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2. Potting soil - Wikipedia

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   Potting soil or growing media, also known as potting mix or potting compost (UK), is a substrate used to grow plants in containers. The first recorded use of the term is from an 1861 issue of the American Agriculturist . [ 1 ]

3. Compost - Wikipedia

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   Compost tea is made up of extracts of fermented water leached from composted materials. [67] [73] Composts can be either aerated or non-aerated depending on its fermentation process. [74] Compost teas are generally produced from adding compost to water in a ratio of 1:4–1:10, occasionally stirring to release microbes. [74]

4. Peat made up less than 30% of compost sold to gardeners in ...

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   Use of peat in the professional horticultural sector also fell in 2021. Peat made up less than 30% of compost sold to gardeners in 2021 – report Skip to main content

5. John Innes compost - Wikipedia

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   John Innes compost is a set of four soil-based formulae for growing media, developed at the former John Innes Horticultural Institution (JIHI), now the John Innes Centre, in the 1930s and released into the public domain. The formulae contain loam, peat, sand, and fertiliser in varying ratios for specific purposes. These composts are used to ...

6. Soil conditioner - Wikipedia

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   A wide variety of materials have been described as soil conditioners due to their ability to improve soil quality. Some examples include biochar, [3] bone meal, blood meal, coffee grounds, compost, compost tea, coir, manure, [4] straw, peat, sphagnum moss, vermiculite, sulfur, lime, hydroabsorbant polymers, [5] biosolids, [6] and rock flour.

7. Peat extraction on the Somerset Levels - Wikipedia

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   Companies still extracting peat in 2023 include Godwins, who were at that time making their compost with around 30% peat, and stating that they intended to make their products entirely peat-free. The Council has stated that all extraction licences are due to expire "by the end of 2042". [12] Peat production in 2023

8. Fertilizer - Wikipedia

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   Compost bin for small-scale production of organic fertilizer A large commercial compost operation "Organic fertilizers" can describe those fertilizers with a biologic origin—derived from living or formerly living materials.

9. Peat - Wikipedia

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   A lump of peat Peat stacks in Südmoslesfehn (district of Oldenburg, Germany) in 2013 Peat gatherers at Westhay, Somerset Levels in 1905 Peat extraction in East Frisia, Germany. Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs.