First Steps toward a Test Procedure to Identify Peat Substitutes for Growing Media by Means of Chemical, Physical, and Biological Material Characteristics

First Steps toward a Test Procedure to Identify Peat Substitutes for Growing Media by Means of Chemical, Physical, and Biological Material Characteristics

Due to the major environmental impact of peat-based growing media production and the need of lowering greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors, a wider application of peat substitutes in growing media is requested. All peat substitutes under use have constraints associated with their properties. Ther...

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Main Authors: Katharina Leiber-Sauheitl, Heike Bohne, Jürgen Böttcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Horticulturae
Subjects:
peat substitute
growing media
decision tree
feasibility
heather
cattail
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/7/164

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