Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot
Canadian Peat Moss is a staple for any place that sells plants. I'm surprised your Home Depot only has the one kind, although depending where you are located it may be very late in the gardening season and they may not have any atm. Any hardware store, gardening center, Wal-Mart, K-Mart or similar handles it.
Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot
Depending on the make up of your water you may find that the amount of peat moss needed to lower your ph will be great. It is difficult to tell without knowing the minerals that are buffering your water. You may find that you will need a strong acid like HCL to lower it.
Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot
If you look by the house plant fertilizer section you will find 3 lbs bags of peat.
Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot
Can you tell me the exact brand name for those 3 lbs peat moss ?
I am very nervous about getting the wrong type of peat moss that has chemical in it which might kill my fish. I did something terrible a few days ago during WC that kill some of my frys. I don't want to have any chance to kill my adult discus.
Thanks for your help.
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http://www.scotts.com/index.cfm/even...0543cec50fc840
The only thing I didnt like about the product is that its very fine.
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We buy our peat in 3.8 cubic foot bails from Home Depot. I think it's about 10 bucks per bail. Home Depot doesn't list it on their website (probably because their website sucks beyond belief) But Premier Horticulture lists Home Depot as their main retailer on their 'locator'.
This is the stuff....Its under "Soil Conditioning"...It's called PRO-MOSS.
http://www.premierhort.com/eProMix/G...fGardening.htm
BTW, I have to agree with Paul...You may be disappointed with the results you get from Peat filtered water. It DOES work....but you may need to use very large amounts to achieve your desired end result. It's typically very messy as well.
Tony
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Hmm, if it's so messy to generate very little result, then how come so many of the expert here are still using peat moss ?
If I don't use it, what else can I use to lower the PH and soften the water ? I have been using Acid Buffer and Discus Buffer for my breeding tank, along with a mixture of tap water (8.2 PH) and kitchen filtered drinking water (at 6.4 PH).
Maybe I should give up trying the peat moss then. :confused:
Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot
Hi,
If you mix RO water with your tap to decrease the mineral content , then the peat will have a bigger impact imo.
A tds meter will tell you how hard or soft (amount of minerals in the water) your current water is.
hth
Ardan
Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot
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Originally Posted by
Ardan
Hi,
If you mix RO water with your tap to decrease the mineral content , then the peat will have a bigger impact imo.
A tds meter will tell you how hard or soft (amount of minerals in the water) your current water is.
hth
Ardan
Can you suggest a good tds meter ?
Re: Peat Moss at Home Depot