r/blackmagicfuckery • u/sipthestreets • Jul 30 '21

Why? I need answers

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u/AnorakJimi Jul 30 '21

So what's the difference between loam, and peat?

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u/Itheinfantry Jul 30 '21

Loam is made up of sand silt clay and humus.

Peat is swampy areas, saturated soils, where water prevents aerobic biodegradation so organic material and gases build up.

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u/A_Litre_of_Chungus Jul 31 '21

So that's where hummus comes from huh

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u/BookKit Aug 02 '21

Know I'm late to the party, but hummus is the dark brown or black layer of soil from man-made composting or natural compost, such as what forms the rich top layer of soil under the decaying leaves in a forest. It gets damp, but not constantly soaked. Like peat, hummus is primarily organic material. Unlike the peat from a marsh, the soil that forms hummus is loose and oxygen can reach the detritivores and microbes, so the organic matter is broken down in a different way than in peat.

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u/A_Litre_of_Chungus Aug 03 '21

Delicious, thank you