It grows on muck, sedge peat, wet sand or silt, in filtered or full sunlight.
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Muskeg consists of dead plants in various states of decomposition ( as peat ), ranging from fairly intact sphagnum moss, to sedge peat, to highly decomposed humus.
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This year I thought I'd try Johnny's Organic Mix No . 512, a mix of sphagnum and sedge peat mosses, compost and perlite, as well as enough nutrients to sustain growth for several weeks.