We – Krauts & Sprouts – specialize in cyanobacteria as the production host for our hydrogel. As photosynthetic microorganisms, they capture large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. In fact, 100% of their cellular carbon comes from atmospheric CO2. On top of that, our biological hydrogel provides additional nutrients to the plants and soil. Our production strains are grown in improved foil reactors inside normal greenhouses. In addition, only sunlight, CO2, water, and some trace metals are needed for their growth at low temperatures (20-30°C).
In the EU, the number of regulations to restrict the use of peat in substrates is increasing. However, until today there is no satisfying replacement for peat and most replacements lack proper water retention properties.
With our microbial Re:Peat hydrogel, we increase the water retention capacity of those peat replacements and provide a solution for substrate producers to reduce the peat content in their products.
We are working on the future of peat replacements and also on this website.
See you in the future!