The improper structure of the substrate can be successfully improved by adding various organic substances to the soil. Very good results are achieved by regularly feeding the soil with compost, alternating with digging green manure.
Heavy soils, characterized by a high content of the finest clay and clay particles, will improve their cultivation qualities thanks to an additional dose of rock flour in the amount of 150-500 g per 1 m², which is digged with compost.
The small storage capacity of water and fertilizer substances in a sandy substrate can be increased by adding fine-molecular minerals, such as clay flour or bentonite.
Conditions that are not very favorable for vegetable cultivation also appear on soils with a low content of sandy substances. Such substrates heat up very slowly in spring. The vegetables and herbs planted in them germinate much more slowly, and young plants often get sick and rot. The quality of such soil is improved by mixing it with sand in the amount of 5-10 kg per 1 m² of bed.
"Reclaimed soil for sowing seeds "
" When the frosts end and the periods with higher temperatures are longer, mounds of fresh earth appear in the orchard and vegetable garden, which are a sign of mole activation. The soil thrown from the tunnels they dug is a valuable mix of humus soil and mineral-rich subsoil. This muck-off at the end of winter is worth using for sowing seeds and growing young vegetables and herbs. If we add a few handfuls of expanded clay or peat to this mixture, we will avoid silting the surface of the substrate during watering. "
