What kind of soil is best for planting flowers and plants
Introduction: This article covers the best soil for planting flowers and recommended soil for growing green plants and flowers. Next, the editor will introduce some related content to netizens.
Many flower enthusiasts cannot find good soil for their flowers and end up using random soil from the roadside to plant flowers, which leads to poor growth of the flowers later on. The soil used for growing flowers is very important. Many people directly buy some nutrition soil prepared by merchants, which is more convenient. If we have fewer flowers at home, we can also collect some natural nutrition soil when we go out to play. This soil is not only loose and breathable but also rich in nutrients. After simple treatment, it can also achieve very good results in growing flowers.
In fact, the materials used in the nutrition soil we buy are also different. The most commonly used are various types of decomposed leaf soil, fermented peanut shells, coconut bran, sawdust, perlite, and some even mix in some organic fertilizers to increase the fertility of the soil. As long as the prepared flower soil is loose and breathable, has good drainage, and contains certain nutrients, it can make the flowers grow vigorously. Therefore, we can also collect some materials at home to make nutrition soil, and the effect of growing flowers is also good.
I. Pine Needle Soil
Flower enthusiasts often know about pine needle soil, which is a very good natural soil for growing flowers. In the pine forests on the mountain or under the pine trees in the park's green belts, the pine needles that fall year after year, after being exposed to sunlight and rain, ferment and decompose into loose soil. This soil not only has good water permeability and breathability but also contains various nutrients needed for the growth of flowers, making it suitable for most acid-loving flower plants, such as clivia, azalea, camellia, jasmine, gardenia, etc.
When using pine needle soil to grow flowers, we can directly collect the naturally fermented pine needle soil under the pine trees, clean up the dry pine needles that have just fallen and not yet decomposed, and only take the black-brown humus soil below. You can also collect some dry pine needles and, when potting or repotting flowers, place a layer of dry pine needles at the bottom of the pot, or ferment them with garden soil to make pine needle soil for growing flowers.
It is important to note that the pine needle soil collected from the outside will also carry bacteria and eggs. If it is used without treatment, it is easy for the flowerpots to breed insects, and the flowers are more likely to be infected with diseases.
What kind of soil is best for planting flowers and plants
Therefore, the collected pine needle soil should be disinfected first. You can mix in an appropriate amount of fungicides and insecticides or place the pine needle soil in the sun for several days to clear the bacteria and eggs in the soil, which can reduce the occurrence of diseases and pests later on.
II. Decomposed Leaf Soil
Decomposed leaf soil is the same as pine needle soil; both are excellent soils for growing flowers. If we cannot find pine needle soil, we can also collect humus soil made from rotting leaves and branches in other broad-leaved forests.
After collecting the decomposed leaf soil, pick out the unrotten branches, leaves, and stones, and also disinfect it. When growing flowers later, you can mix it with some garden soil or river sand.
Usually, you can also collect some dry leaves to ferment and make nutrition soil. Spray the collected dry leaves with water, mix them with 1-2 times the amount of ordinary garden soil, mix well, pile them up in a spare corner, cover them with plastic film to seal and ferment, or place them in a polystyrene box to ferment for 2-3 months. When the leaves decompose and integrate with the soil, becoming loose and breathable, it can be used for growing flowers.
III. Using Kitchen Waste as Flower Soil
If there is no time to collect flower soil, you can also use kitchen waste to make flower soil. The flower soil made from various kitchen wastes is also soft and fertile, suitable for growing flowers and vegetables.
In the kitchen, various vegetable leaves, fruit peels, and chicken and fish innards can be collected and placed in a large plastic bucket or polystyrene box, then mixed with some garden soil, moistened, and sealed for fermentation for several months. When the kitchen waste inside completely decomposes and the soil turns black-brown, it will become very soft and rich in nutrients, making it very useful for growing flowers and vegetables.
The above introduction on the best soil for planting flowers and recommendations for suitable flower soil is hoped to bring some knowledge of flowers to green plant enthusiasts.