Growing Media For Green Roofs

Applied mulch soil is a division of gallivan corporation and have become proven experts in many areas including the installation of green roof growing media.

Growing media for green roofs.

Extensive media is our lightest media blend for green roof systems requiring less than 45 pounds of saturated system weight. The combination of experience and state of the art equipment allows us to install materials quickly and efficiently. Green roof growing medium. Suitable for shallow rooting green roof plants such as sedum sempervivum and other drought tolerant species.

Over a 100m2 green roof with 10cm depth of growing medium the weight saved by using substrate instead of soil is considerable. Compost or organic matter organic matter provides basic nutrients and is able to retain moisture. However the factors allowing for a lightweight roof can create a high stress environment for plant material. The extensive green roof lightweight cost effective and probably the most popular of the green roofs.

This of course can be reflected in the cost of building materials. Sand required to. Engineered for extensive green roofs with a media depth of 6 inches or less. To better understand the full use of a green roof system we have broken down the layers here.

The growing media needed to facilitate a healthy green roof will be determined by the type of vegetative growth. These materials are available throughout the west coast of north.