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Peat moss is the main component used in soilless greenhouse substrates and is thus in high demand commercially. Due to both perceived environmental and economic concerns associated with peat harvest and production, an increased search for alternative substrates has occurred. A majority of the viable alternatives available to growers are wood-based substrates. These substrates are readily available and could be considered more sustainable, depending on geographic location, than peat moss. One example of these wood-based substrates is eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.). The objectives of these experiments were to evaluate post-distilled, milled eastern redcedar shavings, in varying volumetric concentrations, as a substrate component, and to compare its effectiveness to a grower's standard peat-lite mix. Petunia ×hybrida Vilm. ‘Celebrity Blue’ and Impatiens walleriana Hook.f. ‘Extreme Violet’ grown in substrates containing up to 40% eastern redcedar product had equal or greater growth index than in the standard peat-lite mix, although bloom count was reduced in one experiment. Therefore, growers could amend their substrates with up to 40% eastern redcedar shavings and see little to no change in marketable plant growth for these two annual species.

Distilled Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) as an Alternative Substrate in the Production of Greenhouse-Grown Annuals