摘要:
Peat moss having water repellency when it is dry is used as culture soil by subjecting it to a water repellency preventing treatment. In addition, a seedling-growing peat board with few germs and impurities, being lightweight and easy to handle, and particularly suitable for use as bed soil of a seed bed, is provided. The culture soil contains peat moss which is water repellent when dry, and a water-absorbing clay adhered to the surface of the peat moss. This is accomplished by treating water to render it absorbable by peat moss, suspending a water-absorbing clay in the treated water, contacting the peat moss with the suspension to absorb the suspension onto the surface of the peat moss, and drying the peat moss.
摘要:
The growth medium consists of a homogeneous mixture of short rockwool fibres, and short vegetable fibres, preferably peat fibres. Humus material may be added, preferably composted sludge. To the mixture may also be added fertilizer, and seeds, e.g. grass seeds being bound to said fibres by a rapidly disintegrating binder.The method for producing said growth medium comprises intimately mixing long rockwool fibres, and vegetable fibres, preferably peat fibres, and possible additional materials in a dry state in a mixer until homogenous spheres or balls are formed which contain the components in a substantially uniform mixture, and cutting said spheres into short fibres by the aid of beating knives, a hammer mill or the like, and then conveying said medium to the growing site or to a packaging by the aid of an air jet.
摘要:
A substrate for the cultivation of plants in greenhouses or outdoors comprises klinoptylolite zeolite, vermiculite and peat in specified particle size ranges and relationships, with enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus content, to provide a highly versatile and surprisingly effective active growing medium.
摘要:
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.
摘要:
The invention provides for methods, devices, and systems for pyrolyzing biomass. A pyrolysis unit can be used for the pyrolysis of biomass to form gas, liquid, and solid products. The biomass materials can be selected such that an enhanced biochar is formed after pyrolysis. The biomass can be pyrolyzed under specified conditions such that a selected biochar core is formed. The pyrolysis process can form a stable biochar core that is inert and/or resistant to degradation. The biochar or biochar core can be functionalized to form a functionalized biochar or functionalized biochar core. Functionalized can include post-pyrolysis treatments such as supplementation with microbes or physical transformations including annealing and/or activation.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for producing horticultural or fuel peat, in which the peat is removed from a bog, the removed peat is transferred from the bog to a drying field a distance away, in which the moved peat is dried, mainly by exploiting direct solar energy, so that the peat dries due to the effect of the solar radiation and the wind, after drying, the peat is moved from the drying location to further use or storage. The drying field is a special surfaced field, essentially impermeable to water, created for drying, and the peat is spread on the field as a thin 1-15 cm layer of a high-consistency mass, with a solids content of 8-30%.
摘要:
A composition or composite structure having an appearance of soil or a soil mixture and method of making and using the composition are disclosed. The composition comprises a mixture of cellulose particles and a binding adhesive. The mixture of cellulose particles may be selected from wood particles, wood chips, sawdust, or a combination thereof. The cellulose particles comprise a plurality of sizes and a plurality of shapes. The cellulose particles may be color-treated, dyed, stained, or bleached to a desired color such as black, dark brown, tan, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed are kits comprising the cellulose particle mixture and an adhesive packaged together with instructions for use.
摘要:
An artificial soil composition and a method of growing vegetation on a sloped surface, especially a cut rock surface are disclosed. The artificial soil composition includes peat, granular soil, sewage sediment formed by the treatment of urban waste for example and pulp sludge formed by the de-watering of fibrous material and is a byproduct of the manufacture of paper from wood pulp. The artificial soil composition is applied over a meshing which is secured over a sloped cut rock surface. Plants are grown in the layer of artificial soil. Experimentally, the artificial soil is shown to have an increased adhesion to the inclined surface compared to natural soil, promotes plant growth and retains water to a greater extent than natural soil but does not cause an environmental hazard resulting from the leaching of compounds in the run-off water.The preferred concentrations of the constituents by weight are: peat (10-30%) granular soil (10-30%) sewage sediment (40-60%) and pulp sludge (25-44%).
摘要:
A soil or soil improver for plants which is characterized by combining a charcoal or activated carbon on which oxygen is adsorbed with a soil or soil improver comprising an inorganic or organic ion exchanger and a porous mineral, and a soil or soil improver which further comprises polyacrylamide. By using the soil or soil improver of the invention, plants can continue to grow for four months to one year without supplying water and fertilizer, and various decoration patterns of plants are possible, such as horizontal decoration, reverse decoration and space decoration.
摘要:
A growing medium for plants is prepared by mixing a growing material with a highly water-absorbent polymer.The polymer may be an acrylamide polymer cross-linked with methylene bisacrylamide which absorbs water to form a sticky gel.The growing material may comprise rock wool.