Peat & Substrates
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or over 90 years, Lambert Peat Moss has offered a wide range of horticultural products ranging from different grades of Canadian sphagnum peat moss to an assortment of ready-to-use professional peat-based substrates. Our special way of screening and mixing our different grade of professional peat will allow you to work with a very specific media that will provide exactly what is needed depending on your personal specifications. Crops, containers or tray sizes, type of irrigation management,
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location, or time of year - all these details are useful in determining which product is right for you. The physical characteristics of germination or growing substrate of any type are the basis of your success. With that in mind, the process for us at Lambert starts in the peat bog even before the harvest stage. Focusing on harvesting procedures and
EACH STEP OF THE PEAT HARVESTING PROCESS IS IMPORTANT AND IMPACTS SUBSTRATE QUALITY.
field preparation planning is paramount. The integrity of the peat fibers is best preserved when the peat bog is disturbed on a limited basis. Consulting the weather forecast and intuition is very important. No one can predict an unexpected thunderstorm, so it’s wise to play it safe. We don’t want to harrow the peat bog and then have rain because that will ruin the preparation, forcing us to redo it and break the fibers, creating fine particles that will later reduce the drainage and porosity.
July-August 2022
