HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Growing Media Components Inorganic components include, but are not limited to: perlite, pumice, vermiculite, sand, hydrogel, etc. Some of these components hold water on their surface, while others hold water on their surface and within their structure, and others hold very little, if any water, such as perlite.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sphagnum moss is perhaps the most desirable form of organic matter for the preparation of growing media. Drainage and aeration are improved in heavier soils while moisture and nutrient retention are increased in lighter soils.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common material used in growing media are made of peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, bark, soil and sand.