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2. Sun Gro Horticulture - Wikipedia

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   1980 Sold to Fisons PLC and renamed Fisons Western Peat Moss Ltd. 1982 Renamed to Fisons Horticulture when the Fisons PLC acquisition was completed. [2] 1984 Acquired operations of Langley Peat North, Ltd. of Seba Beach, Alberta. 1987 Opened two new satellite mix plants, one in Quincy, Michigan and the second in Terrell, Texas.

3. Sphagnum - Wikipedia

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   Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species [2] [3] of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 ...

4. Potting soil - Wikipedia

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   The use of peat is controversial since the harvesting of peat moss from peatlands (which includes unique habitats such as bogs and fens) can degrade these peatlands. Peatlands are home to a diverse range of plant and animal species. Peat also has a very slow accumulation rate, as little as 1mm per year, so they take a long time to regenerate.

5. Peat - Wikipedia

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   Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. [1] [2] Sphagnum moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most common components in

6. Hypertufa - Wikipedia

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   A hand-shaped planter made of hypertufa. Aggregates are generally Sphagnum (peat moss), sand, and perlite or vermiculite. [1] Coconut coir is coming to take the place of sphagnum moss, as the latter is a very slowly renewing natural resource and the former is a ready byproduct of the coconut industry— it has all the advantages of the moss but without the environmental costs.

7. Sphagnum girgensohnii - Wikipedia

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   Sphagnum girgensohnii, commonly known as Girgensohn's bogmoss, [3] Girgensohn's sphagnum [4] or common green peat moss, is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic and Indo-Malesian distribution. First described by Edmund Russow in 1865, it is a relatively robust moss species characterised by its green to straw-coloured appearance and ...