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Handling Peat Moss



Regarding Peat moss -
    I just buy a bale of garden variety peat moss in the spring from my
local nursery (no additives, just plain peat moss). I keep a clean tuna fish
can in the bag to dip out the dry material as required.
    For use, I soak a mass of it well, boil it in a non-metal container on
the stove for five minutes or so (you can do this in a glass container in
the microwave if you prefer), cool, then squeeze as dry as I can. I pick out
any really rough stuff (actual twigs, etc.), then this damp material goes
into a glass jar (I have a gallon size brown one that dry chemicals
originally came in) and gets stored on a low shelf out of the way in my
fishroom.
    The peat keeps quite well this way.
    As I need peat for peat spawners, I just grab a few handsful and drop
them into the appropriate container, pour on water, let settle, and it's
ready for use.
    Just the way I do it - not the only way, I'm certain.
Best regards - donna

----- Original Message -----
From: <LLLIUJ at aol_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 5:54 PM
Subject: Peat?


> greetings people,
>     i just wanted to know do you buy the peat or what do you use as
peat???i'm breeding some aphyosemion so any advice about breeding them would
be apreciated.
>
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