|
| |
| | Peat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Peat is also dug into soil to increase the soil's capacity to retain moisture and add nutrients. | | | Peat moss is a manufactured product for use in garden cultivation. | | | It is composed mainly of peat moss or sphagnum, but may also include other marshland vegetation: trees, grasses, fungi, as well as other types of organic remains, such as insects, and animal corpses. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat
(1676 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Bog Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.org |
| | The other major use of dried peat is as a soil amendment (sold as moss peat or sphagnum) to increase the soil's capacity to retain moisture and enrich the soil. | | | A bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. | | | Ireland's Bord na Móna (peat board) was one of the first companies to mechanically harvest peat. |
|
http://www.naturalresearch.org/encyclopedia/Peat_bog
(887 words)
|
|
| |
| | Sphagnum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Individual peat moss plants consist of a main stem, with tightly arranged clusters of branch fascicles usually consisting of 2-3 spreading branches and 2-4 hanging branches. | | | Members of this genus can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; some species can hold up to 20 times their dry weight in water, which is why peat moss is commonly sold as a soil amendment. | | | The northernmost populations of peat moss lie in the archipelago of Svalbard, arctic Norway at 81° N. New Zealand, Tasmania and southernmost Chile and Peru house the largest peat moss areas in the Southern Hemisphere, but containing comparatively few species. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_moss
(355 words)
|
|
| |
| | PEAT - LoveToKnow Article on PEAT |
| | Peat has been employed as a manure for many years, and recently attempts have been made to convert artificially its nitrogen into assimilable nitrates; such a process was patented by A. Mflntz and A. Girard of Paris, in 1907. | | | Peat has also been exploited as a source of commercial alcohol, to be employed in motors. | | | The most favorable conditions appear to be a moist atmosphere, and a mean annual temperature of about 45 F.; no bogs are found between latitudes 45 N. and 45 S. Peat varies from a pale yellow or brown fibrous substance, resembline turf or comoressed hay. |
|
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PE/PEAT.htm
(907 words)
|
|
| |
| | Intro |
| | Eventually, water draining from the built up peat layers of the raised bog changes the way the water flows in the surrounding wetland communities, which may lead to changes in nutrient content, acidity of the water, and the types of plants that grow in these communities. | | | Sphagnum or peat mosses are typically the dominant plant in raised peatlands, and are the most common plant to make up peat. | | | Peatlands are wetlands that form through the accumulation of partially decayed plant materials, or peat. |
|
http://www.umaine.edu/wetlands/peatpage/html/Intro.htm
(744 words)
|
|
| |
| | peat. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | One of the principal types of peat is moss peat, derived primarily from sphagnum moss; it is used in agriculture as poultry and stable litters as well as a mulch, a soil conditioner, and an acidifying agent; it is also used in industry as an insulating material. | | | Peat is the earliest stage of transition from compressed plant growth to the formation of coal. | | | Another type of peat is fuel peat, which is most widely used in regions where coal and wood are scarce, e.g., Ireland, Scandinavia, and parts of Russia. |
|
http://www.bartleby.com/65/pe/peat.html
(202 words)
|
|
| |
| | WEC Survey Of Energy Resources 2001 - Peat |
| | Powerful tractors typical in peat harvesting can be used outside the production season in agriculture, road maintenance and in wood transportation. | | | Current consumption of peat is virtually all for agricultural or horticultural purposes. | | | Peat production rose during the period of the communist regime, reaching 7.5 million tonnes in 1970, when 73% was used in agriculture and 27% for fuel. |
|
http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/peat/peat.asp
(6545 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Moss, Using peat moss in lawn and gardens |
| | Peat is renewable and in terms of its accumulation, peat in Canada is growing more than 70 times as fast as it is being harvested. | | | Dig one-inch of peat moss into the top six inches of soil to condition the area for existing plants or new transplants. | | | Peat moss speeds the composting process, reduces odours and controls air and water in the compost pile. |
|
http://www.hortsource.com/featuresPeat.htm
(1243 words)
|
|
| |
| | USGS Minerals Information: Peat |
| | Peat has widespread use as a plant-growth medium in a variety of horticultural and agricultural applications because its fibrous structure and porosity promote a combination of water-retention and drainage. | | | In industry, peat is used primarily as a filtration medium to remove toxic materials from process waste streams, pathogens from sewage effluents, and deleterious materials suspended in municipal storm-drain water. | | | Peat is a renewable, natural, organic material of botanical origin and commercial significance. |
|
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/peat
(186 words)
|
|
| |
| | 9. ENERGY USE OF PEAT |
| | Three types of commercial peat are commonly distinguished: milled peat having a moisture content of 40-50 percent, air-dried sod peat with a moisture content of 30-40 percent and, artificially dried compressed peat briquettes with a moisture content of 10-20 percent. | | | Peats vary greatly in character partly depending on the state of decomposition of their plant remains and for this reason the Von Post scale of humification is commonly used to characterize peats (Table 16). | | | As well as these energy uses, peat is mixed with mineral soil in horticulture to increase the moisture holding capacity of sands, to increase the water infiltration rate of clayey soils, and to acidify soils for specific pot plants. |
|
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5872e/x5872e0b.htm
(5856 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Production |
| | Peat products have been exported since 1930s and, therefore, peat deposit development, extraction and utilisation experience is gathered. | | | Approximately 25 large and small companies are involved in peat extraction. | | | The most complicated kinds of peat products, peat substrata and briquetes, are produced only within the Association. |
|
http://www.peat.lv
(406 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat |
| | The principal uses of peat in the United States are for agricultural and landscaping purposes. | | | Muck soils -- in which peat has become highly decomposed and usually mixed with alluvial deposits of mineral soil -- are extensively cultivated to grow onions, potatoes, celery, mint, and other crops. | | | If manure or other fertilizer and ground limestone are added, peat makes the fertilizer more effective, soil water more available, and helps plants, notably lawn grasses, to withstand droughts. |
|
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/500-599/nb523.htm
(626 words)
|
|
| |
| | Burning Peat, Alaska Science Forum |
| | The ash also makes burning of the peat difficult because it clogs up devices in which peat is burned and reduces their efficiency. | | | One source of ash is mineral soil carried into a peat deposit by water flowing through it during formation of the peat bog. | | | Another source is wind-blown soil intermixed with the moss and grasses which eventually decompose into peat. |
|
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/513.html
(599 words)
|
|
| |
| | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Gardening Without Peat |
| | Peat is used in horticulture either as a soil improver or as a growing medium. | | | Peat is partially decomposed plant debris, and can include trees, shrubs, herbs, sedges, grasses and mosses. | | | Mulches are layered on to the soil surface to suppress weeds, conserve moisture, improve its visual appearance and minimize erosion. |
|
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ksheets/peat.html
(1101 words)
|
|
| |
| | Bioenergy in Finland - STOCKPILING |
| | The peat can become moist in a stockpile and the surface of the stockpile can be frozen in winter or the peat can be self-heated so that it ignits. | | | Other milled and sod peat stockpile covering materials, such as wood chips, sawdust and straw have been tested. | | | At the end of a production season the stockpiles are shaped with bulldozers to steep sloped and they are compacted throughly. |
|
http://www.finbioenergy.fi/teknologiat/engl/20.htm
(364 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat bogs in danger |
| | Peat land plants are highly specialised to survive in these poor conditions. | | | The way peat is formed creates unique and fragile ecosystems, with many highly adapted plant and animal species found only on peat bogs. | | | It helps to reduce the green waste, going to landfill, and unlike peat it is full of nutrients and returns organic matter to the soil in a useful form. |
|
http://www.waverley.gov.uk/waste/peat.asp
(525 words)
|
|
| |
| | SOFIA - Biogeochemical Processes in Peat |
| | Peat consists of the partially decomposed remains of plants that grew in the wetlands. | | | The cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur in peat is an important factor in the regulation of water quality in the South Florida wetlands ecosystem. | | | Peat is a repository of the history of past environmental conditions in the wetland. |
|
http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/fs/wetland_seds
(2300 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Filters |
| | Because peat filters produce cleaner wastewater, they are useful for sites with "disturbed" (compacted, cut, or filled) soil and for environmentally sensitive areas such as shoreland areas in shallow bedrock areas, aquifer recharge areas, and wellhead protection areas. | | | Pretreatment may allow a reduction in the three-foot separation required between the bottom of the seepage trench of the soil treatment system and the limiting soil layer. | | | Modules are manufactured plastic peat treatment cells (Figure 2). |
|
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD7669.html
(1297 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Export |
| | The peat substratum 1 is made from light peat (H1-H3), from two kinds of lime materials and a complete complex fertilizer. | | | The peat substratum 2 is made from light peat (H1-H3), from two kinds of lime materials and a complete complex fertilizer. | | | These substrata are made from the moss peat with a degree of decomposition H1-H3, from two kinds of lime materials and from a special complex mineral fertilizer of a Finnish company KEMIRA. |
|
http://www.peatexport.lv/production.htm
(444 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Biofilter |
| | Use of peat in septic tank effluent treatment-column studies. | | | Use of peat for on-site wastewater treatment: II. | | | A laboratory study of peat columns was used to determine loading rates, allowable compaction, and nutrient removal parameters (Rock et al., 1984). |
|
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/septic3/peatbiofilter.html
(2404 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ireland's Peat Bogs |
| | By the end of the Bronze Age, around 500BC, the farmers had been forced to clear lower level land as the upland areas were no longer usable. | | | The peat and water thus became acidic, further preventing decomposition. | | | For a period around this time, the climate was drier than today, and large trees were able to grow on the bog itself. |
|
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/geography/bogs.html
(1669 words)
|
|
| |
| | P.E.A.T. WEBSITE |
| | P.E.A.T. Sorry your browser does not support frames. |
|
http://www.peatni.org
(8 words)
|
|
| |
| | peat |
| | Peat has a yellowish brown to brownish black color, is generally of the fibrous consistency, and can be either plastic or friable; in its natural state it can be cut; further, it has a very high moisture content (above 75%, generally above 90%). | | | Stagnant ground water is necessary for peat formation to protect the residual plant material from decay. | | | Individual plant elements, such as roots, stems, leaves, and seeds, can commonly be seen in it with the unaided eye. |
|
http://www.webref.org/geology/p/peat.htm
(362 words)
|
|
| |
| | ENGLISH NATURE : News |
| | The operators are continuing to use their resources to develop products other than peat, for plants to grow in. | | | Use only peat-free or peat-reduced products and plants grown in peat-free or peat-reduced products in your garden and home. | | | Strongly encourage commercial companies to stop removing peat where it is damaging Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and other peatlands that are important to nature conservation. |
|
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/statement.asp?ID=46
(757 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Moss |
| | Peat is lighter, softer, and more crumbly than ordinary garden soil. | | | Because peat slowly decomposes and mixes completely with garden or potting soil, peat seed-starting products can be transferred directly to planting containers or to outdoor plots. | | | Other wetland plants such as hypnum, reed, and sedge will decompose as well, forming different types of peat mosses. |
|
http://pss.uvm.edu/ppp/articles/peatmoss.htm
(519 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: Peat |
| | Peat moss is available in various quantities, and in my experience it is best to buy it in bales (3.5 cubic feet). | | | Peat is essential for the beginning carnivorous plant grower. | | | A bale costs me less than US$ 20. |
|
http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq3200.html
(274 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC News SCI/TECH Public millions to save peat bogs |
| | The bogs take thousands of years to form and support a unique range of plants and animals, including the boghopper beetle and a yellow fly called the hairy canary. | | | But groups such as Friends of the Earth and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds have been campaigning for years for measures to stop the peat industry harvesting from wetlands. | | | In areas where Somerset sinks below sea level, peat provides local landowners with much-needed income. |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1843000/1843299.stm
(369 words)
|
|
| |
| | Ivano-Frankivsk Peat Corporation Main page |
| | Peat substratum is a new level of your productivity. | | | New highly productive technical equipment makes it possible to produce a wide range of universal and special substatum and peat soils for industrial anf amateur duplication and cultivation decorative and vegetable plants. | | | Excelent highland peat of moss group is got in ecologically safe region of Precarpathia at the unique mine Pid Borom.Peat mining, developing and packing techniques make it possible to leave its structure and natural qualities unchanged. |
|
http://www.peat.com.ua/en
(162 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat-free gardening - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| | Different peat alternatives are available for seeds, potting and soil conditioning. | | | It takes centuries for a peat bog to form, with its special wildlife - modern machinery destroys it in days. | | | Peat alternatives are available in most garden centres and DIY stores, or you can use your own compost. |
|
http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/whatyoucando/peat/index.asp
(224 words)
|
|
| |
| | Infoplease Search: peat bog |
| | (Encyclopedia) peat, soil material consisting of partially decomposed organic matter; found in swamps and bogs in... | | | (Encyclopedia) Allen, Bog of, area of several peat bogs c.375 sq mi (971 sq km), with patches of cultivable land,... |
|
http://www.infoplease.com/search?fr=iptn&query=Peat+bog&in=all
(166 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peatlands History and uses of peat History of peat use in Ireland |
| | The upper layers, of raised bogs in particular, were used to produce peat moss which had a number of uses. | | | The Stone Age people also brought livestock to Ireland and would probably have utilised peatlands for grazing, a practice that continues today on upland bogs. | | | In general the lower layers of peatlands yielded peat which was used for fuel. |
|
http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/history
(180 words)
|
|
| |
| | PEAT Product Information |
| | It is also important that users carry a mobile version so that they can add and modify their calendar, names and notes throughout the day. | | | "Since I started using PEAT, the slope of my improvement has increased a lot.... | | | PEAT allows many different types of tasks to be defined so more realistic and accurate activity models can be created. |
|
http://www.brainaid.com/Product.htm
(1850 words)
|
|
| |
| | Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association - HomePage - Peatmoss.com |
| | It is the unique ability of peat moss to retain water yet still allow oxygen to the plants that makes it so valuable. | | | Peat is the main ingredient in potting mixes and professional growing media. | | | The CSPMA logo ensures that the peat you buy is from a bog where strict environmental guidelines are in place and the company using our logo has adopted the CSPMA Code of Practice. |
|
http://www.peatmoss.com
(172 words)
|
|
| |
| | peat bog - definition of peat bog by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | peat bog - definition of peat bog by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
|
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/peat%20bog
(124 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peaty Writes |
| | Even with all the safty gear he managed | | | Steve is going to keep you up to date here with all his latest news. | | | Keep checking back as the new site should be not too far around the corner. |
|
http://www.stevepeat.com
(640 words)
|
|
| |
| | Sneaky Peat's welcome page |
| | Use of any material on this site other than that owned by others | | | Copyright © 1996-2003, Irish American Peat, Inc.and/or its owner. | | | Instant Ireland, Irish Bar-B-Q, Irish BBQ, Peat 'n Scents, O'Great'is Irish O'Riginal are Trade/Service Marks of Irish American Peat Inc |
|
http://www.sneakypeat.com
(280 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat Export |
| | PEAT EXPORT is able to work as supplier of raw material for factories that are using peat in its production. | | | The goal of our work is to increase peat market for Latvian producers. | | | Our company is the member of Latvian Peat Producers Association. |
|
http://www.peatexport.lv
(273 words)
|
|
| |
| | Glossary of Terms: P |
| | Typical size is 1 to 7 meters high, 10 to 30 meters wide, and 15 to 150 meters long. | | | A mound of peat that develops as the result of the formation of a number ice lenses beneath the ground surface. |
|
http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/p.html
(3299 words)
|
|
| |
| | Peat |
| | Peat adds its heat to many traditional homes and, of course, its smoky flavors to Scotch whisky. | | | Long before dead plant matter becomes coal it is peat, a ragged brown stuff that often displays plant fragments. |
|
http://geology.about.com/b/a/174360.htm
(198 words)
|
|
| |
| | Bord na Mona Group - Peat |
| | Peatlands cover 16.2% of the land mass of the island of Ireland and 17.2% of the area of the Republic. | | | Group Home > Peat > Peatlands of Ireland | | | The bogs and the peat products won from the bogs play a part in many aspects of daily life. |
|
http://www.bnm.ie/group/peat/peatlandsofireland.htm
(70 words)
|
|
| |
| | DAKOTA Peat & Equipment |
| | Nov 28, 2005 -- Dakota Peat and Equipment has introduced its totally redesigned Turf Tender product line for the 2006 model year. | | | Designed with the operator in mind, the new Turf Tenders have fewer parts and are easier to use, adjust and maintain. | | | March 6-7, 2006 -- Held in Vancouver, B.C., Greenline Equipment had a booth for Dakota Peat and Equipment. |
|
http://www.dakotapeat.com
(94 words)
|
|
| |
| | peat - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Phrases that include peat: peat moss, peat bog, 3 peat, blanket peat, f. | | | peat : Canadian Soil Information System [home, info] | | | Words similar to peat: peaty, turf, fuel, more... |
|
http://www.onelook.com/?w=peat&ls=a
(308 words)
|
|
| |
| | F. David Peat - Author, Physicist |
| | David Peat has created a learning center in the village of Pari, Tuscany. | | | David Peat will be teaching a series of courses during 2006 at the Pari Center for New Learning. | | | David Peat will be giving an Internet-based talk at the California Institute of Integral Studies from January 23 to May 15. |
|
http://www.fdavidpeat.com
(215 words)
|
|
| |
| | peat alert in south yorkshire |
| | But this is not enough to stop them being ravaged by US multinational Scotts, extracting millions of tons of peat to sell to garden centres and farmers around the country. | | | Resistance in the area has been increasing throughout 2001, but we're not going to stop until we've saved the moor, and preferably put Scotts out of business. | | | !new Power Lines Come Down at Hatfield Peat Works |
|
http://www.peatalert.org.uk
(132 words)
|
|
| |
| | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - peat reek definition |
| | smoke from peat fire: the smoke from a peat fire that is said to impart a distinctive flavor to whiskey | | | whiskey distilled over peat fire: whiskey that is distilled over a peat fire, thereby gaining a distinctive smoky flavor | | | MSN Encarta - Dictionary - peat reek definition |
|
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=561506253
(86 words)
|
|
| |
| | International Peat Society -- Kansainvälinen Turveyhdistys -- Internationale Gesellschaft für Moor- und Torfkunde |
| | Scientific, industrial and regulatory stakeholders of all areas related to peat and peatlands are represented in its Commissions, National Committees and other bodies. | | | It is dedicated to fostering the advancement, exchange and communication of scientific, technical and social knowledge and understanding for the wise use of peatlands and peat. | | | To achieve its goals, the IPS regularly organizes conferences, symposia and workshops, publishes finding from science and industry and serves in general as a forum to bring together experts from different fields of business, science, culture and regulatory bodies dealing with peat and peatlands. |
|
http://www.peatsociety.org
(147 words)
|
|
|
