Re: [Killietalk] Re-use of peat

["Tim Addis" <timaddis at killifish_force9.co.uk>]

> I think the peat bogs in Europe are a whole other story, I don't know much
> about them but I think the peat used from them is much less renewable than
> the peat from Canada.  I will say it's a much more suitable and superior
> peat for use with killies than Canadian peat IME as it's softer, there is
> very little debris (like sticks or bark- a sign of the quick formation of
> Canadian peat) and I consider myself lucky to get about a year supply of 
> it
> every spring.

Hi Nick, It was the European type I was referring to. I used to truck peat 
out of these old bogs. These were totally destroyed & not renewable.

    Tim 

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