Growing Media for the Future: Production of Sphagnum for High-quality, Sustainable and Peat-free Substrate

我们的合作项目将开发一种大规模生产泥炭藓的方法，用于商业加工成可持续的生长介质，特别关注生产用于蔬菜幼苗，水培和垂直农业的优质无菌生长介质。我们的生长介质将使园艺部门能够实现Defra到2030年消除泥炭堆肥的目标，也可以取代岩棉。我们相信这是一个颠覆性的，雄心勃勃的想法，导致一个新的产品和服务。微繁殖服务是可持续微繁殖泥炭藓的唯一供应商，在该领域遥遥领先。通过与行业合作伙伴Melcourt Industries和FreshGro以及RTO作物健康与保护中心的合作，我们能够在整个项目中与最终用户进行互动，以确保快速商业化。

Our collaborative project will develop a method for producing Sphagnum moss at scale for commercial processing into sustainable growing media, with a particular focus on producing quality sterile growing media for vegetable seedlings, hydroponics and vertical farming. Our growing media will enable the horticultural sector to achieve the Defra target of eliminating peat-based composts by 2030, and could also replace rockwool. We believe this is a disruptive, and ambitious idea leading to a new products and service. Micropropagation Services are the only supplier of sustainable micropropagated Sphagnum, which is significantly ahead of others in the field. With the collaboration of industry partners Melcourt Industries and FreshGro, with RTO Centre for Crop Health and Protection, we are well placed to engage with end users throughout this project to ensure rapid commercialisation.