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SAB
Peat Moss |
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The Right Product For Every Application.
Plantaflor SAB will make your plants grow by
using products made up from the best raw materials.
Thus
guaranteeing optimum
results for all application. We meet the needs of
specialized suppliers and professional horticulturists
as well
as hobby gardeners. Controlled production and strict
quality
checks guarantee consistently high standard of
our products for every type of culture.
Application
This white peat is ideal for producing your own cultivation
substrates, e.g. for special cultivations and acid
loving plants. When used to enhance the soil,
it increases the humus level and improves the storage capacity for water
and nutrients.
Composition and Structure
Slightly decomposed latvian high bog peat (white peat) fractioned by use of
a star sieve. Available in various sieve fractions / grain sizes. Corresponding
sieve fraction stated in the side fold of the packaging.
We supply the following sieve fractions:
| Standard |
0 - 40 mm |
Fine: |
0 - 7 mm |
Medium: |
7 - 20 mm |
Coarse: |
20 - 40 mm |
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Specification:
Degree of decomposition: |
H2 - H5 |
Organic matter:
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95 - 99 weight % (dry) |
Total nitrogen (N): |
approx. 1 weight % (dry) |
Ash: |
1 - 5 weight % |
Water holding capacity: |
45 - 55 vol. % |
| Exchange capacity: |
100 - 150 mval / 100 g org. Matter
(dry) |
| Volume / weight ratio: |
60 - 90 g/l (dry) |
Humidity: |
40 - 50 % approx. |
| Available Packaging: |
from 10 - 6000 L |
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Chemical Properties:
| pH value (CaC2) |
approx. 3,0 |
| pH value (H2O) |
approx. 3,5 |
| Salt level* (KCl) |
< 0,4 g/l |
(* calculated from the conductitivity of the human acid) |
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Soluble Nutrients Available To The Plants (as per VDLUFA, Germany):
| Nitrogen (N) |
< 50 mg/l |
| Phosphate (P2O5) |
< 30 mg/l |
| Potassium oxide (K2O) |
< 40 mg/l |
The peat is free of seeds, harmful nematodes and other harmful pathogens. The value of radioactivity is below the value, which is permissable for food. The peat is free of anorganic fertilizers.
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Analysis Certificate for SAB Turba Peat 340:
| Baltic (Latvian) high bog peat degree of decomposition |
H 2 - H5 |
| Structure: |
0 - 40 mm |
Chemical properties:
| Volume weight (g/l) dry |
< 55 – 90 |
| Porosity (vol %) |
95 – 98 |
| Water volume (%) |
40 – 80 |
| Air volume (%) |
16 – 55 |
| Nitrogen (N) |
< 50mg/l |
| Nitrogen Total |
0,02 – 0,04 weight-% |
| Phosphate (P2O5) |
< 50 mg/ |
| Phosphate Total |
0,01 – 0,02 weight-% |
| Potassium (K2O) |
< 50 mg/l |
| Potassium Total |
0,02 – 0,05 weight-% |
| Organic Carbon (C) |
55 – 60 weight-% |
| Organic Matter |
90 - 95 weight-% |
EC-value
(1:3,6 v/v; μS/cm) |
< 150 |
| pH-value (CaCl2) |
approx. 2,5 - 3,5 |
| pH-value (H2O) |
approx. 3,0 - 4,0 |
| As: |
2,0 mg/kg |
Pb: |
< 0,05 mg/kg Dry Matter |
| Ni: |
2,0 mg/kg |
Cd: |
< 0,25 mg/kg Dry Matter |
| Co: |
0,3 mg/kg |
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| Hg: |
0,03 mg/kg |
Na+: |
< 2 % |
| Cr: |
< 0,05 mg/kg Dry Matter |
Cl: |
< 2 % |
The product is free of hormones, e-coli, salmonella, brucella, seedweed alive, nematode eggs and cyst nematodes. The value of radioactivity is below the value that is permissible for food. |
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