The Method of Preparing Pine Needle Nutrient Soil
This article provides a detailed explanation of the topic related to the preparation method of pine needle nutrient soil for flower cultivation. Next, the editor will introduce it.
The Method of Preparing Pine Needle Nutrient Soil
Generally, when cultivating fleshy-rooted flowering plants such as orchids and kaffir lilies, using the needles of coniferous pine trees, fully fermented and decomposed, mixed with other granular planting materials, can create a loose, breathable, water-retaining, and well-draining planting medium. This is suitable for cultivating orchids or kaffir lilies and other rhizome flowers, yielding good results. For potting orchids and other flowering trees at home, never use unfermented pine needles.
Generally, when cultivating fleshy-rooted flowering plants such as orchids and kaffir lilies, using the needles of coniferous pine trees, fully fermented and decomposed, mixed with other granular planting materials.
This mixture creates a loose, breathable, water-retaining, and well-draining planting medium, suitable for cultivating orchids or kaffir lilies and other rhizome flowers, yielding good results.
In fact, the pine needle leaves that have just fallen from the pine trees, due to lack of decomposition, contain cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Before they are fully fermented and decomposed, such pine needles cannot be used to prepare nutrient soil.
These fallen pine needles, if mixed into the soil without fermentation and decomposition, will undergo secondary fermentation when exposed to high temperatures and moisture, producing a large amount of heat energy. This can cause root burning due to continuous fermentation within the pot.
Especially the lignin in the pine needle leaves, which is the most difficult to decompose and rot, can cause the burning of the fibrous or fleshy roots of the plants if mixed into the nutrient soil and subjected to secondary fermentation after high temperatures and watering.
Based on my experience in flower cultivation, it is best to use the needles of deciduous pine trees, which should be堆积-fermented for about 2 to 3 months until fully decomposed before mixing them into the nutrient soil for cultivating flowering plants.
The Fermentation Method of Pine Needle Nutrient Soil
Select a number of fallen pine needle leaves from forests, urban parks, green spaces, etc.
After bringing them home in bags, dig a pit in the courtyard for high-temperature aerobic pile fermentation, or use a "sandwich cookie" fermentation method in containers to ferment and decompose.
This involves: placing a layer of pine needle leaves, covering with a layer of decomposed leaf soil, then watering with rice washing water or manure water, and covering with plastic film or humus soil. Generally, after 2 to 3 months of fermentation in summer, it can be fully decomposed.
The Mixing and Preparation of Pine Needle Soil
When cultivating herbaceous or woody flowering green plants in pots, mix decomposed leaf soil, pine needle soil, garden soil, and perlite in a ratio of 5:2:2:1 to create nutrient soil.
For cultivating rhizome flowers like orchids and kaffir lilies, mix pine bark, similar leaves, pine needle leaves, and coarse granules to create a mixture that is loose, breathable, nutrient-retaining, and draining.
The above sharing provides a comprehensive introduction to the preparation method of pine needle nutrient soil, hoping to bring some relevant knowledge about green plants to green plant enthusiasts.