How to choose nutrient soil for flowers? Pick the best by their habits

The question of which soil is best for growing flowers is what flower lovers care about most. Generally speaking, the flower chooses the soil, not the soil choosing the flower, and different plants have different soil requirements. This article will give a comprehensive explanation of flower soil, so that flower lovers can gain a completely new understanding of it and be able to choose the soil that best suits their own plants based on the plants' characteristics.

As for which soil is best for growing flowers, let us first talk about some soils commonly used by flower lovers, to see whether you are using them too: digging soil directly from outside (garden soil), buying nutrient soil, buying peat soil, mixing cinder, garden soil and sand in different ratios, digging leaf mold from outside, and soil blended according to the characteristics of different plants.

Among the several soils above, in theory the soil blended according to plant characteristics is the best, because the plants' needs have been taken into account. In fact, most novice flower growers in China share a mistaken view: no matter what plant they grow, they dig soil from outside, then dig a hole, bury some soil, water it, and done. This is actually a huge mistake. For native local flowers and plants this may work, but for horticultural varieties of flowers and plants, it easily kills them.

So does that mean we must spend a lot of money to buy flower soil? Of course not necessarily. For most flowers and plants, good air permeability and good water drainage are the two core factors, and the reason many flower lovers say garden soil is no good is precisely that garden soil has poor air and water permeability. So many flower lovers mix a certain proportion of cinder, sand, other granular soil, etc. into garden soil to increase its air permeability.

Having said all that above, it is mainly for flower lovers who read carefully. If you are a flower lover who finds it too troublesome, you might consider the following suggestions:

1. For growing flowers, the first choice of soil is one matched to the plant you are growing. For example, if you grow orchids, there is special orchid soil for sale; if you grow clivia, there is special clivia soil for sale.

2. If money is tight, you can directly buy peat or nutrient soil to replace the special soil.

3. If you are unwilling to spend money on soil, then use what was mentioned earlier. As long as you grasp the two points of air permeability and water drainage and blend reasonably, that is enough. Flower lovers can blend with confidence and need not worry about whether the ratio is a bit more or a bit less; roughly right is fine.

Editor's summary: There is no best soil for growing flowers, only the most suitable soil. Even the same soil behaves differently in the hands of different flower lovers. For flower lovers, after buying a flower, first understand its habits and see what kind of soil it likes, then according to your own conditions, those with money can buy the corresponding special soil, and those without money can substitute other soil. Try your best to meet the flower's needs. For example, for flowers that like slightly acidic soil, try to avoid using local soil and try to buy nutrient soil that leans acidic. If you really do not want to spend money, then learn to blend it yourself; it is actually very simple.