• Keeps humidity longer in the soil.
• Gives better durable aeration and lightness to the soil.
• Due to the presence of a preservative substance (polysaccharide), has an antibacterian activity.
• The sphagnum moss plant is almost unputrefiable.

Biological and Physical Specifications of Sphagnum Moss:

• PH 4,8
• Humidity ratio +/- 20%
• Foreign matter ratio > 5%

These specifications allows:

• To retain up to 20 times its own weight of water and redistribute this water to roots according to their own requirements.

• Simultaneously, to provide an optimum oxygenation to the plant.

• Furthermore its antiseptic properties due to the presence of a powerful preservative, polysaccharide, help the plant resisting to diseases and parasites.

Besides, this exceptional property makes that the sphagnum moss is more and more used to preserve other products: fishes , fruits, etc.