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Soil Smack Down: Peat Moss vs. Coconut Coir: Compost Wins!

Soil Smack Down: Peat Moss vs. Coconut Coir: Compost Wins!

Gardeners have been conditioning their soil with sphagnum peat moss for years, unknowingly contributing to carbon emissions by depleting some of the planet’s great carbon sinks. The peat bogs across the world do more to take carbon out of the air than the tropical rainforests. And they are being harvested at an unsustainable rate.