Building quality soil for your container garden, crops or farm is the only way to ensure a bountiful harvest. Have you noticed your vegetables or flower plants are not growing as fast as you would like, the vegetable that are produced are undersized, they succumb to disease or damage from insects?
The secret to a successful garden is building quality soil
Applying topsoil or dirt to your garden does not mean you are giving your plants the organic material they need to thrive. The addition of organic soil amendments is key to healthy growth.
Whether it is a container garden or farm, the soil will need to be revitalized. The vital trace minerals and nutrients are absorbed by the previous plants, amendments are necessary for future crops.
The soil in your garden should be fluffy and light. You don’t want the plant to spend all its energy on their roots struggling to get through the soil to find the available nutrients. For an easy soil density test, push your finger down into the soil, it should be able to go down to the third knuckle without any problem.
Chemical fertilizer or Organic Amendments?
Using a chemical fertilizer may seem easy, but the consequences are an unhealthy soil and remember, those synthetic chemicals are in the food you grow.
Organic amendments such as, black worm casting is a product that is very rich plant food and high in microbial content. Short term benefits include adding an incredibly high amount of microorganisms which naturally protect the plant’s leaves and roots from foreign pathogens, stimulate plant growth and suppress disease. Increases the soil’s capacity to hold water, while improving the soils aeration. Enhances germination and crop yield.
Long term benefits include the depleted soil is rebuilt with microbial life, a crucial step to nutrient recycling, without burning the roots of your plants. Rich in humid acids to help balance the soil’s PH. Improves the structure and growth of plant roots.
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