Patent ID: 11919830
Assignee: PITTMOSS LLC
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 13:
14. A process for forming a bulk material for use in the horticulture industry as a substitute for sphagnum peat moss, the process comprising:
combining and sufficiently moistening abrasive granular particles (SGPs) and shredded fragments of a cellulose material with at least one liquid to form a slurry; and
mixing the slurry of the shredded fragments and the SGPs for a duration so that the SGPs grind the shredded fragments to produce porous individual materials and permit separation of the porous individual materials in the bulk material, wherein cores of the porous individual materials are twisted and curled around the SGPs, and the SGPs do not form a cohesive layer that encases the core but instead are individually distributed and dispersed throughout internal fibrous structures and external structures of the cores and between rolled and coiled overlapping portions of the cores, wherein at least some of the SGPs are confined within the cores.