Coco peat is a growing medium and normally used for soil amendments. It’s made from the husks of coconuts. It’s a beneficial product for plant growers and provides an alternative growing medium. It’s used much like sphagnum peat in garden applications. It increases water retention, aeration and provides antifungal benefits when used alone or incorporated into the soil as an ingredient.
Should Gardeners Use Peat Moss? Plus 5 Alternatives
06.06.2023 - 20:57 / gardenerspath.com
What Every Gardener Should Know about Peat Moss (Plus 5 Alternatives)Perhaps you’ve seen it at your garden center. Maybe you even know how to use it.
But what is peat moss? And is its use in the garden necessary?
Staring in the 1950s, sphagnum peat moss became widely used as a principle ingredient in the potting soils sold in the United States. It has been used for hundreds of years in the UK and Europe as an amendment.
Peat moss’s principle benefits are its water retention property, improvement in soil texture, and its ability to help keep nutrients from leaching out of the surrounding earth.
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However, there are environmental concerns about peat’s use due to the release of carbon as it breaks down in the soil.
Keep reading for the facts about a common soil additive that many growers swear by and alternative materials that can be substituted.
Why We Like ItWhen it gets to consumers, this somewhat spongy material is dry and brown, and is sold in bags or bales and marketed as an alternative to compost.
Gardeners adore its dry and airy texture and have been using it in their soil for decades.
It absorbs water like nothing else, which is why it is often used to give seeds a good start in arid climates.
Used as a soil amendment, it can add “fluffiness” to the soil. But what do I mean by that?
Soil that is mixed with peat is much less dense. It behaves like lignin (decomposed wood cellulose). It doesn’t get compacted, which can suffocate new seedlings or cause root veggies to become stunted because they can’t push through dense clay soil types.
In a word, peat is springy. Just squish it between your fingers. You’ll see what
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