Invest in Your Soil
I mean by that, preparing it well for planting, maintaining it, and feeding it, so you can give your plants a healthy life and help your home garden to thrive and flourish.
Why is Healthy Soil Important?
Healthy soil determines the success of gardening at home, as it contains all the essential elements for plants such as nutrients, air, and more.
Growing Media
So, what are the types of growing media?!
First of all, know that some media contain nutrients while others are only to improve the properties of the agricultural soil...
- Compost: Compost is an organic fertilizer similar to natural soil in shape. It consists of organic materials under the influence of decomposition factors that we control to reach a level beneficial for plants. (Nutrient)
- Peat Moss: Peat moss is a good medium, characterized by its light weight and strong water retention capability, and it can also support soil aeration. However, it does not contain nutrients, meaning we cannot plant in peat moss without fertilizers such as compost or animal manure.
- Organic Fertilizer: Organic fertilizer or manure or compost or natural fertilizer is composed of decomposed organic materials by bacteria after collecting animal waste such as cow dung and other livestock...
- Potting Soil: Potting soil is often used for planting seeds; it is light but not used as a separate growing medium. We need to add compost and other materials to get excellent agricultural soil...
- Agricultural Perlite: Perlite is small white granules, lightweight, and made from volcanic glass...
- Coco Peat: These are ground coconut husks, characterized by their cleanliness and light elements to form an ideal growing medium for seeds and propagation...
Mixing Ratios for Growing Media
- First Mix (Economical): Peat Moss 🪣🪣, Compost 🪣, Perlite ¼ 🪣
- Second Mix (Economical): Peat Moss 🪣, Compost 🪣🪣, Agricultural Sand 🪣
- Third Mix (Good): Peat Moss 🪣, Compost 🪣🪣, Perlite ½ 🪣, Agricultural Sand 🪣, Organic Fertilizer 🪣
- Fourth Mix (Excellent): Peat Moss 🪣🪣, Compost 🪣, Perlite ½ 🪣, Coco Peat 🪣🪣, Worm Castings ½ 🪣
You can also buy ready-made mixes from a nursery in your area if you do not want to make the mix yourself. Lastly, take care of your soil, and it will take care of you in production.
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