Peat is one of the most important materials used for soil amendment in commercial horticulture. Traditionally, sphagnum peat has been the dominating form of peat used, but other forms of peat may also prove to be of great use. Sometimes, peat must be removed from restored wetlands in order to create more open patches of water. This offers a potential to use the removed peat for something productive. In this study, it was examined if peat made up from Cladium sp. could be used to mix with a sand soil to gain a higher yield of crops. Corn were planted in sand soil containing varying amounts of peat mixed in. The crops were then allowed to grow for around 50 days before harvest. After harvesting, it was found that the yield was higher from the crops that had been growing in a soil that had some amount of peat mixed in with the sand. Further large-scale studies could determine if this could be used as an economic and sustainable alternative to sphagnum peat.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-99437 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Forsström, Hannes |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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