We tell how cultures will like sandy soil and how to improve it to grow even more plants.
All dackets want to have a well-kept plot with a beautiful garden. However, the conditions are not always allowed to break out flower beds and plant vegetable crops. For example, when instead of a fertile black soil in the country of sand. Very many plants in it will not develop, so it is necessary to approach the landings carefully. We tell me that grows on sandy soil.
All about planting plants in the sand
Features of the EarthAdvice to improve it
Landing:
- fruit crops
- decorative cultures
- vegetables and greenery
Features of sandy soil
Sand, like any other soil, has its own minuses and pros. His most important drawback is bad fertility. The fact is that in the sandstones there is very little humus, which is present in the chernozem (this soil is considered the best for the vegetable garden). Sand is a quartz mineral, so it is a bit of the necessary landings of elements. You can make it fertile, but it will require you a lot of strength.
Another minus is the crumbly structure. To understand that there is a sandstone in front of you, you can spend a simple test: take the ground into the fist and squeeze. With the sand it will not be able to do it, it will lose the shape and rave. This is the main sign of such land. Therefore, when creating a bed, it will crumble: when dried, the sand will lose form. You will have to make borders and fences. The organist in the sand is not delayed and quickly decomposes due to good aeration, and the nutrient elements are easily sealed with rain. Due to the lack of alkali, the earth belongs to acidic.
But there are also positive parties: sand is characterized by good breathability, there is a lot of oxygen in it, thanks to which the roots are developing. Such a soil loose, so it is easily frightened both in the spring and in the fall, it holds moisture well. It is very quickly warming up and in the afternoon it retains warmth, but in winter it is much free to remember, it is also worth remembered.
Soil improvement tips
To put on sandy soil as many different plants as possible, it is necessary to improve its fertility. Conduct procedures for quite a long time: configure yourself that the process will take several years. If you take care of the beds and spend all the procedures, after about 3 years, remove the changes: the soil will become less loose and crumbly. This means that its composition has changed for the better. On such land, many cultures will be able to grow without additional feeding. We tell what procedures are needed to improve fertility.Crack
Crane is a procedure that needs to start improving the Earth. It is usually carried out in spring as follows. Suglink is brought to the site - soil with a large clay content. Before pouring it out, take about 30-40 cm of the top layer of sandstone from the beds. At this place, the loams are placed, its layer should be at least 6 cm. Then we fall asleep with another fertile soil, which was brought from another site. For example, chernozem.
Two types of soil should be delivered to the site: loams with high clay content and chernozem. Before pouring a loam, remove about 30-40 cm of sandstone layer. The layer of a sublink should be at least 6 cm. Then we fall asleep with chernozem (or other fertile soil).
This procedure will help the sand to hold moisture inside itself (clay will not evaporate it strongly). Accordingly, future seedlings will be able to get moisture from the ground. Plus, clay is a good environment for various bacteria that cannot multiply in sandstone. Living organisms will be positively influenced by the sand quality.
Mulching Organic
Mulching with the help of organic elements will help keep water in the ground, as well as improve its properties. As a mulch, it is best to use sawdust, grass and leaves. The last two materials are better to assemble and put in a compost pit, they overload and become more useful. Also one of the best materials is compost. It does not give moisture to evaporate from the soil, and also saturates its useful substances and, appropriate, fertures. Plus, the material does not give the sunshine to dry the surface.
Mulching beds need systemically, the procedure does not depend on the time of year. For example, in summer, the material is laid out to the ground before irrigation, the layer should be about 3-4 cm. You can also do it in the fall, after harvesting. Mulch overloads and helps enrich the soil.
Landing Sideratov
Improve sandstone will also help planting siters - plants, which, after germing, close in the soil. They are natural fertilizer and rich in a large number of useful components. Therefore, they are able to enrich the beds, and also reduce the growth of weeds.
Sew siters at the beginning of spring, as soon as warm weather is installed. The beds are drunk, then placed seeds. When the culture goes, it is necessary to reciple again. Plants should be in the ground. There they will decompose and gradually improve it. In addition to the Siderators, you can enter the fertilizer soil, which will continue to help plant plants.
What can land on sandy soil
After you have improved the properties of the Earth, it is necessary to choose the right plants. The nutrient elements made in it will allow cultures that are growing bad on sandstone. However, do not forget about regular care and proper feeding. We tell what plants love sandy soil.Fruit cultures
Take a look at fruit plants that feel well in sour soil and are able to survive without a large amount of organic matter. For example, this includes berry cultures: strawberries, raspberries, different varieties of currant, gooseberry, sea buckthorn. They should be fed during flowering and after harvesting and mulch in time.
Also pay attention to what trees grow on sandy soil. Cherry, pears, plums will feel well. They are enough to make feeding once a year at the beginning of the season.
Apple trees in sandstones grow much more complicated above species. Breakfast varieties will grow best. Gardeners advise them to competently plant: for the young tree you need to pull the pit to 90-100 cm in width and depth. Then lay it down the bottom of the clay, it will not give water and nutritious elements. After clay, the compost lay a layer of 20 cm. The sapling is placed in the hole, pumped with mixed with organic fertilizers and wipes well.
Decorative plants
If you do not seek to collect harvest every year, you can land just plants for beauty. Choose those that are used to growing in the sand and love soil with high acidity. For example, it includes pines and juniper. In addition, they are very beautiful, these kinds are useful: the air is well cleaned.
Fall trees and shrubs will also grow beautifully: White Acacia, Iva, Maple, Birch, Barbaris and Hawthorn. These plants do not need very fertile soil.
Pay attention to perennial herbs: they bloom beautifully and can decorate the flower beds. For example, in a feline foot and a narrow-leaved lavender pleasant little flowers. Also fit the cat, soul man, yarrow, ash and multicolor jetty.
Vegetables and greens
Grow vegetables in sandstone more difficult, however, it is possible. It is best to plant potatoes, onions, carrots, radishes and radish. These cultures love light soil in which air penetrates well. Also in the sandstone, parsley and dill can grow well. However, do not forget about timely feeding and regular irrigation.
