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WHY A PEAT-FREE POTTING SOIL?
Harvesting peat….
Releases Greenhouse Gases: Peatlands are the most efficient natural terrestrial carbon sinks, storing more carbon than all the world's forests combined. When bogs are drained and harvested, the stored organic matter is exposed to the air and decomposes rapidly, releasing large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.
Destroys Unique Habitats: Peat bogs are specialized wetland ecosystems that support a diverse range of rare and threatened plants, insects, birds, and animals that cannot survive elsewhere. Harvesting the peat moss destroys this unique habitat, leading to biodiversity loss.
Non-Renewable Resource: Peat forms extremely slowly, at a rate of about 1 millimeter per year. The rate of extraction vastly exceeds the rate of regrowth, making it a non-sustainable resource that cannot regenerate within a human lifespan.
Impacts Water Management: In their natural state, peat bogs act as giant sponges, absorbing heavy rainfall and filtering water, which helps prevent flooding and maintains water quality. Draining the bogs for extraction compromises these functions, increasing flood risks and polluting water supplies with organic carbon.
(Source: Oregon State University)
HOW TO USE:
Be sure to select containers or pots with drainage holes. If transplant is very root-bound, pinch roots at base to help them re-establish more quickly. Place potting soil in container, leaving room for a hole about the size of your plant’s root mass. Place plant gently in hole. Fill with soil to the level of the base of plant’s stem, pressing gently to make contact with the roots. Spread a light layer of mulch (aged wood chips, straw, shredded leaves) to keep soil biology inhabiting the surface layer moist and cool. Water well. Water more frequently in the first few weeks, as roots are establishing.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an ALL PURPOSE potting mix designed to support a wide range of leafy, flowering and fruiting plants. If additional fertility is needed, we recommend watering occasionally with a high quality fish hydrolysate, which offers balanced food to your soil microbes. We use Neptune’s Harvest.
CARE
If you can’t use your potting soil right away, it’s fine to store it for weeks or months. Be sure to avoid extreme hot or cold temperatures and water lightly to keep moist (think wrung out sponge). A living soil food web ecosystem needs tender loving care, so it's ideal to purchase what you can use up within a few months.
CONTAINS
Coco Coir*, Web of Life Compost, Rice Hulls*, Worm Castings, Biology-charged Biochar
Macro & Micronutrients: Poultry Manure*, Fish bone meal*, Alfalfa*, Feather Meal*, Langbeinite*, Basalt*, Potassium Sulfate*, Dolomite*, Seaweed meal*
* Certified Organic
CERTIFICATION
Web of Life Regenerative Soil Amendments are crafted and lab verified by Certified Soil Food Web Consultant Joshua Stone. You can find Joshua and other consultants around North America at the Soil Food Web Consultant Directory.
