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limed sphagnum peat

Spanish translation: turba de esfagno encalada/enmendada

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English term or phrase:	limed sphagnum peat
Spanish translation:	turba de esfagno encalada/enmendada
Entered by:	Irene Corchado Resmella

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18:44 Dec 18, 2011

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English term or phrase: limed sphagnum peat

Hello all,

I would like to kindly ask if any of you the meaning of this term in Spanish:

limed sphagnum peat

Context:

XXX Peat is clean, white non-fertilised or limed sphagnum peat.

I know it is "turba". So my try is:

"La turba XXX es una turba ¿¿esfagna?? limpia y blanca, sin fertilizar o ???"

Got difficulties at undertanding what "sphagnum" and "limed" mean.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Irene Corchado Resmella KudoZ activity Questions: 17 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 4 Spain
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turba de esfagno encalada/enmendada

Explanation:
Sphagnum = un género vegetal, conocido en español como "esfagno".

Liming = "encalado", "enmienda caliza", un proceso de preparación del suelo para cultivo agrícola en el que se aplica caliza con el objetivo de elevar el contenido de calcio y magnesio, neutralizar el aluminio trivalente y corregir el pH del suelo.

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-12-18 18:52:40 GMT)
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Aquí tienes unos cuantos miles de ejemplos del uso de "turba de esfagno" en español:

http://www.google.com/search?q="turba de esfagno"&ie=utf-8&o...

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-12-18 18:55:27 GMT)
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Y aquí una explicación del proceso de calado/enmendado.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liming_(soil)