Organic growing media are essentially bulk products. Availability in large quantity allied to its ex...
Public pressure to use peat alternatives in horticultural rooting media offers room for the re-use o...
This report describes studies and experiments conducted to replace peat in growing media for certifi...
Peatlands are vital to the wider environment in terms of their biodiversity, to aid natural flood ma...
Abstract: Peat is a natural resource appreciated for its properties which make it valuable for com...
International audienceOrganic material has historically been used in growing media and has tradition...
Due to the major environmental impact of peat-based growing media production and the need of lowerin...
An overview of the developments in the area and volume of substrates used for horticultural rooting ...
In areas with a limited outdoor growing season, pre-cultivation is an option. Pre-cultivation may a...
Goal: Peat extraction leads to environmental damage in terms of climate and biodiversity. In Switzer...
Abstract: The stocks of white peat (slightly humified Sphagnum-peat) in Western and Central Europe...
Peatlands have been irreversibly destroyed by draining and mining for horticulture, in the course of...
Der Erwerbsgärtner verlangt heute Substrate mit hoher Kultursicherheit. Dabei müssen die Kultursubst...
Peat is a fossil material and is since decades the major growing media constituent for horticulture ...
Seit Jahrzehnten sind Hochmoore die Substratgrundlage für den Erwerbsgartenbau auf der Welt, diese E...
Organic growing media are essentially bulk products. Availability in large quantity allied to its ex...
Public pressure to use peat alternatives in horticultural rooting media offers room for the re-use o...
This report describes studies and experiments conducted to replace peat in growing media for certifi...
Peatlands are vital to the wider environment in terms of their biodiversity, to aid natural flood ma...
Abstract: Peat is a natural resource appreciated for its properties which make it valuable for com...
International audienceOrganic material has historically been used in growing media and has tradition...
Due to the major environmental impact of peat-based growing media production and the need of lowerin...
An overview of the developments in the area and volume of substrates used for horticultural rooting ...
In areas with a limited outdoor growing season, pre-cultivation is an option. Pre-cultivation may a...
Goal: Peat extraction leads to environmental damage in terms of climate and biodiversity. In Switzer...
Abstract: The stocks of white peat (slightly humified Sphagnum-peat) in Western and Central Europe...
Peatlands have been irreversibly destroyed by draining and mining for horticulture, in the course of...