How to ferment sawdust to make soil for growing flowers (how to make your own nutrient soil for growing flowers with sawdust)

In fact, sawdust is wood debris. Like wood, it is mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

Cellulose and hemicellulose are easier to rot and ferment, while lignin rots and decomposes very slowly and is not easy to ferment or rot .

Another point is that sawdust is not like some easily decomposable organic matter that can generate a lot of heat in a short period of time. Its fermentation process is very long. In addition, the flower pots we use are small and easy to dissipate heat.

Therefore, it will not ferment in the flower pot to generate a lot of heat to burn the roots of flowers and trees. Therefore, unfermented sawdust can also be mixed with other soils for potted flowers and trees.

There are many types of wood, and the pH of sawdust is different, so we must choose the right one.

The sawdust of hardwood is neutral and suitable for planting flowers and trees that prefer neutral soil, such as Clivia, Strelitzia, Monstera, Rubber Tree, Cycas, Peony, etc.

Pine sawdust is acidic and suitable for growing flowers and trees that prefer acidic soil, such as white jasmine, jasmine, gardenia, azalea, Milan, and camellia.

If you use fresh sawdust in a clay pot to plant flowers with thick, fleshy roots, such as spider plants, monstera, peonies, dahlias, etc., the plants can grow particularly well due to their good water permeability and water retention properties, and there will never be the problem of waterlogging and root rot.

However, if you use fresh sawdust to plant large flowers and trees in a large wooden barrel, because the wooden barrel is too large, the heat generated after fermentation is also great, but the heat is dissipated very slowly, which will burn the roots of the flowers and trees, so flower lovers need to pay special attention.

Another point is that since fresh sawdust has not been fully fermented and decomposed, there are not enough nutrients in the soil for the plants to use in a short period of time. Therefore, we need to pay attention to timely supplementation of topdressing during the early maintenance process.

If you can use a prepared nutrient solution, such as the Meloke flower nutrient solution, as topdressing for flowers and trees, the flower-growing effect will be better.

The fermented and decomposed sawdust has the characteristics of looseness, ventilation, water seepage, moisture retention, cleanliness and quality . Such sawdust not only contains various trace elements required by plants, but also can provide flowers and trees with a large amount of organic nutrients.

Therefore, fermented sawdust mixed with 1/3 of fine furnace ash soil can be made into a very good cultivation soil, which is beneficial to the development of the plant's root system. Planting flowers and trees in pots can make the flowers large, colorful, and extend the flowering period. Just pile it up 20 to 30 centimeters and you can plant them.