{"id":9832,"date":"2021-03-31T14:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=9832"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:48:43","slug":"peat-a-great-helper-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=9832","title":{"rendered":"Peat\u2026 a Great Helper in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peat is one of the most universal minerals. It is used for various purposes, including fertilizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=9618\">soil<\/a>. Peat soil is usually sold for growing seedlings.<\/p>\n<p>Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; March 31, 2021 \u2013 Agriculture<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peat soil is a mixture of peat with natural soil, for the preparation of which neutral lowland or transitional peat and floodplain fertile soil are used.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peat contains a large number of humic acids, which, in turn, promote vegetation growth. From peat prepare various mixtures, soils, <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=8641\">fertilizers<\/a>, and substrates, which are used in greenhouses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The main characteristics of peat soil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>reduces the evaporation of moisture from the root system and the nearest plant space; preserves the softness of the soil;<\/p>\n<p>counteracts weed germination;<\/p>\n<p>neutralizes the harmful effects of pesticides;<\/p>\n<p>fights the accumulation and impact on the plant of heavy metals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advantages of peat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>has a large number of useful <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=7145\">organic<\/a> substances and nutrients;<\/p>\n<p>well permeable to water and retains heat;<\/p>\n<p>improves soil properties, makes it more structural;<\/p>\n<p>environmentally friendly and safe product.<\/p>\n<p>Peat soil forms a porous soil structure containing air. Enriches with nutrients, which increases fertility and has a positive effect on plant development and growth.<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=9088\">Microelement Fertilizers and Growth Stimulants for High Yields<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Source: Ukrgate<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peat is one of the most universal minerals. It is used for various purposes, including fertilizing the soil. Peat soil is usually sold for growing seedlings. Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; March 31, 2021 \u2013 Agriculture \u00a0 Peat soil is a mixture of peat with natural soil, for the preparation of which neutral lowland or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4293,5091,5090,5222,4862,5223,956,1000],"class_list":["post-9832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-agriculture","tag-agriculture-in-ukraine","tag-backyard","tag-cottage","tag-fertilizers","tag-garden","tag-peat","tag-tips","tag-ukraine-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}