What soil is best for gardenias?

1. What soil

What kind of soil does this flower like?

①Hypertrophy. This is very easy to understand. The growth of any flower depends on sufficient nutrients, and rich flower soil can undoubtedly provide it with sufficient nutrients to support its growth and development.

②Breathable. Like leaves, its roots also need fresh air. Without it, the efficiency of root production will be greatly reduced, which in turn affects the speed at which it absorbs nutrients from the soil, thereby slowing down the growth rate of the entire flower.

③Moisturizing. Compared to many other flowers, this flower prefers relatively humid growing conditions, which requires that the flower soil we prepare for it must have a certain water retention capacity, so that the water will not evaporate quickly after we replenish it with water each time.

④Slightly sour. It prefers slightly acidic flower soil because such soil allows it to better absorb Fe elements, thereby ensuring the synthesis of chlorophyll.

2. How to match

Here we recommend several methods of soil preparation.

①Mix sandy loam and peat soil in a ratio of one to one. The former has a very strong moisturizing ability, while the latter is not only breathable but also contains a large amount of nutrients that can meet the growth needs of flowers.

②Mix leaf mold, sandy loam and river sand in a ratio of 2:2:1. The soil mixed in this way not only has a high nutrient content and strong breathability and moisture retention capabilities, but is also slightly acidic, making it very suitable for the growth of this type of flower.

③Mix garden soil and river sand in a ratio of three to two. The flower soil made by this method is slightly inferior to the previous two methods, but it can still be used.

In addition, friends who do not have the conditions can buy special soil for this kind of flower.