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MELANGE TOURBE-VERMICULITE [1 record]

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Record 1 1984-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Many materials can be used as a growing medium, such as sand, compost, peat, sphagnum moss, vermiculite, topsoil, and some synthetic materials, but for functional and economic reasons, peat-vermiculite mixtures predominate. ... For CTS operations, peat vermiculite mixes are ... lightweight ..., uniform in composition, relatively inexpensive, ... relatively free of insects and diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation
  • Pépinières
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Les mélanges les plus utilisés sont formés de tourbe et de vermiculite dans des proportions variables. Ces mélanges constituent des milieux légers, de composition uniforme, facilement disponibles et à un coût raisonnable. Ces milieux sont généralement acides, exempts d'insectes et de maladies. Le mélange tourbe-vermiculite le plus utilisé est composé d'une partie de tourbe et d'une partie de vermiculite (...)

Spanish

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