Potting mixes often contain sphagnum peat moss from bogs in Canada or Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation Gets Right Down to the Real Nitty-Gritty « Isegoria] Reference
Azaleas require highly acidic soil - such as sphagnum peat moss amended with gypsum and perhaps limestone. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
The checks were held in sphagnum moss at Beltsville. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
A mixture of peat and chopped sphagnum is what it likes. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
It is also advisable to avoid skin contact with sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Sporotrichosis] Reference
One year I packed away my scions in rather moist sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Cover only the lower side of the branch base with sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
In fens and bogs, sphagnum moss, ferns, and sedges are common. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)] Reference
The other harvested forms are sphagnum moss, humus and hypnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Peat] Reference
This packing may be sphagnum moss or mill planings slightly moistened. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Fill marcot bag with moist sphagnum moss securely tied around the culm. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
"Unlike sphagnum peat, there are no sticks or other extraneous matter.". From Wordnik.com. [6: Soil health and plant nutrition] Reference
Pack them in sphagnum moss, put them in cold storage and freeze them solid. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
This eastern mud salamander (Pseudotriton montanus) is resting on sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Bog] Reference
Nursery of Albert Lea, Minnesota, have a method of packing roses in sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
The mix generally sold has charcoal, sphagnum moss, bark, and other ingredients in it. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Orchids isn't as hard as You Think - a Primer for Beginners] Reference
This year I used green sphagnum with all its water and the nuts seemed to keep well in it. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The fungus can be found in sphagnum moss, in hay, in other plant materials, and in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Sporotrichosis] Reference
In placing grafted walnuts in sphagnum or sand they should not stay wet or the buds will die. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
Scotia by the Gray Herbarium expedition, mostly in bogs and hollows of sandy peat or sphagnum. From Wordnik.com. [The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada] Reference
Either unions must be above damp sand or sphagnum, or the buds be protected by wax or adhesive. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
Some nuts have been in damp sphagnum for over 5 weeks now and are in excellent shape except for. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The rooting medium was white, washed, building sand placed over one half inch of sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The difficulty was in getting my men sufficiently interested to keep the sphagnum wet all the time. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The pots should be two-thirds filled with crocks, then filled up with fibrous peat and sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
Plant these Orchids firmly in well-drained pots, using equal parts of live sphagnum and fibrous peat. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
The completed graft was packed in layers of sphagnum and placed in an incubator instead of using a greenhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
The correct amount of moisture may be attained by adding 4 fluid ounces of water to 1 pound of dry sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
The land between the middle and the left fork was a boggy lowland with sphagnum moors, and it was difficult going. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The butternut and black walnut hardly showed any callus at all after keeping the sphagnum wet as long as my men would do it. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
The cut or ringed area is treated with a hormone powder, wrapped in sphagnum moss and covered with a wrapping of polyethelene. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
A marcot box containing sphagnum moss kept moist by a glass wick immersed in water from a bottle at the lower end was employed. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951] Reference
Another way to grow it is in pots, when exactly the required kind of compost can easily be given, viz., peat and chopped sphagnum. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
Later we found it much better to keep scions at home in a cellar at a higher temperature, and in only slightly dampened sphagnum moss. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
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