peat moss

Coconut fibers broken down by millipedes may serve as a sustainable replacement for peat moss, a material commonly used to start seedlings but often sourced from fragile wetland ecosystems.

To form the surface of a running track they were mixed with clay, peat moss, or ashes from burning coal, which held the surface together.

Bark, particularly finely ground pine bark, holds water and can be used as a substitute for peat moss.

Often labeled as sphagnum moss or peat moss, it became popular in the 1950s because of its versatility.

Seeds grow in six peat moss sponges encased in plastic pods — reaching their roots into the water at the unit’s base.