Whether it is to raise flowers and vegetables, it is necessary to use some fertile and loose soil and rich in organic matter. Choosing a better soil, coupled with well-drained pots, the difficulty of raising flowers will be greatly reduced, plants are not easy to rot roots, and later growth is not easy to lack fertility.
1. Choose the appropriate potting soil
Some people may argue why the soil of the green belt is particularly poor, but the plants and flowers grow very well, in fact, this is the difference in environment and maintenance The plants on the green belt are regularly taken care of by gardeners, regularly watered, fertilized, sprayed, the plants will certainly grow better, and the green plants in some places will be replaced regularly.
The environmental gap between our flower environment and outdoor green belt is very large, there are many people in the balcony or even indoor flower, the soil and pot requirements are higher, because the indoor environment ventilation, light, air humidity and other aspects are worse than outdoors.
More fertile soil, the color will generally be darker, if it is yellow soil is relatively barren, the most typical example is the northeast black soil, but it is a non-renewable resource, with a little less, they are very valuable natural resources, netizens try to use other alternative nutrient soil, humus soil, planting soil, or prepare some potted soil.
The soil where the plants are planted is not particularly complicated, some people will feel that their combination will be too complicated, it is difficult to grasp, and there are some special soil proportions, which are not necessarily suitable for you, because the climatic conditions of each person's location are different, and the requirements for the soil will be slightly different.
If you plant more plants, the consumption of soil is very large, if you directly buy more high-quality nutrient soil, it may be more expensive than buying plants, such as the more well-known Melaleuca nutrient soil.
Of course, if you buy some extremely cheap nutrient soil, it may be some manure that is not completely decomposed mixed with some garden soil, the soil is indeed fertile, but it is loose enough, but it is easy to burn seedlings and feed the plants.
2. Proportion of soil
If you just plant some vegetables, you can use some compost with a relatively high nitrogen content, mix some garden soil, and add some coarse sand or rice husks. If you feel that the fertility is not enough, you can buy some rotten sheep manure, earthworm manure to add, with cow manure or chicken manure to replace it is also not related, but pay attention to be sure to choose completely decomposed manure. The simplest soil distribution scheme is to use garden soil + manure + river sand + coconut bran (or saprophyll soil), the ratio is 4:3:1:2, each soil has a replaceable scheme, the drainage and ventilation requirements are high, add more coarse sand.
Above are nightshade saplings planted in the garden soil
Coconut bran can be purchased directly from coconut bricks, soaked in water can be expanded many times, friends who raise flowers can prepare some, if you think it is too water-preserving, you can properly mix some coarse coconut shells or bark, coconut bran has no fertility, you can add manure to improve. If it is difficult to collect river sand, you can replace it with perlite, its mass will be lighter, but it is easy to change color after exposure to the sun, and it will be powdered after many years of use.
If conditions permit, you can also make some compost soil by yourself, using common deciduous leaves, dead branches, coffee grounds, tea residues, brain shell peanut shells, fruit peel leaves and other materials, stacked together, you can first put a layer of garden soil, and then put a layer of compost materials, and then add garden soil, and constantly pile up. Placed in a sunny place, after high temperature rotting, after about half a year, you can get loose and breathable and nitrogen-rich compost soil.
One point is to remind everyone that if it is a family compost, try not to put dairy products, meat products, kitchen waste, but also try not to add animal products, grease can not be added, otherwise it will emit a foul odor, but also easy to provoke insects and animals.
4. "Compost" in the pot
Some flower lovers like to grow some seasonal vegetables, will use some relatively large planting boxes, you can first add some planting soil at the bottom of the container, and then pad a thick layer of deciduous leaves, pay attention to the choice of healthy leaves, can not choose leaves with pests and diseases.
A particularly thick layer of soil is then added to the fallen leaves before vegetables or herbs with less long roots can be planted on top. With this scheme to grow plants, be sure to operate outdoors in a well-ventilated environment, you can also operate on the terrace, if it is in the indoor closed balcony then try not to operate this way. Note that a layer of soil of more than 7 to 10 cm should be covered on top of the fallen leaves, and not too thin soil.