“The first discussions of going peat-free in the U.K. In the United States, we aren’t there yet with seedling or other specialty mixes, Dr. But those products, created by Melcourt Industries Limited, are marketed only to U.K.
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Yes, he understood the longing I felt scrolling online through the full complement of bagged media for every purpose, all bearing the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society imprint. I’m seeking the results achieved with particular peat-based products I’ve relied upon, among many choices marketed since peat was introduced to horticulture in the 1960s, becoming what he calls “the Rolls-Royce of soilless growing media.” Jackson: I want my plants - especially the most vulnerable of all, the vegetables and flower seeds I’ll sow in flats and cell packs - to thrive. Oh, and I want something else, too, I told Dr. Peat extraction releases substantial CO2, a greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. The loudest argument, though, in the call for “bogs not bags” - as in, don’t harvest it from the bog to bag it for sale - is the critical role of peatlands as vast carbon sinks.
Peatlands provide hydrological services, filtering water and acting as giant sponges to prevent flooding. Like many gardeners, I want to contribute to protecting peatland habitats, I told him.
Jackson, the director of the university’s horticultural substrate laboratory, is one of a handful of scientists at public universities in the United States studying the role of these materials in horticulture and agriculture. Jackson, an associate professor in the department of horticultural science at North Carolina State University, whose graduate degrees and career have focused on soilless growing media, or substrates. The Goal: Happy Plants and the Right Thing for the Environment
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