She is employed by Premier Tech, one of Canada’s leading manufacturers of lawn and garden products. This company is nearly 100 years old and has been, along with other businesses, harvesting ...

RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. – Agricultural products firm Premier Tech said Wednesday it has bought New Brunswick-based Malpec Peat Moss Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. Malpec, based in Rexton, will ...

Sphagnum moss prefers growing in moist tundra-type areas, and most of what gets used for gardening in the United States comes ...

The peat is then dried further, screened, and compressed into the bales of peat moss — this final product — that we buy in stores. Most of our peat moss comes from Canada, much of it Quebec ...

Virtually all of the peat moss sold in the United States comes from the vast sphagnum moss bogs of Canada. Often mixed with a mineral named perlite, it is highly valued by horticulturists for its ...

Canada supplies up to 80% of North America’s peat moss. It is a high quality horticultural peat product. Through proper management and harvesting practices and research, the Canadian Sphagnum Peat ...

Peat moss is naturally slightly acidic and can be used to balance the pH. “Most plants like pH to be about 6.0, and peat tends to be around there, making it ideal,” Satch says.

Peat moss, a necessary bane Date: May 20, 2015 Source: ... Peat mosses and bogs cover nearly 10 per cent of all land in Norway and Russia and 13 per cent of all land in Canada.

Peat moss is well-loved by gardeners, but it might be better to leave it in the ground. Try these alternatives for many of peat's most important attributes.

It may be time to say goodbye to Pete in the garden. Peat Moss, that is. Peat has been a great helper for years, especially with seedlings. It has made our potting mixes better able to hold water ...