Propagating compost of peat and fertilizer
Abstract
Abstract A SUPERIOR PROPAGATING COMPOST IS PROVIDED WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE FROM SAND OR SOIL, WHICH CONTAINS A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 60% BY WEIGHT OF WATER BASED ON THE DRY WEIGHT OF THE COMPONENTS, AND WHICH COMPOST COMPRISES A MILLED PEAT IN ADMIXTURE WITH A FERTILIZER BASE, OPTIONALLY IN ADMIXTURE WITH A BULKING OR CARRIER MATERIAL FOR THE FERTILIZER BASE, THE MIXTURE HAVING A PH VALUE IN THE RANGE 5.5 TO 7.0; THE MILLED PEAT BEING CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT IS A FREE FLOWING PARTICULATE PEAT ALL OF WHOSE PARTICLES PASS THROUGH A NO. 60 BSS. SIEVE AND IN THAT IT CONTAINS NOT LESS THAN 30% BY VOLUME OF PARTICLES HAVING A DENSITY GREATER THAN THAT OF A PETROLEUM ETHER HAVING A BOILING POINT IN THE RANGE 80-100*C. AT 760 MM. OF MERCURY.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Samuel Atkins
- 👤 Derek Charles Attenburrow
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