Re: Peat prices increase.

This is another good reason to use coir instead!
:-)

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From: "SallyAnn" <safart@aug.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 08:05:07 -0400

>Noreen,
>The Royal Horticulture Society & the National Trust of GB have outlawed the
>use of peat in any of their properties as it is a non-renewable resource. I
>don't think the Sphagnum is quite the same but this may be partly that the
>demand is bigger than the supply!
>SAINSA
>
>From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:41 AM
>Subject: [CHAT] Peat prices increase.
>
>
>> Hi all....
>> Perhaps this is the time to stock up on peat moss, if one uses it a lot.
>>  We were told to expect peat to be harder to find this year and prices to
>> rise, Canadian peat producers said. According to Gerry Hood, president of
>> Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Assoc. who said... "This spring and early
>summer,
>> we have experienced very wet weather in our major production areas,
>resulting
>> in
>> one of the poorest harvests in years. Usually by the end of June, the
>> industry has harvested 30 to 40 percent of its needs. This year, less than
>> 20 percent has been harvested" The weakening US dollar doesn't help
>> either....it has created a 11% decrease for producers even as labor and
>shipping costs
>> have increased.
>>
>> Noreen
>> zone 9
>> Texas Gulf Coast
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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