How much do you know about the garden soil at the door

The garden soil that Huahua always talks about is the soil that can be seen everywhere around us, such as the soil in front and behind the house, vegetable garden soil, roadside soil, mountain soil and suburban soil... All are garden soil. Raising flowers is better than buying nutritious soil. You must know

Advantages of garden soil: high viscosity and stable planting

If you want to keep flowers for a long time, you must take root firmly. The garden soil is sticky, and the flowers are relatively stable after taking root and are not easy to loosen. In this way, the flowers can quickly adapt to the environment and grow faster. As long as the roots are stable, it is not easy to have problems

Disadvantages of garden soil: easy to harden

The garden soil is more sticky. Although it has good moisture retention and can be managed for a week after one-time watering, if the water in the basin soil cannot flow out for a long time, it is easy to cause difficulty in breathing the root system and rot the root after a long time

The garden soil is so good that Huahua encourages us to use it! However, there are many bacteria and insect eggs in the garden soil, which is easy to harden. It's best not to use it directly. Let's sterilize it first and then mix it, so that it can immediately become a good flower soil with nutrition and ventilation

Sterilization and disinfection of garden soil

Method 1: sun exposure

In summer, the sun is relatively large, which can spread the soil and sun it fiercely for 2-3 days. It seems to be effective, but there are also hidden dangers, that is, the insecticidal and bactericidal effects cannot be guaranteed

Method 2: spraying sterilization and disinfection

If you have less soil, you can directly mix it with potassium permanganate water or carbendazim solution to sterilize. The proportion of the solution can be according to the instructions. Generally, potassium permanganate is 0.1% and carbendazim is 20%

If there is more soil, Huahua suggests that it is better to lay it flat on the ground for a day, and then spray insecticides, such as avermectin and vitamin a salt

Method 3: high temperature disinfection

It is usually pressed in a pressure cooker for 1 hour, fried in an iron pan for half an hour, or heated in a microwave for 5 minutes (remember to add water). These three methods are the principle of high-temperature sterilization. Pay attention not to add water when using the pot, and add water in the microwave oven to avoid soil fire

If you have a fire gun at home, you can also spray it on the soil, which can also achieve high-temperature sterilization and disinfection. You must pay attention to safety during this operation~

After the garden soil is disinfected, can it be used to raise flowers? No, we have to add some materials first to neutralize the viscosity of the garden soil, improve the air permeability and fertility, and make it more suitable for raising flowers

Garden soil mixed with some materials is better than nutrient soil

1. Cinders are moisturizing and breathable

Cinders are very breathable and can be mixed with garden soil in a ratio of 1:3. Almost any flower can be planted, especially fleshy, Clivia and Chlorophytum. However, there are few cinders now. Flower friends with cinders around must make use of them

2. Stones are breathable and do not rot

Adding some stones with a diameter of about 3-5mm can also improve the air permeability. The stones should also be mixed after sterilization, otherwise all the disinfection work will be wasted

3. Loose peanut shell and high fertility

Peanut shell and melon seed shell have many fibers, which are breathable and can be used as fertilizer. You can mix two in the garden soil. They are suitable for all kinds of orchids, longevity flowers, geraniums, beauty cherry and other flowers afraid of waterlogging. Flower friends, please note that peanut and melon seed shells can't be salty. They should be tasteless

4. Egg shell supplement potassium, phosphorus and calcium

Stir fry the egg shell in a pot, grind it and mix it in the garden soil. It can not only prevent earthworms, snails and other reptiles, but also act as phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. It is a common material for us to raise flowers. Don't forget

5. Residual flowers and leaves retting into nutrient soil

Collect the remaining flowers and leaves, put a layer of garden soil in the bucket, then put the flowers and leaves on it, and finally cover a layer of garden soil, cover the cover and Rett for 2-3 months, and occasionally open the cover and run out of breath, so that we can make nutritious soil ourselves, which is no worse than what we bought

These little methods

Have all the flower friends learned

Put it away quickly

Match the soil according to it~