Emerald arborvitae does not need acidic soils and peat moss is pretty hyrdophobic if it ever dries out. Not the best thing to be top dressing/mulching your trees with.

peat is a soil amendment.. not a mulch ... as noted.. when it goes bone dry.. it repels water .. so would be of no use on top of the soil ....

and amending the planting holes is not recommended ...

on the other hand.. if you had a veg garden.. and you tilled in the peat.. a whole bed.. it might end up being a great amendment ...

what i wonder about.. is why this place is giving it away ... is it really straight peat ... what did they use it for???? .. is it composted at all???

,ken

Ok how about amending it into the soil? I do have some acid lovers mixed with the arborviate. Does acidic soil hurt them or they just dont require it?

I'm getting it free because my brother manages the store and they are making room for new stuff. Said I could take a few.

they are throwing away unused peat??? ....the plastic bales????

im thinking you might not be analyzing exactly what the product is ....

pure unused peat.. would be the base to homemade potting media ...

ken

It is Sphagnum peat moss