wood as a substrate component for plant production have proven successful as an alternative for peatmoss ( Boyer et al., 2008 ; Gerber et al., 1999 ; Jackson et al., 2008a ; Wright et al., 2008 ). In contrast to peat-lite- (PL) and PB
; Wright and Browder, 2005 ). Chipped wood from softwood trees has shown excellent potential to supplement peatmoss supplies with few changes in production practices ( Boyer et al., 2012a ; Murphy et al., 2011 ). Pine wood substrate studies on ornamental
substrates, other variables, including chemical composition, particle size, and hardness ( Argo and Fisher, 2002 ), should be considered. Increased interest in using substrates containing pine wood components has led to many unanswered questions about their
bags to allow pH equilibration before potting. Substrates did not contain a preplant fertilizer. Fig. 1. (A) Harvested loblolly pine logs were chipped in a wood chipper resulting in large wood chips [1.0 × 0.2 × 1.0 cm (length × width × height)] before
objective was to determine the influence of substituting PB at commercial nursery operations with commercially harvested and processed PW on substrate physical properties. Materials and Methods Chipped pine ( Pinus taeda ) logs, including bark and wood but
components with perlite in substrate mixes in different container sizes. Materials and Methods Substrate preparation. Two components were manufactured from pine wood to have different physical characteristics. Pine wood chips were created as follows: loblolly
Soilless substrates containing wood fiber are increasingly being used for the production of containerized floriculture crops in the United States. This is partially a result of increasing concerns regarding the environmental sustainability of
Pine wood components are increasingly being used in soilless substrates to produce floriculture crops in the United States, particularly as a substitute for peat and perlite ( Drotleff, 2018 ; Harris et al., 2020 ). Sphagnum peatmoss is the major
al., 2006 ; Fain et al., 2006 ; Laiche and Nash, 1986 ; Wright and Browder, 2005 ). Although pine bark (PB) is a product/component of pine trees, for the purpose of describing pine wood-based substrates that have recently been investigated, it is
alternative aggregates including wood chips, rice hulls, and biochar have been evaluated as alternative aggregates for horticultural substrates ( Evans and Gachukia 2004 ; Guo et al. 2018 ; Jackson et al. 2008 ; Owen 2013 ; Woldetsadik et al. 2018 ). In