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Shredding & blowing peat moss on lawn?
"Andrew Ostrander" wrote in message
... I replied earlier, but I inadvertently sent it to only one person. Here it is for the group. The peat moss sounds like a fine idea to me, despite what some others have speculated. I would go with a report from someone who has tried it long before I'd go with the nay-sayers on this newsgroup who have not. Your climate matters a lot of course. As to cost, that varies too; around here peat moss is extremely cheap; it comes on a truck by the yard if you want it. I sympathize with the original poster, who asked a simple question and got sermons in response, but never an answer. (No, I don't know either where to buy such a blower.) Nobody else knows where to buy one, either. Imagine trying to blow feathers onto your lawn, or flour. That's what it would be like to try and blow peat moss onto the lawn. As added material, I will point out that using peat moss to start a lawn implies that it will be kept moist. Moist peat moss won't blow anywhere, and neither will it wick water from the ground. As for wicking significant water out of the ground, I know that peat pots do that if they are only partly buried, but I think this is sufficiently different. Added even later (From http://www.greengate.ca/lawns_sod/): "After seeding apply a thin layer of peat moss over the entire area. This helps retain moisture and holds the seed to ensure a quality product." So the idea is not unknown. The sarcastic tone of some posters here, who wrote from ignorance as if they actually knew something about the topic, is not justified. The responses became sarcastic when the OP decided she didn't like the answers, and only wanted to hear "yes", when in fact, the answer is "no". If you don't have an open mind when you ask questions, then don't ask. |
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