For what plants need the soil

For what plants need the soil

The soil consists of mix of organic and inorganic minerals. Organic matter is living organisms, and inorganic is minerals, parts of rocks. Each plant needs the soil.

The soil of plants contains a humus which stimulates development and growth of a plant. It sates with food useful microorganisms and bacteria, also the humus splits small lumps and supplies the soil with oxygen that is important for plants. The soil also contains useful microorganisms which loosen the earth.

There are different types of soils which are classified by quantity in them any given elements.

The cespitose soil consists of the turf which is collected in those places where cereals grow. Process of preparation is as follows: the top layer where there is vegetation, remove; then dig out layer fifteen centimeters wide. After that the soil is saturated with peat, manure and lime (to reduce acidity) cover with a film for some time. Lawn herbs well grow in such soil.

The peat soil consists their peat. The earth is taken in the dried-up marshy places. After a vykopka add ashes, mineral fertilizers, manure to it. Before planting of a plant the soil is dug over, it becomes in order that it was friable – well passed water and was oxygenated. The humous soil consists of the fused manure. As a rule, for its receiving it is necessary to add manure to the earth and to leave it for a year, for bigger effect it is possible to cover the earth with a film. The compost soil consists of the rotted-through waste of plant and animal origin. As a rule, year is necessary for the soil for full readiness. The sheet soil consists of the rotted-through leaves. For its receiving you have enough to collect in fall the fallen-down plants and to cover with a film. As a rule, by spring the earth is ready. Whatever was the soil, it is very important for a plant, the earth saturates flowers with phosphorus which is necessary for further growth; calcium which is so necessary in the period of an inflorescence; sulfur, nitrogen and iron.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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