Restored Canadian bog harvested until 1968 Sphagnum peat moss is an alternative.
Gardeners say American sphagnum moss is too tough and stringy.
Use sphagnum peat moss from Canada. Canadian sphagnum peat moss is not a threatened resource. An alternative is coconut coir, the waste-product from coconut shells. Coir mostly comes from Sri Lanka, India or the Philippines. Sri Lanka produces about a million cubic metres of coir a year and has a large surplus.