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Proven, top-quality product. Gives top quality and the best value for your money.

Guaranteed purity standards. Sphagnum peat undergoes rigid testing to ensure that it meets your needs.

Research winner. Growing trials compared various soils amended with peat, coir, compost and blends. According to Dr. Jean-Yves Daigle:

    "Sphagnum peat can be considered the best overall performer as a soil amendment and substrate: it is homogeneous, easy to handle and has shown the best growth results; all of this at a highly competitive price."

Crop benefits. Canadian sphagnum peat moss has the familiar, beneficial properties you want and have come to expect:

  • Yields excellent water and air exchange capacity
  • Provides enhanced root growth and ideal cation exchange capacity
  • Provides excellent buffering capabilities
  • Saves water by retaining moisture and releasing it slowly
  • Saves on fertilizer by reducing nutrient leaching
  • Protects soil from hardening and adds organic material
  • Aerates heavy, clay soil and binds sandy soil
  • Comes in convenient packaging

Renewable resource. Peat is considered to be a slowly renewable resource and is harvested in a sustainable manner in Canada.

Unlimited supply. There is nearly 60 times as much peat moss growing in Canada every year than is being harvested. Peatlands cover more than 113 million hectares while harvesting takes place on less than 17,000 hectares, or 1 acre in every 6,000.

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