Sedge Peat is in the market place called Michigan Peat. This is horrible stuff and should be avoided. You are better off seeking advise from someone who makes their own peat muck, Michigan Peat turns to concrete.

Vance Wood.

Thanks Vance
It will help knowing there not the same when I read a 'how to book'.
Now if any one has a receipt for peat muck jump in.
By the way the buds on the branch that broke off the aureum still look good. I have my fingers crossed.

Peat. Should be called cement. If you must use peat, I suggest Maricle grow as it also has some larger matter chunks.

Hello All, I'm new here!
I was doing a search on Sedge Peat to find out what it was...and where to find it? This is my first stop. I live on the west coast in north west Oregon.

I am reading a book titled "Creating Bonsai Landscapes" by "Su Chin Ee" by Storey Books
She does Penjing Landscapes. She also is calling for (Sedge Peat) to form planting pads? after reading here, I'm wondering what can I use in it's place if I want to try one of her 18 landscapes myself? if this is not a good choice. This is quite a stunning book and it is making me really want to try it!

Sedge peat is also a term used in British books (& Britain) for peat, but it's not the same thing as (Canadian) peat moss that is used here now. You won't find sedge peat for sale anywhere here at all (and don't 'need' it anyhow).

Reed and sedge peat are formed from rushes, grasses, sedges, and similar plants in marshes & shallow lakes. Reed/sedge peat (also referred to as Michigan peat, as Vance noted) are too fine of texture, and decompose too rapidly to be of use in bonsai soils. The product is widely available here in The States.

Answers to your questions:
Reed/sedge peat are used as a soil amendment in gardens and beds and are poor choices in container soils of any type. They are less acidic than sphagnum peats, too. Peat muck (bonsai) is a mix of ingredients that is used to build walls or dams that hold bonsai soils in place on slab or tray plantings. They can also be used as soil on rock plantings. It is often a mix of sphagnum peat and some form of clay or bentonite, but there are many recipes for peat muck. Reed/sedge peat could be used in a muck mix, but it is probably better to limit it's use to use in material for soil dams & to use sphagnum peat in soils that occasionally call for peat (rock plantings e.g.).

Al

Thank You :tapla,

You comment on sedge peat: (ingredients that is used to build walls or dams that hold bonsai soils in place on slab or in tray plantings) This is exactly how it was being used in the book I'am reading!
I had never heard of [sedge peat] before...So I take it that regular muck would be a better choice and interchangeable with the sedge peat that the Chinese Author "Su Chin Ee" is using in her supply lists, for the projects in her book! Well that is good! But I have never made muck before...Is there a how to recipe for it?
I would sure like to add to my Bonsai know how!

Thanks Everyone! BeeJay_323

From a recent post: There are lots of recipes for peat muck. One is 50/50 river clay or hardpan and sphagnum peat. Add water to the clay to make it about like cottage cheese consistency & then mix in the peat. You can also use a mix of bentonite, sphagnum peat, and water.
Al

I'll link you to the thread.

Here is a link that might be useful: C'mon! More muck info over here!