Growing growing media: Promises of sphagnum biomass

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 779, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-171

  Gaudig, G ^a   Joosten, H ^a   Kamermann, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b State Authority for Mining   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cut over peatlands; Growing media; Peat; Renewable resource; Sphagnum farming

Indexed keywords

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 61449094864     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.779.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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