Another urban legend is that the peat moss is not renewable, Canada harvest less than 0.5% of their peat bog x year. Also, I would love to know how many gallons of water are used to wash the salted coco coir and how much impact on the environment has the huge burning of diesel of the cargo ships who transport coco coir from the other side of the world

Some of the nicest casting I have ever seen are from sifted peatmoss as bedding.

good point about gasses ,thank you

The best solution would probably be to grow our own moss ! Sphagnum mosses are pretty easy to grow as long as you don't live under dry climate. It takes some space though. Peat moss we are buying in western Europe mostly comes from Chile. And it's a disaster for the biodiversity of wetlands.

Great videos. Will worms eat peat moss?

I think the issues is the environmental factor of the harvesting. I’ve never heard of what you’ve said in this video, when people are against peat it’s because of the harvesting practices from the companies.

I have started using pulverized paper with finely shreded cardboard.

I think of it this way "Is there other forms of carbon I can give my worms?"

I think this whole concern about greenhouse gasses is way overblown. If we lived in a dead place it would obviously be a problem...but we don't. We live in a place that systematically uses those gases for vegetation production. Mother nature takes up those gases and uses them to produce vigorous plant growth. All living plants use CO2 for plant growth. Same goes for our oceans and waterways. Nature adapts and brings it all into balance. We should be 100 fold more concerned about the chemical industry ruining our agriculture and food supply. They are really the ones that are throwing things out of balance and ruining the health of our soil, our food and our livestock and us humans too. Sure, we can blame the farmers for using these things, but, if they were banned, they'd have no choice but to comply. These long term broad leaf herbicides are destroying the life cycles of the otherwise perfect design of mother nature. That stuff just hangs around for years and perhaps even decades in the right conditions.

Why not replace Peat mods with coco coir? It's pH neutral, selfsustainable, and a byproduct of the coconut industry.

Recycling cardboard or newsprint is better than using peat moss if you are concerned with greenhouse gases. Worms like shredded cardboard better anyway. And it is free. Composted wood chips as a carbon source for commercial worm production uses a waste product that may otherwise end up in a landfill. Peat moss and coir are both poor choices.