Use this free soil for growing flowers, and you can keep any flower alive; it works better than nutrient soil

For potted plants to grow well, besides careful care and keeping up with water and fertilizer, soil can be said to be a very key factor. If you use only garden soil for potting, it easily becomes compacted. Nutrient soil has good air permeability, but its water retention is relatively a bit poorer. As for mixing your own soil, it feels like all kinds of trouble. Is there a kind of soil that is especially convenient, can be used directly to grow flowers, is loose and breathable, nutritious, and does not require spending money to buy?

I recommend leaf mold to everyone. It refers to a kind of nutrient soil naturally formed after plant fallen leaves drop into the soil and undergo decomposition and fermentation. As long as there are mountains and trees, it can basically be found. Using it to grow flowers is especially convenient, and basically anything you grow with it can survive.

Fellow flower growers can take advantage of weekend outings to dig some leaf mold under some large trees on the mountain, or you can pick up some fallen leaves yourself and ferment them together with garden soil to make leaf mold, which is also fine.

But what fellow flower growers need to be reminded of is that leaf mold collected from the wild cannot be used directly. Because it has fermented in the soil for a long time, besides containing rich nutrients, it also has relatively many various insects, bacteria, and weed seeds. After collecting it, it must be exposed to the sun for a week before being used to grow flowers.

If you need to ferment it yourself, it is also relatively convenient. Take advantage of the current summer, when the temperature is relatively high, and fermentation will be easier to complete.

Leaf mold fermentation method:

Prepare a relatively large container. Spread a layer of garden soil evenly on the bottom, then spread a layer of fallen leaves, then cover with a layer of garden soil and a layer of fallen leaves, until the top. After watering thoroughly with rice washing water, seal it and place it in a place with sufficient light to ferment for more than 3 months, and then it can be used. Before use, it is best to spread it out and expose it to the sun for disinfection, which is the most suitable!