Turba Rubia y turba negra

English translation: red peat and black peat

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Spanish term or phrase:	Turba Rubia y turba negra
English translation:	red peat and black peat
Entered by:	Eileen Brophy

20:44 Sep 30, 2011

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Marketing

Spanish term or phrase: Turba Rubia y turba negra

It is technical data and the context is only this: Es un producto compuesto de 50% turba rubia y 50% turba negra
as a description of a product to be used mainly in gardens from what other documents mention.

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Brown peat and black peat

Explanation:
In Spanish when you say "turba rubia", it refers to a wide variety of colours, from light blond to dark brown. In technical language, "brown peat" is most commonly used meaning light coloured (in comparison to black) peat

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Ana Terzaghi
Uruguay
Local time: 16:49

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4 +5

red peat and black peat

Jennifer Levey

4 +3

Brown peat and black peat

Ana Terzaghi

4 +2

blond(e) peat (moss) and black peat

Rachel Fell

Discussion entries: 1

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peer agreement (net): +5

turba rubia y turba negra red peat and black peat

Explanation:
Basic Information About Peat Mosshomepage.univie.ac.at/eva.temsch/basics.htmlEn caché - Traducir esta página
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(1) If you have access to non-protected red peat moss, collect a few plants, and dry ... The pigment "sphagnorubin", a flavonoid contained in red peat moss, is a ...
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16 Mar 2008 – Photo-sharing community. Discover the world through photos.
eng - TURBAS GRANJA FÁTIMA - Turbas, sustratos, fertilizantes ...www.turbas.com/menu_ing.htmEn caché
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This substrate meets the standards of organic farming associations. Mixture of Red Peat, Black Peat of Coco Fibers and perlite. Available in bags of 20 L, coats ...

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 15:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 56

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Brown peat and black peat

Ana Terzaghi
Uruguay
Local time: 16:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

turba rubia y turba negra blond(e) peat (moss) and black peat

Explanation:

In this work, various casing materials (composted pine bark, coconut fibre pith and wood fibre) have been evaluated
as alternative to peat (sphagnum blonde peat and black peat) for the cultivation of mushroom. For this, both quantitative
(number of mushrooms, yield, unit weight, biological efficiency and earliness) and qualitative (diameter of
the sporophore, colour, dry matter, texture, proteins, soluble solids, ash and pH) production parameters were evaluated.

Evaluación de parámetros de producción cuantitativos y cualitativos.
En este trabajo se evaluaron diferentes materiales de cobertura (corteza de pino compostada, fibra de coco y fibra
de madera) como alternativa a las turbas (turba rubia y turba negra) en el cultivo del champiñón, en cuanto...

http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/viewFile/80/7...

. Fine Blond Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss.
http://canadianpeatmoss.com/peat_moss/fine_blond.html

New Brunswick's Finest Blonde Sphagnum Peat Moss
http://www.americanmushroom.org/peat.htm

Lighter "blonde," fibrous peat moss, harvested from the surface of the bog, is the only kind that retains the amount of microorganism necessary to inhibit diseases and that lasts for around 6 to 10 weeks.

Read more: Is Peat Moss Sterile? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8074994_peat-moss-sterile.html#ixzz...

http://www.ehow.com/info_8074994_peat-moss-sterile.html
http://www.ehow.com/info_12091467_different-types-peat-moss....

Este cucurucho se rellena con unos puñados de turba rubia (tipo musgo, Sphagnum) o de turba negra. La turba rubia es preferible a la turba negra porque posee una mayor porosidad, proporcionando más aireación a las raíces.
http://articulos.infojardin.com/arbustos/acodo-acodado-acodo...

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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-10-01 08:37:17 GMT)
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- though I think it could be brown peat rather than blond

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:49
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 108

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