Preparation for the summer season. We choose a vegetative ground

The choice of garden land is an important stage in the cultivation of garden crops and flowers. Acquiring soil, it is necessary to consider several important points. The use of inappropriate land can lead to a deplorable result. Often amateur gardeners complain of poor seed germination or death of seedlings. The reason for this is not only the quality of the planting material, but also the improperly selected plant soil or fertilizer.

Types of garden soil

There are several types of soil for planting:

• Land for seedlings.
• Soil for greenhouses.
• Plant soil for indoor plants.

By designation, the garden soil can differ, on the packaging you can find the names: for cucumbers, for tomatoes. There are special soils for flowers, as well as universal soil.

It should be understood that on sale, in addition to the finished soil for plants, there may be peat or humus, which is an additive for creating a fertile substrate. You can not grow good seedlings in pure peat. Home flowers in it can just die. Some mixtures are designed to improve the quality of the soil on the site, they contain a large amount of organic and mineral fertilizers. In them, you can carry out greening on the windowsill, but not for all types of seedlings they are good.

Composition of garden land

The composition of the garden land necessarily includes peat or humus, sand, mineral fertilizers. In the composition of inexpensive soil, only three to five components can be present, it is abundant in organic matter. Such a vegetative soil will promote the violent growth of greenery to the detriment of flowers and ovaries.

Not every organic is suitable for creating a garden soil. It is better if in its composition there will be peat horseradish, transitional or ventilated grassroots. Sawdust, straw is not suitable for good garden land. Overripe foliage is suitable only for indoor flowers. All components of the soil must undergo special treatment, be carefully crushed.

For the best growth of plants in the soil, not only phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium should be balanced, but also trace elements, such as zinc, boron, copper and others.

How to distinguish quality ground?

Determine the quality of the soil can be without opening the package. Carefully study the composition of the mixture, check the manufacturer's information. The self-respecting manufacturer will not hide his coordinates. Touch in the package should not be lumps and foreign inclusions, only a homogeneous plant soil. The weight of the package must match the one on the packaging. Otherwise, the package may be damaged, which will adversely affect the quality of the goods.

Opening the package, check if there is a putrefactive odor inside. The presence of fungus or mold can ruin all of your planting. The color of the earth is of paramount importance. Ideal black or dark brown. Light brown soil consists of a large amount of peat.

The earth should be free of extraneous inclusions. The presence in the soil of branches, sawdust, leaves, seeds, lumps indicates its low quality. Be sure to check the soil for wettability. The soil contains an overabundance of peat if it absorbs moisture poorly. Use a common soil quality test. After wetting the ground, try to roll the sausage out of it, and then bend it. If you did not succeed - there is too much sand in the soil, if the soil is sticking together well, an excess of clay is possible.

It is best if you pick up the garden ground specifically for your plant type, but you can use a universal primer. Based on the requirements for the planting of vegetable crops and flowers, the prepared soil can be supplemented with fertilizers or diluted with river sand. Do not be discouraged if the quality of the ground is not good for you. The soil can be improved with the help of various additives, cleaned of foreign inclusions. Primer with sawdust suitable for some unpretentious houseplants, and too rich in organic and mineral fertilizers mixture can be used for growing tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, greens.

How to order a vegetable ground with delivery?

Buying land in large quantities, take an interest in reviews about this brand. Before ordering a vegetable plant with delivery in large quantities, buy a small package of land of the same firm. If the land in the packages does not suit you, it is not worth buying such a good in large quantities. Alluvial soil, sold from the machine, it is advisable to check with a dosimeter. There are cases when cheap soil had an increased radiation background. Such material can not be used on site.

Remember that loud advertising slogans, promising a wonderful growth of plants, often have no basis for themselves. Much more important clearly prescribed composition and a proven manufacturer.

The cost of good land can not be very low. For a minimum cost, you get at best peat, and not a vegetable soil. The price of garden soil is made up of the cost of mining and processing the material. It is not safe to save on garden soil.

Storage and reuse of garden land

When planning to improve the soil on the site, study its composition in advance. Proceeding from this, select a suitable garden mix that will make the land in your garden ideal. Finished land can be used for one or two seasons, and the yield on reuse is reduced, and the risk of disease increases. In case of repeated use, the soil should be enriched with fertilizers and compost. The old land is suitable only for pouring or mulching, provided that the plants on it are not sick.

Keep the remains of plant soil is inappropriate. It can host disease-causing microorganisms that will kill seedlings.