How to see how much nutritional soil of potted plants is placed in the dry and wet potted planting nutrient soil
1. How to look at dry and wet in potted nutrient soil
The wetness and weather of the soil, the texture of the soil, the permeability of the potted plants, and the nature of the plant itself have a greater relationship. So how do you see the dry and wet in the potted nutrient soil?
1. Tap method: Gently tap the finger joints to gently tap the pelvic wall on the middle of the Flower pot.Do not water for the time being.
2. Visual inspection method: Use your eyes to observe whether the color of the surface of the pot soil changes. If the color becomes lighter or light -gray white, it means that the pot soil is dry and water is required.It is wet and not watered for the time being.
3. Pointing and testing method: Gently insert your fingers into the pot soil about 2cm and touch the soil. When you feel dry or rough and hard, it means that the pot soil is dry and you need to water immediately; if the slightly humid, delicate and soft, it meansThe pot soil is wet and not watered for the time being.
4, pinching method: twist the pot soil with your fingers, such as the soil into powder -like, indicating that the pot soil is dry and water should be watered immediately.
5. Use soil humidity meter: The above four test methods are all experiences. They can only tell people the approximate situation of the dry and wet pot soil.If you need to know the dry and wetness of the pot soil, you can buy a soil humidityometer at the store, insert the humidity meter into the soil, and see the words "dry" or "moist" appear on the scale.Soil and humidity.
2. How much is the potted nutrient soil
The Nutritional soil is very good, and the water and Fertilizer ability is extremely strong. Sometimes it will not dry for half a month at a time. If the pot is deeper and there is no drainage hole, it is easy to have the phenomenon of stagnant water rotten.
For most Succulent plants, they cannot be planted directly with Nutritional soil, because the roots of Succulent plants do not like a humid growth environment, and need to add a little river sand, vermiculite and pottery to nutrient soil.Evaporation allows the air circulation inside the soil to circulate, and there will be no rotten roots.
Under normal circumstances, it is mixed with Nutritional soil and ordinary soil 3: 1, or 1: 1, which depends on the specific plant.Nutritional soil itself contains nutrition, but if the ordinary soil is miserable, some Fertilizers can still be applied in the later period.