How to 100% improve soil composition and quality

Signs of poor soil

How to effectively improve the structure of the soil in your own garden, you need to understand thoroughly. Determining whether the substrate needs feeding is simple - for this, carefully examine the soil composition. If it takes on a pale shade, it means that the soil is lacking in nutrients. Brown soil is direct evidence that the amount of humus in the substrate is too small. When you need to take this issue more seriously, give a sample of the earth for laboratory analysis.

It is believed that when the soil becomes whitish in the garden, this means that it is saturated with too much carbonate. You can verify this as follows: apply a few drops of concentrated hydrochloric acid to a lump of soil. If a reaction occurs and the liquid starts to sizzle, your doubts are confirmed.

In the process of identifying signs of a depleted soil composition, it is very important to pay attention to the type of soil. Take a small handful of earth in your hand, form a lump out of it, and then see if it crumbles. If it has disintegrated, it means that the soil in your garden is sandy. Otherwise clayey.

However, do not forget about the intermediate options: loamy and sandy loam soils. It must be remembered that when the substrate is sandy, it absorbs moisture well and rather quickly, but it also loses it instantly. It is still necessary to improve the structure of the soil in this case.

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In this video, an expert will talk about what needs to be done to increase soil fertility.

Changing the soil structure

Experienced gardeners know how to quickly improve soil fertility in their own garden plot. The first rule is a sensible and well thought out agricultural technique, especially when it comes to cultivating plants in large areas. However, even in this case, over time, mineral salts, nutrients and trace elements gradually disappear from the soil. In this case, the salt composition of the substrate is significantly disturbed. This is an important signal that it is time to change the structure of the soil. This procedure is carried out in different ways, and the features of its implementation depend on the type of soil.

If you have heavy loamy soil in your garden, you need to dilute it with sand and fine expanded clay. When you have to cultivate greens and vegetables on poor sandy loam, it is recommended to include clay and humus in the soil. In both cases, one should not forget about organic matter, which saturates any substrate with nutrients.

We sow green manure

Those who want to quickly and efficiently enrich the soil composition, it is imperative to take "into service" plants that improve the soil. Siderates include annual crops that are planted in the garden, grown, and then mowed and embedded in the ground. Most often, it is recommended to sow such herbs after harvesting the potatoes. In this case, by the onset of winter cold weather, you can grow green manures and process them in such a way as to saturate the substrate.The use of these nutritious herbs is noteworthy, first of all, because with their help you will replenish the soil with organic matter and at the same time thoroughly loosen it up.

If the soil in your garden is really poor, you can sow perennial clover. In this case, you will allow the soil to rest for several seasons, and during this time the grass will saturate the substrate with nutrients. After three years, the garden will need to be dug up (plowing is useful for cultivated plants), and then feel free to plant any vegetables or other cultivated plants.

Mulch

How to improve clay or sandy soil, you need to find out in detail. It is not necessary to prefer one option if you can approach the solution of the problem in a comprehensive manner. For example, mulch is considered a good way to increase soil fertility. To do this, in the autumn, the treated and fertilized soil must be covered with a layer of natural mulch.

The best options are sawdust, straw, bark, grass, or some other covering material. Moreover, you can resort to such a procedure not only at the end of the growing season, but also in its midst. There are many benefits of mulching:

• prevents evaporation of moisture from the soil;
• protects the rhizome of plants from overheating or freezing;
• allows you to achieve the optimal level of acidity in the substrate;
• enriches the land;
• inhibit the growth of weeds;
• protects vegetables and herbs from overgrowing with weeds.

You can also increase the fertility of clay or sandy soil with the help of mulching.

We apply fertilizers

The structure of the garden soil can be easily diversified thanks to the application of fertilizers. Compose them or add alternately organic and mineral compositions. Among the most popular organic nutrient mixtures, it is worth highlighting manure. It includes a large number of trace elements (cobalt, copper, boron, manganese), as well as microorganisms, which help organics to decompose and assimilate much faster.

Bird droppings are considered even more nutritious. That is why it is recommended to use it in a diluted form, since the content of useful components in it is concentrated.

If poultry droppings are applied undiluted with water and other compounds, you can burn the root system of your greenery.

Take care of the plants in your own area, apply high-quality fertilizers and be sure to alternate them. If desired, use other methods of enriching the soil composition (sowing green manure and plowing, mulching), and you will extend the life of your garden.