Choosing the right soil for the plants
Today, I was having a conversation with my manager regarding plant care. We discussed what plants and all we both have in our house. He mostly has many indoor plants, and I mostly have outdoor plants. It was a very good discussion and we both exchanged many knowledge. He mentioned that he was finding it very hard to care for the Jade plant. I usually consider the Jade plant to be the plant that can be grown easily.
There are several factors that are responsible for the growth of the plants and preserving the plants. Soil, water, and nutrition are the three major things. Soil selection should be perfect. Some plants need a lot of water and moisture, so using Coco pete for that gives a great advantage. Some people even mix normal soil with coco pete to have the best of the two. I usually have the combination of both, along with some manure as well to prepare my potting mix.
Taking a plant, for example, and having thoughts on the soil type for that plant can be a good way to analyze and understand the importance of soil for a plant and the composition of that soil or potting mix. When it comes to the Jade plant, I also had this problem of the plant dying because of a few factors. One factor is excess water. Usually Jade plant does not require lots of water. Some amount of water is sufficient for the plant to sustain itself. There should be a drain available to make sure excess water is taken out. They also don't need hot sun. Placing them in the shade region with access to sun only for a few hours a day should be sufficient.
Nutrition is also brought to the plants through the potting mix. Adding vermicompost to the soil a couple of times a week is important to add nutrition to the plants. Sometimes, if we use the same soil for a very long time, that can also cause the plant to grow in a poor way because of malnutrition. Even for repelling insects, some amount of vermicompost and mixed bacteria or fertilizer is used to keep the insects away. This usually happens in vegetable plants.
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Oh yeah, some plants don't like to be full filled with water, so you need a soil that let it go through, while some others need it to be hold inside... Succulents need a more sand type soil too
I totally agree on those three factors to make a plant thrive well. My miracle leave plant has not been doing well and I am sure it a nutrient factor, fat to give it more attention. Thanks for this insight
Soil selection is one of the challenges in plant potting but when you plant directly into the ground like what crop growers do, you can never choose the soil. You can just fertilize it by adding manure, compost or other organic fertilizers. This will take some time before you can use the soil but the result is great.
It is absolutely true that when a good environment is provided, their growth will also be good, water will be given on time and everything else will be taken care of, then our garden will become beautiful in a few days.
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You are very right. Most of the time, the nature or type of the soil goes a long way to determine the growth of the plant
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You seem to be vast when it comes to knowledge about nature. Thanks for sharing this educative piece on selecting the right soil for planting. This I'm sure will come handy for both subsistence and commercial farmers.
Whenever I buy new plants, it is often a spontaneous decision, and I never give too much thought to the soil I will need. I have definitely lost some plants over the years from poor soil nutrition or root rot likely caused by poor drainage from the soil. I am getting better though, and posts like this give me more to consider next time I pick something up.