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It is often used as an amendment when growing acid-loving plants, such as blueberries and Rhododendrons. Most of the peat moss used in the United States is harvested from the bogs in Canada.

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As spring creeps closer and closer, gardeners start to get the itch to go outside and start digging in the dirt. While it may ...

“Sphagnum moss itself is incredible,” Colwell noted. “It’s very slow growing.” It grows so slowly, in fact, that it can take thousands and thousands of years for a peat bog to develo ...

In five letters, AmericanHort urged the administration to exclude sphagnum peat moss and peat-based products from any ...

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Moss is able to grow in low mineral conditions, it doesn’t rot away but builds up to form deep layers which is called peat. Bogs like this one have been growing for thousands of years ...