Peat moss has long been a favorite soil amendment and a key ingredient of soilless mixes for container plants. But peat harvesting and its effect on the environment have raised concerns.

2023年2月20日 · Most operators who extract peat use the term “harvest” to refer to their activities. At first glance, that may seem to be a misnomer, but there are many similarities between peat harvest and more typical agricultural harvest methods. Perhaps the greatest similarities are found in green Sphagnum harvest.

We wanted to learn how peat is harvested and packaged, why these processes are followed, and how they impact the product you receive. Harvesting and Processing. When a company wants to open a new peat bog for harvesting, surveys are conducted to determine if a site contains horticulture grade sphagnum.

Peat can be a major fire hazard and is not extinguished by light rain. [63 may burn for great lengths of time, or smoulder underground and reignite after winter if an oxygen source is present. Peat has a high carbon content and can burn under low moisture conditions.

Layer and layer of partially decomposed organic matter piles into peat, which slowly gathers and stores tons of carbon over centuries. With so much old plant material trapped in them, these flooded peat bogs affect much bigger carbon and climate systems.

2023年9月2日 · Bob Bollinger, CEO of ASB Greenworld, says peat harvesting is highly dependent on the weather. The season can range from May through September, but the bulk of harvesting takes place June through August. If there are 90 days within a harvesting season, Bollinger says suppliers may only be able to harvest for 45 days.

2014年12月16日 · We document a two-year experimental trial of a recently-developed integrated peat-harvesting and reclamation technique at a poor fen in northern Ontario, Canada. We removed and conserved the uppermost ~0.3 m of peat in blocks while deeper peat was harvested from the resultant pit.

2024年11月15日 · Peat is a naturally occurring material that can be harvested ethically and responsibly or not, depending on regulations and the source. Much peat available in the United States comes from Canada, where legislation and oversight protect peatlands from over harvest.

2022年2月21日 · But scientists eventually learned that thick brown peat holds a secret: vast stores of carbon sealed underground — and out of the atmosphere — making the muck one of the world’s best carbon ...

The Slootweg SA-200 Two-head vacuum peat harvesting machine is designed to collect dry peat moss, which is extracted under the effect of suction and accumulated in the tank. It provides good working capacity and quick unloading time for maximum productivity.