What conditions should the soil for planting flowers have?

Soil is the foundation of flower growth, and soil conditions directly affect the quality, landscape and economic benefits of flowers, so choosing suitable soil for cultivation is the key to flower cultivation. Generally speaking, most flowers like loose and fertile soil with good drainage and rich organic matter. For the soil unsuitable for planting, fertilization or other treatments should be carried out to meet the needs of flowers.

In the garden landscape such as flower beds and reading glasses in the garden green space and the production of flowers in the open field, the growth demand of flowers and plants comes from the soil. From the theoretical and practical point of view, the properties of good soil are mainly manifested in fertility, structure, texture, pH value, organic matter content and so on.

1, soil fertility

It refers to the ability of soil to continuously provide the maximum amount of effective nutrients and water to plants in the whole process of plant growth and development, and at the same time automatically control soil air and soil temperature.

2. Soil structure

Soil particles that make up soil have various forms of spatial arrangement, which is called soil structure.

3. Coarse density of soil

The mass percentage of each particle part (sand, silt and clay) in the soil becomes a mechanical component, which is also called soil texture.

4. Soil pH value

If the solution has a certain acidity and alkalinity like other solutions, then the strength of acidity and alkalinity will be measured by PH value in the same city, and the pH value will be used to indicate the level of pH value.

5. Soil organic matter content

Soil organic matter content is an important index of soil fertility. Because the decomposition of organic matter can not only provide plants with nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, copper, manganese and zinc, but also improve soil physical and chemical properties, promote the formation of aggregate structure, improve soil texture, activate mineral nutrients and provide energy for microorganisms. Therefore, the main measure to improve soil fertility is to increase the application of organic fertilizer.