peat characteristics

peat characteristics

Ministry of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine
The Rovno Regional State Planning Technological Center of Soil Fertility Preservation and Quality of Products

The Rovno Center has accomplished studies aimed to determine characteristics of quality in the samples of peat extracted from the deposit of Morochno in Dubrovitsky region. The results of the study are shown in the tables:

Characteristics	Actual content, %
	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3	Average
Humidity	54.1	55.3	5.3	54.2
Saline pH	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.6
Ash value	4.86	5.53	4.64	5.2
Organic substance	95.14	94.47	95.36	94.99
Decomposition degree	16.8	18	17.2	17.3
Ability to retain water	680	650	670	666
Cs-137 activity, becquerel/kg	42	44	53	46
Contamination with particles bigger than 6mm	Not found	Not found	Not found	Not found
Content of common forms of nutrients, %
N	1.46	1.59	1.5	1.52
P	0.16	0.17	0.15	0.16
K	0.09	0.1	0.08	0.09

Conclusion: the peat can be utilized in agriculture and farming without limits for preparation of peat composts, peat mixtures.