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AssigneePittMoss, LLC
InventorsMont Andrew Handley, Matt Collins Knapp, Mark David Goldman
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Processes capable of producing bulk materials suitable for use by the horticulture industry, resulting bulk materials produced thereby, and applications for these processes and materials. Preferred bulk materials have physical properties similar to peat moss and comprise individual materials, each at least partially having a twisted, curled, clumped and rolled structure. The individual materials may further comprise small granular particles dispersed throughout the twisted, curled, clumped and rolled structure. The individual materials may be rolled fibers such that the bulk material has physical properties similar to sphagnum peat moss so as to be particularly suitable as, for example, a soil conditioner, an absorbent material, a chemical carrier, or a filtering material. Alternatively, the individual materials may be rolled particles such that the bulk material has physical properties similar to milled peat moss so as to be particularly suitable as propagation media.
A bulk material for use in the horticulture industry as a substitute for sphagnum peat moss and having physical properties that enable the bulk material to be mixed into soil in order to promote moisture retention and enhance aeration in the soil and/or used as media for propagation, seed starting and/or rooting applications, the bulk material comprising porous individual materials having a rolled form, each porous individual material comprising abrasive small granular particles (SGPs) dispersed in a core comprising rearranged shredded fragments of a cellulose material and having an internal fibrous structure, porosity characterized by internal pores for moisture holding, and an external structure, wherein:
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