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Re: Friendly worms or killer worms???

 
 
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:34:11 -0400 "Peter Loewer" <thewildgardener@earthlink.net> writes:
 
>Dear List: I, for one, have spoken against peat moss for decades as a useless material except for artificial >soil mixes
 
I totally agree. I haven't used peat moss in over a decade. I use ground bark mulch both as a soil amendment and in potting mixes.
 
This has nothing to do with whether peat moss is sustainable or not sustainable. I don't care. Either way, it's horrible stuff. I think it's one of those things, like a layer of drainage in the bottom of a pot, that just passes from generation to generation of garden writers without anyone stopping to say, Hey, wait a minute!
 
Sustain ability, BTW, is only partly determined by the amount of time it takes to produce the product. It is the ratio between use and rejuvenation. It makes no difference if it takes a thousand years to produce a quantity of peat moss. If that quantity is a thousand year supply, it is sustainable. For me, compost is not a sustainable commodity. I always run out of last year's supply half way through this season.
 
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