Peat Definition–noun | 1. | a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel. | | 2. | such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel. | |
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Moss Definition–noun | 1. | any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc. | | 2. | a growth of such plants. | | 3. | any of various similar plants, as Iceland moss or club moss. | | 4. | Chiefly Scot. and North England. a swamp or bog. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to cover with a growth of moss: to moss a crumbling wall. | |
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Related topics from Britannicapeat moss
any of more than 150-300 species of plants in the subclass Sphagnidae, of the division Bryophyta, comprising the family Sphagnaceae, which contains one genus, Sphagnum. The taxonomy of Sphagnum ...
moss
(class Bryopsida), any of at least 12,000 species of small, spore-bearing land plants (division Bryophyta) distributed throughout the world except in salt water. Valvate mosses constitute the ...
hair-cap moss
any of the plants of the genus Polytrichum (subclass Bryidae) with 39-100 species; it often forms large mats in peat bogs, old fields, and areas with high soil acidity. About 10 species are found in ...
agricultural technology
Compost, peat, and sludge are used in agriculture and gardening as soil amendments rather than as fertilizers, because they have a low content of plant nutrients. They may be incorporated into the ...
gardening
Peats and heaths are usually very acid and ill-drained. They result where conditions have prevented the complete breakdown of old vegetable matter into humus, generally because of poor aeration and ...
plant
Moss is a term erroneously applied to many different plants (Spanish moss, a flowering plant; Irish moss, a red alga; pond moss, filamentous algae; and reindeer moss, a lichen). Mosses are classified ...
bryophyte
The peat moss genus Sphagnum is an economically important bryophyte. The harvesting, processing, and sale of Sphagnum peat is a multimillion-dollar industry. Peat is used in horticulture, as an ...
New Brunswick
The discovery in New Brunswick of rich deposits of zinc and potash in the second half of the 20th century elevated the importance of mining in the provincial economy. The northeast, especially around ...
damping-off
disease of plant seedlings, caused by such seed- and soil-borne fungi as Rhizoctonia solani, Aphanomyces cochlioides, and species of Pythium, Phytophthora, Botrytis, Fusarium, Cylindrocladium, ...
Martinique
The climate, together with the fertile volcanic soil, produces a luxuriant flora in four vegetational zones: the maritime zone, the lowlands, the former forest zone, and the upper mountain slopes. ...
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Washington Post - Found Dec. 27, 2008
... wood in natural colors or dyed (usually black, brown or red), gravel, shredded recycled rubber from tires, shells, pine needles and peat moss.
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Mulch Improves Garden Beds
Washington Post - Found Dec. 26, 2008
... wood in natural colors or dyed (usually black, brown or red), gravel, shredded recycled rubber from tires, shells, pine needles and peat moss.
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Marijuana Found Mixed with Shipment of Peat Moss
U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - Found Nov. 12, 2008
... officers inspecting a commercial truck at the Fort Street Cargo Facility found bags of marijuana mixed in with a shipment of peat moss.
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Eyeing homegrown potatoes from your garden? Get started now
Dallas Morning News - Found 9 hours ago
... in a residential setting, in full sun. On the Internet, consumers write about growing potatoes in a bale of peat moss or a 30-gallon plastic...
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Cambodia: Local melon growers enjoy sweet success
Fresh Plaza - Found 7 hours ago
Cambodia's tropical soils are unsuited for the early stages of development, so farmers buy peat moss that is imported from the Netherlands in...
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Sydney Morning Herald - Found Jan. 6, 2009
... be rotated anti-clockwise, contains a mixture of wild moss and lemon ... to detox and clear out lymph nodes, pepperberry and peat mud for ...
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Article Dashboard.com - Found Jan. 5, 2009
A soil mixture that includes peat moss, perlite and a fertilizer would be good.
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Layer feeds, protects plantings
Charleston Post and Courier - Found Jan. 4, 2009
... wood in natural colors or dyed (usually black, brown or red), gravel, shredded recycled rubber from tires, shells, pine needles and peat moss.
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New Brunswick Business Journal - Found Jan. 3, 2009
... includes contributions towards silvilculture on private land, to increase production at Jiffy Products peat moss operation in Shippagan, to...
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