WhoIeTree For Growing Crops: Research into a promising alternative to traditional peat-based greenhouse substrates is underway

摘要

Greenhouse crops, with few exceptions, are grown in substrates composed primarily of Canadian sphagnum peat. Of major concern to growers is the rising cost of peat due mainly to the rise in transportation costs. A cost-effective, sustainable, alternative substrate is showing great promise in tests at the USDA-ARS Southern Horticultural Laboratory in Poplarville, MS.