where it filters through the sphagnum moss or other growing medium to reach the roots. When plants get too big, they are moved outside! Tall moss poles mean he has an instant green wall more ...

To do this work they are building dams in gullies to help bog pools form and planting sphagnum moss and a range of other moorland plant species. A series of precautions have been put forward by ...

So, this is concerning on both sides of the border. While on the topic of peat and coconut coir, here are a few non-tariff-related updates. As reported by the Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, ...

“Nature has the ability to solve problems,” he said, before launching into detail of how sphagnum moss has liquid-holding power equal to about 20 times its dry weight, and also has the ...

Healthy peat is the country's biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere. New research shows instead of being part of the answer to ...

The vividly colored fruiting body of the hemlock varnish shelf fungus, Ganoderma tsugae, peeks out from a split in a hemlock tree's bark. Harrisburg, Pa. — Seven U.S. states have a mushroom as ...

“Regular burning of peatlands can cause severe wildfires. Over the years the practice has replaced wet sphagnum moss with habitats that are dominated by heather and sedges – and these plants are much ...

Here, a series of networked chambers sit on the gallery floor. Sphagnum moss and peat are monitored, their carbon and oxygen emissions tracked, as they respond to their own conditions and to the ...