The environmental impact of crop wastes and the high cost of peat moss (PM) force scientists to find alternative growing media. In a pot experiment, peanut shell (PS) and corn wastes (CWs) were evaluated as growing media in comparison with PM in three different mixing ratios with washed sand. The mixing ratio were M₁ = 1:1 raw material to sand, M₂ = 1:2 raw material to sand, and M₃ = 1:3 raw material to sand. The tested plant was lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). The obtained results showed that PS medium contained available nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) higher by 121% and 38% above the PM medium. Availability of potassium (K) in CW medium was higher by 167% than PM. The EC, pH, OC, and C/N ratio of PM were higher by 227%, 4%, 128%, and 99% above the CW and by 1,473%, 9%, 74%, and193% above the PS, respectively. The highest significant values of growth parameters were recorded in PM medium. The highest total cost and lowest net profit were recorded with the use of PMM₁, whereas the lowest cost and the highest net profit were obtained with PSM₂. Physiochemical characteristics of peanut shell suggested that it can be economical alternative growing media for PM.

农作物废料对环境的影响以及泥炭藓（PM）的高昂成本迫使科学家寻找替代的生长介质。在盆栽实验中，将花生壳（PS）和玉米废料（CWs）与PM在三种不同的洗砂混合比例下作为PM的生长介质进行了评估。混合比为M ₁  ＝ 1：1原料与沙子，M ₂  ＝ 1：2原料与沙子，M ₃  ＝ 1：3原料与沙子。被测植物为生菜（Lactuca sativa L. ）。获得的结果表明，PS培养基的有效氮（N）和磷（P）分别比PM培养基高121％和38％。连续波介质中钾（K）的利用率比PM高167％。PM的EC，pH，OC和C / N比分别比CW高227％，4％，128％和99％，比PS高1,473％，9％，74％和193％ 。在PM培养基中记录了最高的生长参数显着值。使用PMM ₁记录的最高总成本和最低净利润，而使用PSM ₂记录的最低成本和最高净利润。花生壳的理化特性表明它可以作为PM的经济替代生长培养基。