0 a dark brown substance like soil that was formed by plants dying and becoming buried. It is sometimes added to ordinary garden soil to improve it and is sometimes used as fuel. --
1 partly decayed plant matter, used to improve garden dirt or as fuel --
Distilling made use of peat as a fuel.
Therefore, species in the peat-swamp stand developed less leaf dry mass, though they sustained larger total leaf areas.
Variables such as changes in peat depth and peat structure need to be observed closely over the long term.
A casing layer of peat or peat substitute is then added to stimulate the production of mushroom fruit bodies.
Soil samples were mixed with a sterile substratum of vermiculite and peat (2:1) until a depth of 1 cm was reached.
It is repeatedly stated that agriculture is only feasible on shallow peat.
Slug antigens were detectable in decaying slugs on both the soil and peat for remarkably long periods, with half-lives of 8.2 and 11.5 days respectively.
The tubs were half filled with a mixture of steamsterilized sandy loam (50%), peat (30%) and grit (20%).
