How to prepare plant nutrient soil at home (what are the commonly used raw materials for nutrient soil preparation)

How to prepare nutrient soil yourself

How to configure nutrient soil is mainly determined by the plants you grow. For example, if you grow green plants and flowers, vegetables, or succulents, the configuration requirements are different.

Therefore, we cannot simply configure it in a general way. We need to plant according to the growth habits of the plants. Let me share with you briefly.

Plants have different growth habits. Some prefer acidic soil, some prefer neutral soil, and some prefer alkaline soil.

However, some plants have requirements for soil fertility, air permeability, and water retention, while others have no such requirements and are more adaptable. I will briefly tell you a few configuration methods.

1. Acidic soil

Many southern flowers prefer acidic soil, such as gardenia, azalea, Milan , etc.

The planting soil configuration for this plant requires to be loose, breathable, fertile, highly permeable, without water accumulation, and with good water retention. Generally, a mixture of leaf mold, garden soil, river sand, etc. can be used.

2. Alkaline soil

Plants like cacti, pomegranate flowers, etc. like alkaline soil, so when preparing the nutrient soil, it needs to be loose, breathable, fertile, and alkaline. You can use a mixture of leaf mold, limestone soil, coal slag, etc.

3. Soil for vegetables

If you are growing vegetables, it is very simple to prepare nutrient soil. You can use garden soil or leaf mold . Adding some base fertilizer at the bottom will help them grow better.

Of course, a more advanced configuration is to add some peat soil which is rich in nutrients and can promote faster growth of vegetables.

4. Soil for Succulent Plants

The soil for succulents is generally granular soil, such as peat soil, perlite, vermiculite, cinder, volcanic rock, etc. These can be used to mix soil for succulents. Good air permeability, fertility, looseness and air permeability are the basic requirements for succulent soil.

【 Summarize 】

In fact , when configuring nutrient soil, the main things to pay attention to are looseness and breathability, fertility and nutrition, good air permeability and good water retention .

As long as these are met, you can basically grow plants well, and then make fine adjustments based on the growth characteristics of the plants. Later watering and fertilizing can also improve the composition of the nutrient soil .