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Interesting and definitely food for thought and work for the search engine.No it's not really wrong but what you use to wet down the peat can change it's acidity or wash it away. I can't remember who (well known here) stated examples of using tap water that had been treated with chemicals may reduce the acidity to the point it's pretty neutral and much of a acidic tendencies are literally washed away.
We have actually just switched to a mixture from all peat, but we rarely have problems with mold to begin with and don't sweat the mites and springtails.I can't argue and since I've converted over to straight sifted peat, using distilled water for wetting, I've had a big reduction in any possible mold and mites. While this may just be coincidence you can't argue with the science of it and I can see an acidic reducing ability if you don't know what's in your water.
We actually have the water report from our water company. hmmmm....... thank you for bringing this up. My curious gears are a movin'!