PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PEAT AND PEAT-MOULDS IMPROVED BY PERLITE AND FOAM-PLASTICS IN RELATION TO ORNAMENTAL PLANT-GROWTH*

In Belgium the breeding of ornamental plants is situated in the districts of Ghent and Eeklo with the exception of a few minor centres such as in the surroundings of Bruges.
In the last ten years there has been a large development of ornamental plant-breeding resulting in a high total export (table 1, fig. 1).

Such a strong development of ornamental plant-breeding in a relatively small area raises the problem of getting satisfactory quantities of good mould which can be used for cultivating ornamental plants.
The quality of the moulds is mainly a matter of physical characteristics, as the chemical properties can be taken care of by fertilization.

Symposium on Peat in Horticulture

P. Dr. M. De Boodt, Ir. O. Verdonck

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1971.18.1