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Peat moss and wood chips serve different purposes. You put peat moss around the roots below the soil, or mix it deep with the planting mixture. It holds in moisture when you are getting a plant started. You put wood chips on top of the soil. They help keep out weeds. They make weeds visible.
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Why is peat shortaned?
I don't believe it is. Peat moss is a growing, living plant. When peat moss dies, it clumps together in a peat bog of water, and over the decades, gets more and more compacted. This product is then called, "Peat". The peat then can be cut into pieces and taken home to use as fuel for the stove or fireplace. This is very handy when there is not much wood around, and coal is too expensive.
Why is peat moss renewable?
First of all it is very easy to get confused with the terms peat and peat moss. They are actually two different entities both found in peat bogs. Peat is the sediment found at the bottom of peat bogs that is mined and burned like a fossil fuel (peat is actually a precursor of coal). Like coal it is considered to be a non-renewable fuel source since it takes so long to accrete (a rate of 1mm per year). Peat moss, on the other hand, is a living plant (such as Sphagnum) that lives at the top of a peat bog. Peat Moss is what is harvested and used to make the soil products you will find at plant stores. It eventually dies and adds to the layers of peat underneath. Unlike peat, peat moss is a renewable resource as much as timber is a renewable resource. When peat moss is harvested from the top of a peat bog, it can take as long as 20 years to grow back to its former size. Because of that peat moss is harvested on a slow cycle similar to forest management cycles and is done leaving the underlying peat undisturbed. Although peat and peat moss are found in the same bogs, they are not normally harvested and mined together. This is because peat is harvested and used as a fuel source in places such as far northern Europe where trees (and wood for burning) is scarce. On the other hand Canada is the primary supplier of peat moss. It has a large boreal forest and no consumer demand for peat as a fuel source.
Is peat the same as top soil?
No! Top soil is chemicals and nutrition put into dirt making the plants grow with better chemicals and nutrition, making a faster growth proses. Peat or peat moss is shaving of dead bark or wood drowned and then dried, this may help the plant a little with growth and a few other things.
What has the author Arvo Leinonen written?
Arvo Leinonen has written: 'Feasibility study on electricity and pyrolysis oil production from wood chips in Namibia' 'Grain size and the miller's power demand in peat milling' -- subject(s): Energy consumption, Peat, Drying, Peat industry
What does an anole lizard like in their tank?
Peat moss, live plants, rocks, climbing sticks (any), meals, sunlight, wood, water (mine likes sponges :D )
What are wood chips?
chips/shavings/what-have-you...of WOOD(GASP!).
How wood change into peat?
Da wood decays in da ground
What is the density of wood chips?
The bulk density of wood chips varies from about 550 Ibs/cu yd for new wood chips to 750 Ibs/cu yd for recycled wood chips.
Is saw dust used to make paper or wood chips?
Paper, but not wood chips.
What is the name of a fuel that has 4 letters?
coal peat wood
Are there instrument made of wood or metal in pin peat?
yes!
Are pin peat instruments made of wood and metal?
yes
