TERRA PRETA KRONEN® - MOC PODŁOŻA

TERRA PRETA

Native Americans’ black gold

TERRA PRETA's unique formulation is based on a synergy of its ingredients. The addition of ECOFIBREX^® wood fibres, composted coniferous tree bark, coconut fibres and chips, compost, vegetable charcoal and specially selected components create a fertile substrate without the addition of peat. All ingredients are fully renewable.

Climate protection and the reduction of CO² emissions have become priorities for the modern world. For this reason, more and more attention is being paid to the protection of natural resources such as water and peatlands, which are unique ecosystems that store carbon and maintain ecological balance.

Out of respect for the environment, we make every effort to save peat as a valuable raw material. For this reason, the KRONEN^® TERRA PRETA line of peat-free substrates, inspired by the legendary terra preta soil from the Amazon basin, was introduced to the Polish market in 2022.

^{The illustration comes from: ‘legacy of Amazonian dark earth soils on forest structure and species composition,’ 14 June 2020}

The placing of peat-free substrates on the market is our step towards environmental protection and sustainable production.

TERRA PRETA, which means ‘black soil’ in Portuguese, is a very fertile soil from the basin of the Amazon river that was created as a result of deliberate human action many thousands of years ago. This process began before our era. The Native Americans transformed infertile soils in such a way that they could feed many millions of people in those days. Their advanced farming system was first described by Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana in the 16th century. Rediscovered during modern archaeological research, terra preta was formed using micro-organisms through composting and fermentation processes, enriched with plant carbon. The fertility of these soils per hectare was much higher than that of modern cultivated soils (e.g. their content of nitrogen was about 2 times higher, that of phosphorus - 4 times higher, and that of organic carbon and plant carbon - 3 to 7 times higher).