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@ShaulaEvans if you plan to make biochar at scale and you want to monitor the process temperature, do not use type K temperature sensors. They will oxidize and fail within days (called green rot). I recommend Type N sensors instead, they are perfectly stable in the biochar process, and have the same range as type K.
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Currently reading:
A Practical Guide on Production and Application of Biochar and Bokashi to Rejuvenate Soil Health
- How to garden/farm with biochar & bokashi together
- How to produce & use them at scale if desired
- Soil pH tests with household materials#Biochar #Bokashi #BokashiComposeting #Gardening #Soil #SoilHealth #Fertilizer #Biofertilizer
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Currently reading:
A Practical Guide on Production and Application of Biochar and Bokashi to Rejuvenate Soil Health
- How to garden/farm with biochar & bokashi together
- How to produce & use them at scale if desired
- Soil pH tests with household materials#Biochar #Bokashi #BokashiComposeting #Gardening #Soil #SoilHealth #Fertilizer #Biofertilizer
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Currently reading:
A Practical Guide on Production and Application of Biochar and Bokashi to Rejuvenate Soil Health
- How to garden/farm with biochar & bokashi together
- How to produce & use them at scale if desired
- Soil pH tests with household materials#Biochar #Bokashi #BokashiComposeting #Gardening #Soil #SoilHealth #Fertilizer #Biofertilizer
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Currently reading:
A Practical Guide on Production and Application of Biochar and Bokashi to Rejuvenate Soil Health
- How to garden/farm with biochar & bokashi together
- How to produce & use them at scale if desired
- Soil pH tests with household materials#Biochar #Bokashi #BokashiComposeting #Gardening #Soil #SoilHealth #Fertilizer #Biofertilizer
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Currently reading:
A Practical Guide on Production and Application of Biochar and Bokashi to Rejuvenate Soil Health
- How to garden/farm with biochar & bokashi together
- How to produce & use them at scale if desired
- Soil pH tests with household materials#Biochar #Bokashi #BokashiComposeting #Gardening #Soil #SoilHealth #Fertilizer #Biofertilizer
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@thoughtsofawho What you're doing is working, so keep it up. The main predictors of a hot process are:
1) Sufficient volume - it's hard to get a small pile to heat up, especially in cooler climates
2) C:N ratio - greens to browns in the "goldilocks zone" of 25-30:1
3) Moisture - damp but not wet. In warm, dry conditions an enclosure really helps with this
4) Aeration - Thermophilic microbes need oxygen, so the density of the pile matters. Chunky material helps but as it breaks down it loses structure, so this is why turning may be necessary
I've managed to get a working pile up to 70 degrees a few times. But I'm a lazy gardener and because of this I tend to go for long-duration, cooler systems that don't lose so much carbon. I also put #biochar into my compost to help mitigate this, and to provide moisture balancing and lasting structure for aeration.
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Bangkok Post – Beyond organic agriculture
In an era of climate change, volatile commodity prices and increasingly discerning consumers, Thailand’s agricultural sector is facing…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #aromaticfarm #bcgeconomicmodel #biochar #Business #carbonaccounting #Circulareconomy #Economy #environment #Ratchaburi #regenerativeagriculture #Science #sustainablefarming #Thailand #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Bangkok Post – Beyond organic agriculture
In an era of climate change, volatile commodity prices and increasingly discerning consumers, Thailand’s agricultural sector is facing…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #aromaticfarm #bcgeconomicmodel #biochar #Business #CA #Canada #carbonaccounting #Circulareconomy #Economy #Ratchaburi #regenerativeagriculture #Science #sustainablefarming #Thailand
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Bangkok Post – Beyond organic agriculture
In an era of climate change, volatile commodity prices and increasingly discerning consumers, Thailand’s agricultural sector is facing…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #aromaticfarm #bcgeconomicmodel #biochar #Business #carbonaccounting #Circulareconomy #Economy #ratchaburi #regenerativeagriculture #Science #sustainablefarming #Thailand
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Bangkok Post – Beyond organic agriculture
In an era of climate change, volatile commodity prices and increasingly discerning consumers, Thailand’s agricultural sector is facing…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #aromaticfarm #bcgeconomicmodel #biochar #Business #carbonaccounting #Circulareconomy #Economy #ratchaburi #regenerativeagriculture #Science #sustainablefarming #Thailand
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/921375/ Bangkok Post – Beyond organic agriculture #AromaticFarm #BcgEconomicModel #biochar #Business #CarbonAccounting #CircularEconomy #Economy #Environment #Ratchaburi #RegenerativeAgriculture #Science #SustainableFarming #Thailand #UK #UnitedKingdom
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For decades, NZ pastoral systems were described by agronomists worldwide as a "miracle"...temperate climate, decent soils, and ample rainfall meant that a farmer could keep pasture in permanent cover with a mix of ryegrass and clover, and get a profitable yield of milk, meat, and fibre by grazing stock outdoors year round with few or no off-farm inputs. It was sustainable (if you ignore the fact that much of the land was stolen) and provided the basis for a thriving export trade as well as feeding a growing nation.
The humble clover plant was the key to all of this, with its symbiotic rhizobial bacteria happily taking atmospheric nitrogen in and turning it into soluble nitrates at just enough of a rate to feed the grasses. As long as you didn't overstock or abuse the soil through poor management, the system could keep ticking over indefinitely, with maybe a bit of seaweed or rock dust from time to time to top up the mineral levels.
Of course, capitalism had to wreck all of that. As dairy intensification became the trend in the 1990s, industrial farming was the model and synthetic fertilisers, especially urea, began to dominate and push out clover from pasture mixes. And as any junkie knows, the first hit may be free but every one after that costs more.
Now we have a sector addicted to nitrogen, mainlining stuff shipped halfway around the globe and turning its back on the leakage into groundwater and rivers. The excess nitrogen also "burns up" soil carbon stocks and decreases microbial diversity along with the resilience of the grass. And the feed quality of the pasture goes down, turning to the equivalent of junk food and causing metabolic imbalances in the animals that eat it...most current-day dairy farmers have never seen cow shit that isn't liquid.
So maybe the crisis in the Middle East is a blessing in disguise. Just like it's supercharging transition around the world, maybe it will catalyse some major changes here. #biochar #regen
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Greenly Earth
Qu’est-ce que le biochar, dit “charbon vert” ?
https://mcinformactions.net/qu-est-ce-que-le-biochar-dit-charbon-vert
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“because of its abundance, researchers have spent years looking into different #ecofriendly uses for spent #coffee grounds”
“now added to that list is insulation”
“for the new substance, researchers converted the spent #coffee grounds into #biochar”
“an ecological double whammy. It’s cheap to make, relying on materials that would otherwise end up in landfills, and replaces traditional options that often require toxic chemical or industrial solvents” https://sprudge.com/what-if-we-used-coffee-to-make-eco-friendly-insulation-905262.html -
I have been wondering for a few months now when this shoe was going to drop. Microsoft's cash position is not what it once was, and they're pouring far too much of it into the black hole of AI slop that their customers Do. Not. Want.
The tragedy, of course, is that their massive increase in datacentre footprint comes with a great big emissions payload, and they are (were) the single largest purchaser of CDR credits on the international voluntary markets. And these markets underpin a big chunk of the business case for #biochar at the moment, so it's a real kick in the guts for my efforts to bootstrap the industry in an environment of capital constraints and bugger-all support from the public sector.
https://carbonherald.com/microsoft-pauses-all-carbon-removal-purchases/
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Carbelim Lab focuses on sustainable innovation through biochar production, carbon solutions, and climate technology to support environmental sustainability.
#Carbelim #LabLife #Innovation #Sustainability #Biochar #ClimateTech
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Carbelim Lab focuses on sustainable innovation through biochar production, carbon solutions, and climate technology to support environmental sustainability.
#Carbelim #LabLife #Innovation #Sustainability #Biochar #ClimateTech
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Carbelim Lab focuses on sustainable innovation through biochar production, carbon solutions, and climate technology to support environmental sustainability.
#Carbelim #LabLife #Innovation #Sustainability #Biochar #ClimateTech
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Carbelim Lab focuses on sustainable innovation through biochar production, carbon solutions, and climate technology to support environmental sustainability.
#Carbelim #LabLife #Innovation #Sustainability #Biochar #ClimateTech
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Carbelim Lab focuses on sustainable innovation through biochar production, carbon solutions, and climate technology to support environmental sustainability.
#Carbelim #LabLife #Innovation #Sustainability #Biochar #ClimateTech
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New publication: High-Dose #Biochar Hinders Micro/#Nanoplastic-Induced #Soil Positive Priming by Reducing #Substrate Quality and #Microbial Activity.
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New publication: High-Dose #Biochar Hinders Micro/#Nanoplastic-Induced #Soil Positive Priming by Reducing #Substrate Quality and #Microbial Activity.
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New publication: High-Dose #Biochar Hinders Micro/#Nanoplastic-Induced #Soil Positive Priming by Reducing #Substrate Quality and #Microbial Activity.
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New publication: High-Dose #Biochar Hinders Micro/#Nanoplastic-Induced #Soil Positive Priming by Reducing #Substrate Quality and #Microbial Activity.
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Why AI is making Climate Instability worse. I write about how it can make it better - in Africa. "leaving room for improvement" https://flextalks.org/ai-almost-daily/articles/black-gold-and-open-hands-an-invitation-to-build-the-tools-africa-needs-to-pull-carbon-from-the-sky.html #AI #africa #biochar #science #climate #CO2 #essay #word #reflections In depth reporting on better outcomes in the long essay form. I hope you enjoy it.
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Could charred wood pieces from a woodstove burn work as #Biochar? I separate my wood pieces from the ashes when I empty my firebox / ash catcher. @Hellybootwader
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A drying and pyrolysis system for conversion of industrial and municipal sewage into biochar and heat that will hopefully be widely adopted. #CarbonDioxideRemoval #Biochar #EnergySky #CarbonOffsets #Climate #Drawdown
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SUEZ and PYREG launch an innov... -
A drying and pyrolysis system for conversion of industrial and municipal sewage into biochar and heat that will hopefully be widely adopted. #CarbonDioxideRemoval #Biochar #EnergySky #CarbonOffsets #Climate #Drawdown
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cumra2jzx2nm4yzbcngttuuh/post/3melmou3nom2s
SUEZ and PYREG launch an innov... -
A drying and pyrolysis system for conversion of industrial and municipal sewage into biochar and heat that will hopefully be widely adopted. #CarbonDioxideRemoval #Biochar #EnergySky #CarbonOffsets #Climate #Drawdown
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cumra2jzx2nm4yzbcngttuuh/post/3melmou3nom2s
SUEZ and PYREG launch an innov... -
A drying and pyrolysis system for conversion of industrial and municipal sewage into biochar and heat that will hopefully be widely adopted. #CarbonDioxideRemoval #Biochar #EnergySky #CarbonOffsets #Climate #Drawdown
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cumra2jzx2nm4yzbcngttuuh/post/3melmou3nom2s
SUEZ and PYREG launch an innov... -
A drying and pyrolysis system for conversion of industrial and municipal sewage into biochar and heat that will hopefully be widely adopted. #CarbonDioxideRemoval #Biochar #EnergySky #CarbonOffsets #Climate #Drawdown
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cumra2jzx2nm4yzbcngttuuh/post/3melmou3nom2s
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"Talking about sewage is not as glamorous as renewable energy, but preventing resource wastage by creating a circular economy is also key to the green transition.”
Dr Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University#Biochar #Agriculture #Fertilisers #Farming #Carbon
Biochar from human waste could solve global fertiliser shortages, study finds | Agriculture | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/11/biochar-from-human-waste-could-solve-global-fertiliser-shortages-study-finds -
So much YES. Would love to connect with fellow enthusiasts and professionals working in the field, and engage more actively, bringing in my own expertise of working in high end interiors and architecture. If that's you, please reach out, boost, connect.
We OBVIOUSLY can't 'keep on keeping on' and design our built environment like we don't know how fundamentally flawed our design principles and construction methods are.
Let's embrace new aesthetics and look forward, not back. Bauhaus was relevant at the time, it's history now. Let's move on. Let's question every single choice in the design process and make better decisions. Educate our clients. Throw those outdated concepts overboard of what is aesthetically pleasant, what is deemed high-end.
Nobody will enjoy marbled lobbies, airconditioned greenhouse towers and concrete buildings on a dead planet. The future is now. Let's design and build it together!
#architecture #design #InteriorDesign #InteriorArchitecture #sustainability #LifeCycle #bamboo #BambooDesign #CircularDesign #CircularEconomy #DonutEconomy #Adobe #RammedEarth #WattleAndDaub #Enginneering #ChiangMai #ChiangMaiLifeArchitects #Permaculture #BioChar #WoodVinegar #CarbonSequestering #OrganicDesign #Construction #EcoAwareness #Ecology #BambooU
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Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake
Microsoft has signed a deal with Indian startup Varaha to buy more than 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #biochar #cdr #Microsoft #Science #Varaha
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Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake
Microsoft has signed a deal with Indian startup Varaha to buy more than 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #biochar #cdr #Microsoft #Science #Varaha
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Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake
Microsoft has signed a deal with Indian startup Varaha to buy more than 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #biochar #CA #Canada #cdr #Microsoft #Science #Varaha
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/286410/ Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake #biochar #cdr #Éire #Environment #IE #Ireland #Microsoft #Science #Varaha
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Water Hyacinth to Clean Energy Futures: BIRD’s Waste-to-Wealth Vision for Rural Bengal
#TycoonWorld #WaterHyacinth #WasteToWealth #CircularEconomy #GreenInnovation #Biochar #HandmadePaper #SustainableLivelihoods #RuralDevelopment #CleanEnergyFuture #ClimateAction #EcoEntrepreneurship #SustainableAgriculture #BiomassUtilization #GreenEconomy #EnvironmentalInnovation #CSRforSustainability #MSMEDevelopment #RuralEmpowerment #WestBengalInnovation #BIRDInitiative
https://tycoonworld.in/birbhum-institute-of-rural-development-foundation/
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Big Tech’s data centres are now soaking up the world’s best carbon credits – durable carbon removal like DAC, biochar & BECCS – and creating a supply crunch for everyone else.
Deep dive on ClimateTech Industry Examiner 👇
https://climatetech.industryexaminer.com/big-tech-data-centers-durable-carbon-removal-supply-crunch/#AI #ClimateTech #DataCenters #CarbonRemoval #CDR #DirectAirCapture #Biochar #NetZero #TechNews
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Terraton aims to revolutionize biochar technology with a franchise model, raising $11.5 million to expand carbon sequestration. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate #Biochar #CarbonSequestration #CarbonRemoval #ClimateTech #ClimateFinance
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TIL - Sewer sludge (euphemistically called #biosolids by many cities) can be turned into #biochar via #pyrolysis.
If the pyrolysis happens at >600C for >10 minutes, the resulting biochar will be free of #microplastics, #PFAs, pathogens, and pharmaceuticals - all of which could continue to be a problem when you just #compost sewer sludge.
And... the #phosphorous is retained in the biochar, meaning it'll be a fertilizer in addition to the other biochar benefits.
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ohh.
Compost & Biochar Could Boost Carbon Sequestration by Crushed Rock
Crushed rock additives may also help decrease soil emissions of other greenhouse gases, such as nitrous oxide & methane. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/compost-and-biochar-could-boost-carbon-sequestration-by-crushed-rock [science mag]Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a proposed method of CO2 #sequestration that spreads crushed silicate minerals on soils to drive chemical reactions that form carbonate minerals: Essentially, boosting the natural process of rock weathering, in which carbon is transferred from the atmosphere into rocks.
Researchers spread finely crushed metabasaltic rocks across test plots in Browns Valley CA in each of 3 yrs. Along with crushed rock, some applications included compost or a combination of compost & #biochar. Other plots were treated with only compost, & a group of control plots received no treatment.
Combining crushed rock, compost, & biochar yielded the best results; in addition to sequestering carbon, the mixture reduced NOx emissions & increased methane conversion, resulting in increased greenhouse gas mitigation overall. The researchers estimate that if the combination of all three materials were expanded to cover 8% of California’s total rangelands, it could sequester up to 51.7 million metric tons of CO2e per year.
___CA Ag Sector emissions are 32 million metric tons [including cow farts]. CA total emissions are 381 million metric tons. If 58% of rangeland were covered, we would become carbon neutral.
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#CapitalRegionalDistrict board has come up with a strategy for dealing with the end product of the region’s #SewageTreatment process that will make a priority of using the resulting #biosolids for #fuel.
Last week, the board moved forward a three-tiered approach that will form the heart of the #CRD’s long-term biosolids management plan to be submitted for #BCgovernment approval next month.
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/crd-plan-makes-use-of-biosolids-for-fuel-a-priority-8768151
#Biochar #CRD #environmental #YYJ #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle
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✅ #Kaffeesatz für stärkeren #Beton? #Forscher in Australien haben herausgefunden, dass durch das #Pyrolysieren von Kaffeesatz bei 350 °C ein #Biochar entsteht, das Beton um 30 % robuster macht.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623023636
Damit könnten jährlich 10 Milliarden kg #Kaffeeabfall sinnvoll genutzt und #Sandabbau reduziert werden.
Na dann, Prösterchen.☕🧱
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Biochar, el carbón ecológico que busca combatir la deforestación en Haití#Haití #Carbón #Deforestación #DesarrolloSostenible #impactoambiental #medidasdeprevención #Biochar #carbonización #combustiblefósil #regularización
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Even cement likes coffee
Organic products like coffee grounds can't be added directly to concrete because they leak chemicals that weaken the building material's strength. So using low energy levels the team heated coffee waste to over 350 °C (around 660 °F) while depriving it of oxygen.
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Because I adore things like this. 😊
"We could be producing #concrete that's 30 percent stronger by processing and adding charred #CoffeeGrounds to the mix, researchers in #Australia discovered."
Every year the world produces a staggering 10 billion kilograms (22 billion pounds) of #coffee #waste globally. Most ends up in #landfills."
This could be the answer to so many problems at once: how to dispose of #OrganicWaste / #FoodWaste, reduce contributions to #landfill sites (& the accompanying #GreenhouseGases produced as it decays), reduce the extraction of #sand from river beds & banks around the world, thus preserving our finite natural resources, and so much more.
"The researchers cautioned that they still need to assess the long term durability of their cement product. They're now working on testing how the hybrid coffee-cement performs under freeze/thaw cycles, water absorption, abrasions and many more stressors" - but still, it's exciting! 😃
Edited: forgot link 🙄
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@tinoeberl das muss mir mal einer erklären - wie der CO2-Ausstoß sinken soll, wenn man einen Brennstoff verheizt, welcher pro Einheit erzeugter Wärme einen fast doppelt so hohen CO2-Ausstoß hat wie die Kohle, welche abgelöst werden soll.
Am meisten wäre uns allen geholfen, würde man Holzabfälle, sofern nicht anderweitig (Papier, Dämmung, Pressspan,...) verwertbar schlichtweg verbuddeln oder man würde wenigstens noch #Biochar zur Verbesserung von Böden in der Landwirtschaft erzeugen.
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#SphagnumMoss vs #PeatMoss: Environmental Guide 2026
Home - Comparisons - Sphagnum Moss vs Peat Moss: Environmental Guide 2026
Last Updated, September 11th, 2025
Excerpts: "Here’s what shocked me: peat moss takes thousands of years to form, yet we’re harvesting it faster than nature can replace it. Meanwhile, sphagnum moss can be sustainably harvested in just 5-6 years. That’s a massive difference that directly impacts our planet’s carbon storage and wetland ecosystems."
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"The environmental implications of choosing between sphagnum moss and peat moss extend far beyond your garden. Peatlands cover only 3% of Earth’s land surface but store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests combined. When we harvest peat moss, we’re not just removing a growing medium – we’re releasing carbon that’s been locked away for millennia.
Research from wetland ecologists cited by Oregon State University Extension confirms that peat is being harvested at non-sustainable rates. The extraction process requires draining bogs, which immediately begins releasing CO2 as the peat oxidizes. A single hectare of drained peatland can emit 15-20 tons of CO2 annually – equivalent to driving a car around 50,000 miles."
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"Sphagnum moss works exceptionally well for #orchids, particularly epiphytic species that naturally grow on trees. Its chunky texture provides the perfect balance of moisture retention and air circulation that orchid roots require. I’ve found that wrapping orchid roots in slightly damp sphagnum moss can revive stressed plants remarkably quickly.
For propagation, sphagnum moss creates an ideal environment for rooting cuttings. Its natural antibacterial properties help prevent rot while maintaining consistent moisture. Air layering, a propagation technique for woody plants, relies almost exclusively on sphagnum moss to encourage root development on branches still attached to the parent plant.
Carnivorous plants, which evolved in nutrient-poor bog environments, thrive in pure sphagnum moss. The moss provides the acidic, nutrient-free medium these specialized plants need while preventing mineral buildup that could damage their sensitive roots."
Alternatives to #PeatMoss are:
- #CoconutCoir
- #RiceHulls
- #Biochar
- #CompostedWood
- #AgedCompostLearn more:
https://greenwashingindex.com/sphagnum-moss-vs-peat-moss/#SolarPunkSunday #PeatAlternatives
#PottingSoil #Gardening #GrowYourOwn