How to loosen the soil for flowers

How deep should the soil be loosened?

This issue is critical. If it is too shallow, the effect will not be good, and if it is too deep, it will easily damage the plant roots. Therefore, the depth of loosening the soil should be based on seeing the roots. Some surface roots can be appropriately cut off to facilitate the growth of new roots (friendly reminder, don't be too harsh).

How often should you loosen the soil?

In fact, the more frequently you loosen the soil, the better. However, you need to keep in mind one thing: if loosening the soil does not damage the roots, you can loosen the soil if you see it becomes compacted. If loosening the soil damages the roots, the frequency should not be too high.

How to reduce soil compaction

Although this issue has little to do with loosening the soil, it is very important. We all know that the most important thing in growing flowers is to choose the right soil. For flower lovers who use peat and nutrient soil in potting soil, there is basically no need to loosen the soil. For flower lovers who use garden soil, loosening the soil is a must. Then you can add rotten media to the potting soil appropriately, such as a small amount of perlite, rotten leaves, and add some nutrient soil and peat, etc. These can reduce soil compaction and improve soil permeability.

How to choose potting soil

This is also an additional issue, but it is equally important. For flower lovers, using pure peat and nutrient soil is too expensive. You don’t need to buy garden soil, but using garden soil to grow flowers will most likely not work well. So we need to pay attention to how to prepare the potting soil! In fact, flower soil is a very simple issue. The proportion of garden soil can be up to 60%, and then buy some cheap nutrient soil and perlite. After mixing, it will be much better than the original garden soil! The cost is not very high either! Usually, if you see rotten leaves or something, you can collect them and put a small amount in the pot. Slowly, the potting soil will become very good soil.