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WHY GROWING MEDIA?
Growing media in soilless cultivation are relevant in several ways:
• Growers: because of the more accurate application of water and nutrients (+15% growth) and avoiding soil diseases (+5/50%).
• Society: because vegetables are essential in a more healthy life style and ornamentals promote wellbeing for the 70% of people living in cities in 2050.
• Authorities: because growing media allow recirculation of drainage which saves 50% of water and eliminates emissions of nitrate, phosphate, etc.
But there is a societal problem!
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93 % LOWER FOOTPRINT
In connection with the problems surrounding peat, life cycle assessments have been made on various alternative substrates - including willow compost. By using willow compost instead of peat, the climate footprint is reduced by 93%.
The results from the diagram is based on pure substrates and covers both production and use of the substrates.
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