{"title":"Bases","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA soil base is the bulk of your mix, the material everything else is built on. Peat moss earns that role because it holds water and air well, resists compaction, and brings almost no nutrients of its own, which leaves you in full control of the fertility you add. Because it's naturally acidic, it also gives you a clean, predictable starting pH to buffer and adjust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWe currently carry two sphagnum peat sources, Canadian and Estonian. Both do the same fundamental job of a stable, water-holding foundation, with differences in structure and decomposition depending on where they're harvested. Start here, then build up with amendments and minerals to make the soil your own.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"canadian-peatmoss","title":"Canadian Peatmoss","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanadian Peatmoss (Medium Grade) is a pre-inoculated, high-quality base material for building custom soil mixes. This grade contains a mix of medium down to finer particle sizes, making it the most versatile option for full-term growing mixes where plants will spend their entire cycle — from transplant through to harvest — in the same container.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeatmoss is the industry standard base material for good reason: it holds moisture exceptionally well, provides a stable and consistent structure, is naturally acidic (which pairs well with liming agents like oyster lime, wollastonite, and gypsum for precise pH targeting), and has a high cation exchange capacity that helps hold and buffer nutrients in the root zone. Our Canadian peatmoss comes pre-inoculated, giving it a biological head start over raw, sterile peat — meaning soil biology can establish faster once the mix is built and amended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse as the foundation of your soil mix, then amend with your chosen mineral, fertility, and aeration inputs. Buffer the pH with liming ingredients to suit your target range — an unbuffered peatmoss will sit quite acidic on its own. The medium grade particle size distribution provides a good balance of water retention and air porosity without needing heavy aeration additions, though most growers will still add perlite, pumice, rice hulls, or similar to dial in drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soil Supply Co.","offers":[{"title":"20L","offer_id":49978607239408,"sku":"PEAT-CANADA-20L","price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0823\/1262\/6416\/files\/canadianpeatmoss_3da00706-8768-4e2c-a4ab-bdd13f398761.png?v=1783317999"},{"product_id":"estonian-peatmoss","title":"Estonian Peatmoss","description":"\u003cp\u003eEstonian Peatmoss (Fine Grade) is a pre-inoculated, fine-particle base material tailored for seed-raising blends and plants with delicate root systems. The finer texture provides gentle, even moisture distribution throughout the media — exactly what young seedlings and fine-rooted plants need to establish without drying out or sitting in overly wet pockets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstonian peat carries the same core benefits as its Canadian counterpart — excellent moisture retention, natural acidity for precise pH targeting with liming agents, and high cation exchange capacity to hold and buffer nutrients — but the finer particle size creates a denser, more moisture-retentive structure suited to smaller containers, propagation trays, and early-stage growing. The pre-inoculation gives it a biological head start over raw sterile peat, allowing beneficial microbes to establish quickly once the mix is built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse as the foundation of seed-raising and propagation mixes, or for any application where a finer, more moisture-retentive base is preferred. Buffer the pH with liming ingredients to suit your target range — unbuffered peatmoss will sit quite acidic on its own. Because the fine grade holds more water and provides less natural air porosity than medium grade, most growers will want to add an aeration component like fine perlite, rice hulls, or fine pumice to prevent the mix from staying too wet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soil Supply Co.","offers":[{"title":"20L","offer_id":49978610516208,"sku":"PEAT-ESTONIA-20L","price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0823\/1262\/6416\/files\/estonianpeatmoss_d95642cf-f288-4982-9565-6a0225549d8c.png?v=1783318107"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0823\/1262\/6416\/collections\/canadianpeatmoss_3da00706-8768-4e2c-a4ab-bdd13f398761.png?v=1783321394","url":"https:\/\/soilsupply.co\/collections\/soil-bases.oembed","provider":"Soil Supply Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}