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Old 12-06-2020, 07:04 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Hiya Re: Does anyone know why peat moss doesn’t hold much water?

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Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja View Post
One of the better performing mixtures during my PhD growing Williams in a greenhouse was 55% Berger peat moss, 27.5% perlite, and 27.5% vermiculite. Some peat moss is hydrophobic at first. I know a guy who starts plants in mixture of filter sand and perlite and the plants look phenomenal.
Yeah I’m definitely going to have to remember this for when I need to buy more soil this coming spring! It’s pretty interesting about the guy who uses filter sand and perlite! How about that! Well, thanks so much for very kind reply!
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