Method and kit
AssigneeInstitute of Food Research
InventorsKeith Waldron, Timothy Brocklehurst
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing a plant growth medium comprising the following steps: a) providing an amount of bioorganic matter; b) contacting the bioorganic matter with one or more microbial agents capable of degrading the bioorganic matter to produce a decomposition product; and c) treating the decomposition product produced in step (b) to inhibit the degradation process prior to its completion. The invention further provides a bioreactor and a kit for performing that method, and a plant growth medium. In an embodiment, the plant growth medium is a peat-substitute material.
Claims58
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A method for producing a plant growth medium comprising the following steps:
- a) providing an amount of bioorganic matter;
- b) contacting the bioorganic matter with one or more microbial agents capable of degrading the bioorganic matter to produce a decomposition product;
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- c) treating the decomposition product produced in step (b) to inhibit the degradation process prior to its completion, wherein treatment removes microbial nutrient sources, and the one or more microbial agents, and degrading enzymes from the decomposition product, such that the plant growth medium contains an amount of microbial agents, degrading enzymes and microbial nutrient sources that is insufficient to begin or allow further decomposition of the plant growth medium.
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